Thea Snow

Oct 20, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic |Andrew Leigh |Thea Snow |Ed Chung

Federal Treasury has bumped up its training of department staff to include more sessions on integrity, governance and ‘active bystander’ training, according to its 2023-24 annual report. Instruction in being an active bystander involves providing people with the confidence to take appropriate action when they witness inappropriate or concerning activity to prevent situations from escalating further.

Mar 10, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Thea Snow

When you think of a profession associated with stories, what comes to mind? Journalist, perhaps? Or author? Maybe, at a stretch, you might think about a filmmaker. But I would hazard a guess that “public servant” would unlikely be one of the first professions that come to mind. However, recent research suggests that we should be thinking more deeply about the connections between stories and government.

Aug 14, 2023 | networkweaver.com | Fiona McKenzie |Alli Edwards |Thea Snow |Louise Baldwin

We have been watching with awe as so many people in and around government tackle the increasingly complex challenges of our turbulent times. Despite (or perhaps even because of) the immense changes to how we work and learn together in the last few years, we have come to recognise the necessity of learning across boundaries. Since 2021, the excitement around Orange Compass’ paper ‘Building a culture of learning at scale: learning networks for systems change’ has grown.