Innovate for Impact

In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss the underused tool that NFP's have in abundance, Mission Focus.

Here is a taste of what Tracey and Dan cover in the conversation:

• What is Mission Focus and why is it important?
• Why are some leaders not focused on being Mission Focused, even though it is abundant in the sector and critical for innovation?
• The importance around setting an ambitious goal and prioritising where we spend our resources
• The 5 areas of being Mission Focused and how they work together to drive innovation

Links from the episode​:

• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Kat Dekker, co-founder and director at Give Industries. Give Industries are an electrical company set up as a social enterprise, who gives 100% of their profits to good causes.

Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Kat cover in the conversation:

• A bit about Give Industries. What they do and how they do it
• The important role electricians can play in creating a more sustainable world
• The sorts of organisations Give Industries give to
• Why it was an important decision to give 100% of profits from the start
  
  

Links from the episode​:

• Give Industries on LinkedIn: Click here
• Kat Dekker on LinkedIn: Click here
• The Give Industries website: Click here
• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss how and why you should have a balanced approach to implementing innovation.

Here is a taste of what Tracey and Dan cover in the conversation:

• The concept of balance within innovation
• Why its important to align your teams on why they should innovate
• What's required of leadership to create a culture of innovation
• The role your clients play in balanced innovation
• The top tools and resources you need to ensure innovation can happen in your organisation

Links from the episode​:

• Innovate For Impact Assessment Tool: Click here
• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley discuss consistency and how it relates to innovation.

Here is a taste of what Tracey and Dan cover in the conversation:

• The difference between consistency and intensive efforts
• How operational routines can help your organisation drive innovation
• Building innovation into the way that your organisation works
• Making innovation part of everyone's job

Links from the episode​:

• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Filipa Bellette, a functional medicine practitioner, clinical nutritionist and coach. Known for helping busy entrepreneurs and leaders to avoid body burn out.

Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Filly cover in the conversation:

• The role stress and being overly busy play in leaders not being innovative in their work
• How common patterns such as high achieving, overdoing, perfectionism and people pleasing can be a recipe for disaster for the body of leaders
• What truly resting looks like, compared to just taking your work and stress to your holiday
• Learning to trust your body to hear those early warning signs of stress, so it doesn't lead to burnout
• Things you can do to reduce your stress so that you can be more creative in how you work
  
  

Links from the episode​:

• The Chris And Filly Functional Medicine website: Click here
• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Jane Hodgkinson, the Treasurer and a volunteer at a local radio station Wild Horse Radio in rural Queensland, Australia. Jane shares with us how the team are transforming the 20 year old community radio station, by including the voice of their community of listeners in their decision making for the future.

Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Jane cover in the conversation:

• A little bit about Wild Horse Radio, why it needed some new ideas and why Jane and the team decided to speak to the local community to improve the station
• How the team at Wild Horse Radio engaged their community to better understand their needs
• What they learnt from the engagement results
• A few of the ideas for the future of the radio station that were created from the community engagement activity
• Tips on how to engage your community to better understand their needs

Links from the episode​:

• The Wild Horse Radio website: Click here
• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Chris Kerrisk, the Co-founder at Cérge. A technology company that is making it easier for people with disability to participate in the community, through giving service providers the helpful information they need to know about them before they arrive.

Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Chris cover in the conversation:

• The background of how Cérge was created and why they chose to build an app for people with disability
• How Cérge works and the value it adds to users
• The online community that Cérge has built that they use as an advisory group to ensure the app meets the needs of the people that use it
• A few of the stories that highlight the positive impact the app has had on individuals

Links from the episode​:

• The Cérge Website: Click here
• Cérge on LinkedIn: Click here
• The Cérge Community on LinkedIn: Click here
• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here

In this episode, Dan Bentley and Tracey Newman are joined by Steph Bradshaw, a lived experience worker and social worker in health care. Steph shares with us her experiences and some tips on how to ensure you can best work with people with lived experience in similar roles.

Here is a taste of what Tracey, Dan and Steph cover in the conversation:

• How lived experience workers work together with clinicians and the role they each play in the partnership
• What a day in the life of looks like as a lived experience worker
• How to not do any harm when working with people with a lived experience and tips on how to best include them
• The things Steph has seen that work well and a couple of things that haven't
• How to ensure people are meaningfully included and the roles are not a form of tokenism
• A few of the supports you need in your organisation to make lived experienced roles work best

Links from the episode​:

• Co-design For Impact - Co-design Training: Click here
• The Impacto Consulting website: Click here
• Impacto Consulting on LinkedIn: Click here