This week in Disability Done Different: COVID Conversations we speak with Libby Mears, CEO of Leisure Networks. Discussing the innovation that can come out of a crisis and how enlisting technology and embracing different ways of working creates another level of communication within an organisation.
By Roland Naufal and Vanessa Toy
Updated 15 Apr 202417 Apr 2020:format(webp))
This week in Disability Done Different: COVID Conversations we speak with Libby Mears, CEO of Leisure Networks. Discussing the innovation that can come out of a crisis and how enlisting technology and embracing different ways of working creates another level of communication within an organisation.
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Roland's three decades of disability experience and insistence on doing things better have earned him a reputation as independent and outspoken. He is known for finding hidden business opportunities and providing insights into the things that matter in disability.
Roland worked extensively on disability deinstitutionalisation in the early 90's and has lectured on the politics and history of disability. From 2012-2014, he consulted on NDIS design for the National Disability & Carer Alliance and was the winner of the 2002 Harvard Club Disability Fellowship.
Roland has held leadership roles in some of Australia's best known disability organisations and is now one of Australia's most knowledgeable NDIS consultants and trainers.
Vanessa is the calm in the NDIS 'storm' at DSC. You want Vanessa on your side when the going gets 'people tough', the really hard part of NDIS change. Aside from being a Director at DSC, she is an Associate of Melbourne Business School in Executive Education. Vanessa is a consultant, trainer and executive coach to commercial, government and community sector organisations in the areas of leadership, management and organisational development. Vanessa holds a Masters in Organisation Dynamics and is one of only a few hundred people in the world qualified in Process Work, a cutting edge approach to working with complex systems and team dynamics. She coaches leaders from all sectors, and is accredited in 'The Leadership Circle' methodology. Vanessa has an endless thirst for exploring what makes individuals and organisations tick and if anyone can assist in developing successful leadership approaches for the NDIS, it's her.