Systems thinking
Guide
Impact at scale
Impact at scale is a goal that many organisations in the social purpose sector strive to achieve. This paper brings together a uniquely Australian set of perspectives on creating widespread impact.
Guide
Healthy System Indicators: an approach to stewarding system health
This guide introduces you to the Healthy System Indicators, a prototype tool developed by Policy Lab to help communities of policy professionals co-diagnose policy systems they may be working in, and identify how to make changes and move towards healthier systems.
Report
Storytelling for systems change: listening to understand
To make real change, people need to get better at telling stories. But governments and philanthropy also need to get better at listening to them. Researchers have been exploring the role of story-telling in systems change. For this report, the authors turn their attention from story-telling to 'story-listening'.
Report
Mutual investment for mutual benefit: activating employers to shift young people’s career trajectories
This report takes a systems perspective on employer engagement and activation. It draws on systems theory to consider the ways in which the employment services system facilitates or constrains active employer development of young jobseekers.
Report
We have to do more: examining school leader perspectives on hygiene poverty within Australian schools
Hygiene poverty is not merely a localised problem - it has escalated into a national crisis, affecting the lives and well-being of countless students across the country. This report not only uncovers the distressing prevalence of hygiene poverty, but also emphasises the need for systems thinking in developing effective and sustainable solutions.