Most organisations I work with would say they ‘do risk management’…but often, when I dig a little deeper, I find either their practices aren’t adequate, or their systems and processes are letting them down.
And sometimes it’s both!

Burnout isn’t something you can test for. There’s no blood result or scan that tells you when you’ve crossed the line. It’s a personal experience, often noticed too late. We compare ourselves to others or to our old selves and convince ourselves we should be coping better.

We all have a mind that promises relief through control.

Working in fundraising can be deeply rewarding - but also emotionally complex, deadline-driven and under-resourced. Too often, wellbeing advice for fundraisers focuses on self-care: yoga, sleep, switching off. Those things matter, but they don’t address the root causes of workplace stress - what regulators call psychosocial hazards. If left unaddressed, these aspects of work can lead to psychological harm.

For many not-for-profits, the mission is clear, but the financial strategy is stuck in survival mode. Reserves are held in low-interest accounts, reliance on grants is high, and significant investment decisions are often delayed.

The NFP sector has never been more competitive. There are over 60,000 registered charities, all vying for attention and dollars and this is why Australian NFPs must treat 'brand' as a strategic asset to secure sustainable funding

What are the benefits of spending time and money on customer segmentation in your charity or social enterprise? Or reframed, what is the loss if you don’t?

In the world of government and major philanthropic funding, there's one truth I've learned again and again

My husband died suddenly and without a will. We’d agreed on the basics – leaving everything to each other – but we avoided the tough conversation about who would care for our kids if something happened to both of us. That sat firmly in the ‘too hard basket’. Then the unimaginable happened, and he died intestate.

A quick Google search about Australia in 1986 reveals that the average capital city median house price was just over $80,000, people were still renting VHS tapes for movie nights, and salary-sacrificing options for Not-For-Profits were introduced as a fantastic tool for attracting top talent.