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Collaboration

This last week was full-on non-stop. Most of my work was collaborating on corporate tasks to manage scaling-up our study to broader populations, as well as a tool to monitor and alleviate workload.

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Inclusion at Work

I’m part of the secretariat for the diversity and inclusion network at my work. Yesterday, together with the other professional networks, we kicked off Inclusion Month, which hosts regular events and talks to promote allyship in the workplace.

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Faith, Culture and Law

Went to a great talk today on Islam, which covered the distinction between faith, culture and different interpretations of law and texts.

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Co-Design

Another co-design workshop, this time with senior managers and executives. We received endorsement for our program of work and feedback on the design and testing of messages for vocational learners.

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Celebration Lunch

Lunch break after our second co-design workshop for our vocational training project. We are scaling it out in April across the state.

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Meeting on Philantrophic Funding

Our week began with a useful meeting and has stayed excellent. Published our Sponsorship Prospectus, sent out a few sponsorship emails, finalised our budget, and drafted an Agreement.

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Contemplation

Some quiet planning before our presentation to our executive sponsor on the final results for our trial and recommendations for the way ahead.

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Scaling

We presented our recommendations for scaling-up to senior managers, who were highly engaged and supportive.

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Services for Vulnerable People

I presented on our project seeking to improve services for vulnerable people who are at risk of recidivism. The questions from the audience were interesting, from specifics about our methods, to how we can encourage conservative organisations to go through the cultural change required to adopt our recommendations.⠀

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