Menzies Foundation join the Bridgespan Group Field Building Consortium
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to share that its incubation and impact-focused approach has been recognised by Bridgespan Group, who has...
ED-TECH comes to Australia; Rising Team for Schools
The Menzies School Leadership Incubator and Silicon Valley software company, Rising Team are partnering to launch Rising Team for Schools, a...
A champion for women-led Indigenous businesses and mentoring; Jaala Ozies
Jaala has lived in the Kimberley Region for most of her life. Her paternal connections are Djugun/Nyikina/Karajarri/ Gija. Her maternal connection...
Transformative leadership education: a cybernetics-inspired approach
Building on previous sections that focused on what we need to learn to lead change, from a cybernetic viewpoint, this section will now bring in our...
Reflections of the 2022 Menzies Communications Intern, Ella Paine
Reflecting on my experience as Communications Assistant at Menzies Foundation, I am filled with an immense sense of gratitude and pride. I am...
FEATURE: School leadership: Cultivating collective efficacy
**As featured in Teacher Magazine on 24th January 2023 - Authors: Jo Earp What will it take to strengthen the pipeline of educators to take on the...
Systems change makers come together for maximum impact
In 2019, the Menzies Foundation Bushfire Appeal raised over $25,000, and matched by a grant from the Foundation, supported a collaboration with Dr...
Leadership movement for the ‘greater good’
The Menzies Foundation’s work in leadership highlights the increasing importance of reimagining leadership, such that Australians think about...
Sustainable financial structures for Indigenous women
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce a new collaboration between Trust Waikato (New Zealand), and Criterion Institute to explore blended...
Leadership is a condition of an organisation, not an individual
Building on these cybernetic principles that bring new insight to leadership, we now turn to considering groups of people, and where and how people...
Menzies Foundation Alumni makes headway in Cardiovascular Research
PhD candidate and Inaugural 2021 MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholar Julie Dao is making significant contributions to the prevention and treatment of...
Leadership and cybernetic skills for leading change
Through disrupting the idea of who is a leader, and re-thinking how we identify differing goals and values in a system, we now introduce a series of...
Why Cybernetics? And why now?
Cybernetics is way of understanding systems with a focus on relationships and dynamics between humans, technology and physical environments....
How can we think differently about leadership? Re-framing purpose – Part 2
Re-framing purpose. Central Idea: Leading change requires understanding the system’s goals and underlying values (its politic). We cannot lead...
How can we think differently about leadership? Re-defining leadership – Part 1
Re-defining leadership. Futurists have been heralding the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution for some time. However, it wasn’t until recent...
Youth voices join the Menzies Emerging Leaders Collaboration Team
In partnership with The Ethics Centre, and AIME Mentoring and IMAGI-NATION University, the Menzies Emerging Leaders initiative supports Australian’s...
Presenting the 2022 Menzies Oration – Do I Have a Future?
2022 Menzies Oration - Travers McLeod, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St. Laurence - Wednesday 24th August Do I Have a Future? I start by...
Re-Defining Leadership in the 21st Century – Series
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to be collaborating with Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell AO and her team at the ANU School of Cybernetics...
Meet the 2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholars
‘This story originally appeared on MedTech Actuator.’ The MedTech Actuator and Menzies Foundation are delighted to announce the 2022 MedTech...
Lawyers must adapt to the age of digitalisation
Controversial facial recognition technology highlights the need for in-house lawyers who are trained in the legal risks of emerging technologies -...
Impact; unlocking the power of data within Not-For-Profit’s
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with data specialist, the Good Data Institute (GDI). The Good Data Institute seeks...
Four exceptional school leaders announced as the next Fellows
Investigating a new approach to reframing empowered leadership in an increasingly challenging and complex school context The Menzies Foundation with...
Sarah Jenkins, announced Kaplan Business School MBA Scholarship Recipient
Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce, our very own Strategic Communications Manager, Sarah Jenkins has been awarded the Kaplan Business...
Applications are open for the 2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholarships
Calling all Science Entrepreneurs! The 2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholarships are now open. Each year, MedTech Actuator and the Menzies...
Professor Glyn Davis AC; appointed to head up Department of PM & C
The Menzies Foundation congratulates Professor Glyn Davis AC on his appointment as the next Secretary for the Department of Prime Minister &...
Menzies Foundation CEO, Liz Gillies to join Philanthropy Australia Board
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce that our CEO, Liz Gillies, has been elected to join the Philanthropy Australia Board. As CEO of the...
