narelle hooper

advisor author facilitator

Sydney Australia

Leaders have vital issues to tackle if we are to maintain environmental security and social cohesion. So where do we start? Some quiet conversations help build understanding and simple no regrets steps help:

+ Content and communication for impact; how inclusion drives innovation and growth; + circular economy principles; + inclusive leadership; + social impact; + design thinking; + strategy alignment & organisational change; + .

Check out these themes in New Women, New Men, New Economy, co authored with Rodin Genoff (Federation Press).

 2017

March

Chair, International Womens Day discussion forums on Financial Resilience for Women, Sydney and Melbourne for Ashurst.

2016

December

Chaired the 2016 Year in Review for the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, interviewing David Gonski, chair of ANZ Group and Dr Ken Henry, chair of NAB.

November

Guest keynote speaker at the Menzies Foundation Scholars night. 

March

Chaired the Centre for Workplace Leadership's Future of Work conference in Melbourne, a two-day conference on where work is heading and how leaderships can adapt. #FOW16

March 2016

Chaired the Diversity Dividend panel discussion with Lendlease CEO Steve McCann and Australian of the Year David Morrison and Susan Moylan Coombs for the Green Cities Conference 2016.

Nov 2015:

Chaired the inaugural Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce Diversity Lunch Forum with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and Broadspectrum Chair Diane Smith Gander. Included the launch of the WIN Australia, the Women's Indigenous Network.

July 2015:

Co-devised and co-facilitated Driving Innovation and Growth: the Diversity Dividend  Forum with 200 SA Government public sector leaders. The forum was attended by Premier Jay Weatherill, Education Minister Susan Close and hosted by the Institute of Public Administration Australia SA and the Office of the Public Sector. 

June 2015:

Co-facilitated the 2015 Future of Work Forum for the Vivid Festival of Ideas at Google in Sydney.

2013:

Advised the Business Council of Australia on aspects of its long term economic Action Plan for Enduring Prosperity;  advised on, and conducted stakeholder consultations with more than 30 organisations and leaders in the lead up to the successful launch in July 2013 of the Plan; facilitated the BCA forum for the national launch.