This past week @Wendy Harper hosted on behalf of the Agency of Women, along side Mary Jack, First Nations Elder and founder of Vanuatu’s first grassroots women’s representative body two events at University of Technology Sydney for Climate Action Week Sydney (CAWS), where frontline voices directly confronted the realities of systems change and climate justice. A provocative panel featuring First Nations Australian Polly Cutmore and Bianca McNeair alongside Milly Thomas, Heidi Dumesich and Miia Barrow provided the stimulus to explore the raw realities women face on the climate frontlines. Grounded by Mary’s reality checks, Dr Leila Alem led a systems transformation workshop based on this real-world case study. Participants mapped power dynamics, funding cycles, and the unseen labour of women carrying the burden of resilience efforts across 65 remote islands. THE KEY 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Meaningful climate intervention starts with listening and providing the resources women need to lead. "Women are not just beneficiaries of climate action; they are its architects." Lived knowledge builds far more durable solutions. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: Workshop outputs will feed into the Sydney Statement on Pacific-Led Climate Resilience, to be delivered to DFAT and the UNFCCC Gender Secretariat by June 2026. 🌊 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 "𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥." Following an acknowledgement of country by Polly Cutmore, frontline voices from Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Indonesia, and Australia addressed the difficult questions: Who bears the burden of the crisis? Who holds the power? And what is Australia's moral responsibility?

@Nina Bressler is the initiator of this, I think she posted late November on the initiative. I’m happy to share an update so we can all get organized 😀 Check out the magic here: TheTableTurners.space 💫 Join one of the info sessions (January 21/22), start planning the dinner you're going to host and see the network of global hosts as they publish their events!

👋 Hello Community, In our second Discernment Skill Builder yesterday we explored the question "How do I discern what I believe to be true?" The conversation was rich — from checking emotional responses and recognizing bias, to the role of trusted community and relational intelligence. One thread that stayed with us: discernment isn't a solo act. Human connection, as Barry put it, is what helps us truly flourish and find our ground. Thanks to everyone who joined! Coming up next week — two events: 1. 🧠💛 Mind, Heart & AI Skill Builder 📅 [March 17th] | 🕐 [12.30] CET We bring Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind into conversation with AI — and ask what remains irreducibly human, and what that demands of us. This will be a great but intense conversation, given that we have only 30 minutes ;-) *** 1. 🔥 Sales Lab: Resistance vs. Resonance — From Selling Skills to Decoding Signals 📅 [March 18th] | 🕐 [1pm] CET We'll cover: — Why leading with the 23 skills might create resistance (and what to do instead) — How to respond when you hear "prove it", "what's the ROI?", or "we're already doing leadership development" — The linguistic clues that tell you whether a client is actually ready If you're doing IDG work and want to get better at finding the clients who are ready for it, this one's for you. This session is part of our Premium tier in InnerDevelopment@Work — recorded and added to the library for all paid members. 👉 [Join here] | More info in the video below 👇 We hope to see you at one or both evens ! Warmly Sarah & Nadene

this months theme: expand your circle of care ;-) Why not join one of our Skill Builder calls to meet new people who care ;-) What's your favorite from all the actions below?

Hello Community 👋 This Tuesday we had such a great conversation in the Skill Builder - around the topic of discernment - that we thought we'd run it again and make it available to other people from different time zones (12pm ET) to join us. One of the questions we'll be discussing is this: How do I discern what I believe to be true? In a world saturated with information, opinions, urgency, and noise, discernment is no longer optional. It is a core leadership capacity. But what does discernment actually mean? Is it rational analysis? Is it intuition? Is it alignment with values? Is it collective sense-making? We'd love for you to join us next Tuesday! And tomorrow, Thursday March 5th , @Nadene Canning is hosting the 2nd Facilitation & Design Incubator! This session will walk you through a real case of the facilitation process from client scoping to integration. If you can't make the call, don't worry the recording will be accessible in the classroom for Premium members. Until very soon Sarah & Nadene