The Leadership Imperative
As featured in Philanthropy News - Leadership - April 2022 See yourself as a leader now. Leadership is an action. Not a position. - Cindy Page...
2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellow: Dr Greg Stewart
‘This story originally appeared on MedTech Actuator.’ MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellow Dr Greg Stewart is fusing research with entrepreneurship to...
2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellow: Dr Warwick Nesbitt
'This story originally appeared on MedTech Actuator.' MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellow Dr Warwick Nesbitt is fusing research with entrepreneurship...
SPOTLIGHT: Award winning Menzies Alumni, makes headway in bipolar disorder treatment
2016 NHMRC/RG Menzies Alumni and Lead Researcher Dr Alexis Whitton, is successfully contributing to the research and early detection of bipolar...
For-purpose search specialists, join unique school leader initiative
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce a partnership with People for Purpose in support of the Menzies School Leadership Initiative. People...
Applications are open for Four $150,000 School Leader Fellowships
Investigating leadership, building insights, provoking action; applications are now open Australia wide for the 2022 Menzies School Leader...
SNAICC CEO; Catherine Liddle joins Menzies Foundation Board
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce First Nation’s advocate and CEO of SNAICC - National Voice for Our Children, the national peak body...
Autism early screening tool is world’s most effective
Research has found an early screening tool for autism developed by La Trobe University researchers – and already used across two Australian states...
Helping to dismantle an inequitable system
Year 12 St Catherine’s School student Lan-Tian Yen-West says too many women have been silenced. For over 125 years, St Catherine’s School has...
2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellows announced
Two Australian researchers have been announced as 2022 MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellows. Congratulations to Dr Warwick Nesbitt and Dr Gregory...
Impact investment leader joins Menzies Foundation Audit & Investment Committee
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce that Sam Richards, Managing Director, Brightlight has joined the Menzies Foundation Audit &...
Announcing the next cohort of MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholars
The MedTech Actuator and Menzies Foundation are thrilled to announce the second cohort of MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholarships. The scholarship...
The search is on for the next cohort of MedTech Actuator Menzies Fellows!
After a successful start to the 2021 cohort, MedTech Actuator and the Menzies Foundation are excited to announce the second cohort of MedTech...
Not for Profit Executive: Matt Tyler joins the Menzies Foundation Board
The Menzies Foundation is delighted to announce Not for Profit Executive, Matt Tyler, will join the Board. Mr Tyler is the Executive Director of The...
Menzies Foundation Board welcomes leading ASX director Siobhan McKenna
The Menzies Foundation is pleased to announce businesswoman Siobhan McKenna will join the Board. Ms McKenna is Executive Chairman of Foxtel, Fox...
Menzies Foundation Board Director: Frances Maguire awarded OAM in Queen’s Birthday honours
**Published in Blue Mountains Gazette, written by Jennie Curtain Activism called Frances Maguire at an early age. "As a child I noticed the...
More money, more impact? Not necessarily
Published in Pro Bono Australia - Maggie Coggan | 13 July “Philanthropic capital has the potential to drive catalytic systems change in ways...
MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholarships now open
Are you a researcher in MedTech, BioTech or HealthTech looking to explore entrepreneurship and commercialisation? Do you have a research project...
Philanthropy: The Continued Journey to Real Impact and Better Practice
Upcoming Webinar, in partnership with Philanthropy Australia - Wednesday 23rd June 2021 Never has there been a more important time for grantmakers...
Six innovative leaders from Victorian government, Catholic and independent schools join the challenge in School Leadership
The 2021 cohort of Menzies School Leader Fellows have been announced. Exploring the leadership question “How might we build a pipeline of school...
Set up to fail: Australian-first study reveals how science start-ups are suffering from broken system with overwhelming barriers to commercialisation
At a time when pioneering US, UK and European science entrepreneurs are pandemic-proofing the world, Australia’s science start-ups are floundering -...
How Not-For-Profits Can Secure Their Financial Future in the Wake of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the shaky financial foundations of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. But there is a way to create a more...
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia honours Menzies Foundation CEO, Liz Gillies
2020 will likely go down in the history books as “The Covid-19 Year”. The significant impact of this pandemic has been felt far and wide and will...
Inaugural 2021 MedTech Actuator Menzies Scholarships announced.
Photo Credit:https://mattirwin.com Ten high-potential health, medical and biotechnology researchers have been selected to each receive a 2021...