Publications

Creativity is more than just artistic expression. It is a life-giving force, a universal power that shapes how we understand ourselves, solve problems, and connect with others. It is central to our individual wellbeing and the health of the world in which we live. But what exactly is creativity? And how does it work?

To answer these questions, Understanding Creativity investigates the phenomenon from multiple perspectives, delving into the people, processes and systems that support it.

Whether you realise it or not, as an educator, you are also a creator. Each lesson is a creative collaboration in which you combine resources of time, energy, information, and imagination in unique and valuable ways to achieve understanding. You are entrusted with the privilege and responsibility of building an environment where students not only learn but discover who they are and what they can become.

Create Your Classroom shows how creativity is core to addressing the pressing issues facing the education sector and calls on educators to nurture their own for their own wellbeing and to build classrooms and communities that thrive.

Books

Forthcoming - Available November 2025

Whether you call it innovation, transformation, reshaping or reform, fundamentally all of the change occurring within the public sector is founded upon creativity. Creativity is the energy that powers all public sector change, and therefore it is the responsibility of all leaders to understand the nature of creativity, and to build creative confidence.

This book explains the creativity found within the public sector context and guides leaders on how to harness their own creativity to deliver meaningful change. Moreover, it explains how they can establish the environments in which their people will be motivated to share their best creative selves, contribute to solving wicked problems and delivering excellent community outcomes.

Reports & Submissions

Creative Confidence - Essential Economic Infrastructure

A submission to the Productivity Commission's Five Pillar Inquiry into building a skilled and adaptable workforce.

This submission demonstrates how creative confidence is the core capability that must be fostered across our educational and business sectors. It shows how creativity is the foundation of achieving the productivity, innovation and adaptability outcomes desired by government and is the driver of economic growth. Recommendations are provided for building creative confidence across the nation so that Australia can position itself as a creative country and thrive within an ever-changing environment.

Creative Confidence - Essential Reform Infrastructure

A submission to the Productivity Commissions Five Pillar Inquiry into building a dynamic and resilient economy.

This submission explains how creativity is central to the achievement of the government's reform agenda, and how it is the creative confidence of public servants that is the capability required to fulfil their role as regulatory stewards. Recommendations are provided for how creative confidence can be built within agencies and across the public sector more broadly. Moreover, it is recognised that creative confidence must also become a national characteristic, and proposals are presented about how Australia can become a creative country and enact they dynamism and resilience desired.