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And another thing: the governance industrial complex

What happens when for-purpose and for-profit governance consultants and training providers become so entwined with common-practice systems and requirements they pursue their own interests over those of the orgs they support, or what those organisations are trying to achieve? This is the governance industrial complex, and the subject of my latest ‘and another thing’ vlog.

And another thing: introducing Artist Corporations

Did you know that you don’t need to incorporate as a not-for-profit organisation for your work to serve a purpose?

My latest ‘and another thing’ vlog is about an exciting new governance innovation that’s come out of the US this year: The Artist-Corporation or A-Corp.

Have your say on Artificial Intelligence in Australia

The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence is calling for submissions to a broad parliamentary inquiry about the opportunities, impacts and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Australia.

And another thing: board officeholders

Arts boards, did you know that you don’t need a Chairperson? And that you don’t need a Treasurer either?

Palestine as a governance issue

By my count, 80 Australian arts and cultural organisations have now been accused of many more instances of censoring, threatening or otherwise harming their own artists, cultural workers or audiences between 2023 and 2026 alone.

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.

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.

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.*

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.

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.