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How Well-Designed Forms Improve the Citizen Experience

Forms are often the front door to government services. If the front door is difficult to open, the service itself becomes harder to access. How often have you needed to print a form, fill it in by hand, sign it, scan it, and email it back because there was no

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How To Harness the Power of AI Without Killing Your Creativity

Artificial intelligence has changed the creative landscape faster than any tool since the invention of digital design software.  With a few prompts, tools like Midjourney and OpenArt can generate polished visuals, that once took hours or days to produce, in seconds. But with this incredible speed comes a real concern: Does

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What Intel Teaches Us About Impact

In 1971, Intel accidently invented arguably the most important piece of tech in the 20th century – the microprocessor, but it wasn’t the microprocessor alone that made Intel. It needed something else. While the engineers  were busy inventing it, Andy Grove was inventing something much more powerful; a system of

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AI Is Not the Risk in APS Communications. Weak Judgement Is.

The Australian Public Service (APS) is increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to support communication efficiency. The impact of this shift on communication quality in a system defined by ministerial accountability, cabinet sensitivity and public scrutiny is still emerging. AI is doing exactly what it is designed to do, producing fast,

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How to Stop the Scroll: Advice for Content Creators

Every day, I am faced with a familiar scene: scrolling. It’s a well-practiced manoeuvre in our society. No matter where you go, you are almost always guaranteed to find someone flicking through social media at a rapid rate. But occasionally, the thumb stops moving and you can see a person’s

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A Tale of Not-So-Great Contrasts

Last year, while visiting a museum, my eyes beheld a ghastly sight.  Not from any one exhibit, but from the gallery map I had picked up in the foyer. To my dismay, the headings were printed in bright yellow on a white background. This low colour contrast caused great difficulty

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2025 in Review: Don’t Wait

Is that end of the year I can see up ahead? I hope so. I could do with the rest. Another year of challenge and achievement. Opportunity and disappointment. Another year in business, I guess. It’s never easy and as a wise friend once told me, “If it was easy,

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That Worked: How We Built an Online Brand

By David Pembroke, Alison Kennelly & Aleyn Silva 4,400,000 views. 118,000 likes. 10,000 comments. 11,000 followers. And that’s just eight months of Rugby Unity on TikTok. Over 8 busy months, we have built the Rugby Unity platform (podcast, social media, guides, and event) through persistence, curiosity, and experimentation. From single-digit

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It’s not always poor policy – but it’s often poor comms!

When a government policy struggles to achieve its intent, the blame often lands in one of two places, the policy itself or the communication around it. The truth usually sits somewhere in between. Often, what looks like policy failure is poorly executed communication. Most government policies are designed with specific

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Engagement Alchemy: My recipe for turning events into movements

From October through December, I’m rarely home. It’s the season of airports, new cities, and rooms filled with energy as I direct engagement-rich events across Australia. And through every conversation, every summit, every town hall, one truth is crystal clear: events must be more than logistics or a tick-the-box exercise

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