May 2025

Overview Over four years, from 2020 to 2023, the MedTech Actuator, in partnership with the Menzies Leadership Foundation, delivered two national science entrepreneurship programmes. These initiatives were designed to bridge the gap between scientific research and commercialisation by equipping researchers with essential entrepreneurial skills. The programmes offered robust and practical training, one-on-one mentorship, and facilitated […]

A powerful new suite of research, released today by the Menzies Leadership Foundation and First Australians Capital, highlights the systemic challenges, and the transformative leadership, of Indigenous women entrepreneurs in the Kimberley. Funded by the Menzies Leadership Foundation and First Australians Capital, the research supports Future Weavers, a movement led by Kimberley Jiyigas founder Natasha

By Dr. Aiden M.A. Thornton  “System complexity is an ever-increasing challenge for leaders… I feel like the level of overwhelm being experienced by leaders is increasing.”    This powerful quote from Leading in Complexity: An Initial Enquiry in Tasmania expresses something many leaders are feeling but perhaps struggling to articulate: the creeping weight of complexity, and

By Dr. Aiden M.A. Thornton  “We are a small community. Leading change will typically upset members of your social circle or even family. That makes leadership in Tasmania particularly challenging – but we need it!” This quote reflects a reality that many Tasmanian leaders know all too well: change isn’t just an organisational process, it’s