Bringing leadership themes into collaborative action

Leadership Labs are invitation-only, one-day intensives that bring together Tasmanian Leaders graduates and other contributors to explore issues that matter to Tasmania’s future.

They are designed to deepen understanding, spark fresh thinking and identify where leadership can make the greatest difference. Each Lab creates space for informed discussion, new perspectives and practical action.

If you have an idea for a future Lab topic, or would like to partner with us on an issue that matters to Tasmania, please get in touch.

If you are an alumnus of Tasmanian Leaders and want to be involved, please express your interest.

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2026 Leadership Lab

Our 2026 Leadership Lab invites Tasmanian Leaders alumni to explore the challenges and opportunities of leadership in this place. Grounded in your lived experience and drawing on robust leadership research, the session will explore some of the intersecting truths about leading in Tasmania. We will play with the principles of 'paradox' to make sense of competing demands and realities, and to identify paths forward. A key focus will be on surfacing the capabilities most needed to create the future we want for ourselves and our state.

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2025 Dialogue in Tasmania

Facilitated by Kym Goodes and supported by the University of Tasmania Policy Exchange, this Leadership Lab explored how Tasmanian leaders can hold constructive conversations in contention, creating space for more effective, inclusive and courageous dialogue in a polarised and complex environment. Report coming May 2026.

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2024 Leading in Complexity

Complexity scientist Dr. Aiden M. A. Thornton worked with us to understand how complexity appears in our organisations, communities, and social networks. Together, we identified the most beneficial skills for understanding and leading through complexity. Insights have informed our program designs, and serve to help others navigate complex situations by providing them with a framework and tools.

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2024 Building Belonging

Co-facilitated with Dr Joseph Crawford, this Leadership Lab explored how belonging helps organisations, teams and communities thrive. It examined connection across Tasmania and informed the 2025 Building Belonging report, offering practical research to strengthen belonging in workplaces and communities.

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