I’ve recently noticed a shift to grassroots engagement and philanthropy here in Australia and globally. Gone are the days of traditional mass-market engagement and giving. Around the globe, audiences now seek one:one relationships, pressuring organizations to connect differently. We’re seeing this in various countries in their high social media use and transformation of “ghost malls” into community spaces as well as in their donor participation and volunteering trends. For in

Recently appointed to Charley’s Chocolate Advisory Board, my third food tech start up board, and after an immersion tour in their sunny far north Queensland operations, I began thinking about some common themes of my SME consultancy and my for purpose board roles: innovation and why some organisations do well and others not so well in this space. First of all, far north Queensland is such a delightful mix of scenery, agriculture, tourism … My ‘tour’ started with a drop by ac