Check out all of the articles and resources in my series on Palestine as a governance issue.
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Writer. Rabble-rouser. Arts, Cultural and Non-Profit Consultant.
And another thing: board (lack of) diversity
This month’s ‘and another thing’ rant is about the newly-released Board (lack of) Diversity Index and our lower-than-low definitions of success.
Continue reading “And another thing: board (lack of) diversity”Disrupting the arts
Art is the business of disruption.
No matter the medium, platform or level of professionalism, the act of making is innately transformational: whether it turns thought into matter (or the other way around), brings different elements together or breaks them down to be shared or understood in different ways.
Continue reading “Disrupting the arts”Help support ‘Beyond best practice boards’
Most of my work and writing over the past several years has focused on the failings of Australia’s arts, cultural and non-profit boards and governance models.
In addition to dozens of articles, panels, keynote speeches and vlog episodes on the subject, this has now led to a new book, which I hope to share with the world this year: Beyond ‘best practice’ boards: why (nearly) everything you think you know about governance is wrong.*
Continue reading “Help support ‘Beyond best practice boards’”And another thing: on advocacy as hope
After the Revive national cultural policy consultation, reactions to the proposed NDIS cuts and more, this month’s ‘and another thing’ vlog is about advocacy as an act of hope.
Continue reading “And another thing: on advocacy as hope”Have your say on the NDIS cuts
The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee is currently taking submissions on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, which will arbitrarily cut 160,000 current NDIS participants from the scheme and make it even harder for new applicants to get the support they need.
Continue reading “Have your say on the NDIS cuts”And another thing: on issues with representative boards
Should arts boards be made up of artists or cultural workers with direct experience of an organisation’s work? Or should we have more business people on boards to apply a corporate lens to how things ‘should be done’?
Continue reading “And another thing: on issues with representative boards”Have your say on the new national Cultural Policy consultation
The Australian Government is calling for public submissions to inform it’s update of the Revive National Cultural Policy.
Continue reading “Have your say on the new national Cultural Policy consultation”And another thing: Company Secretaries vs company secretariats
Boards, have you delegated your Company Secretary responsibilities to a member of staff? Or are you a staff Company Secretary who’s had that work thrust upon them – without understanding the responsibilities or risks?
The landmark Star Entertainment lawsuit has put Company Secretaries into the spotlight this month – and sent a lot of organisations into a panic as a result. But most arts, cultural and non-profit organisations should be alert, but not alarmed.
Continue reading “And another thing: Company Secretaries vs company secretariats”Arts board governance under fire: Avoiding reactive decision-making
When arts boards panic and become reactive, they lose clarity and predictive governance suffers, Anna Spargo Ryan writes for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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