Episode #22: 200 days of lockdown

Episode #22: 200 days of lockdown

In this episode, I’m talking with James Ritchie, the Director of Thamani, a Principal Consultant with our C2C collective. He is currently located in Germany and has just come out of a 200 day lockdown.  As the strategic adviser to C2C and an International Resilience...
Episode #21: The future of disaster resilience in Australia

Episode #21: The future of disaster resilience in Australia

In this episode, I’m talking with Amanda Leck, the Executive Director of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, also known as AIDR , where she leads a program of work on behalf of the Commonwealth Government through the Department of Home Affairs –...
Episode #20: A Year of Doing Disasters Differently

Episode #20: A Year of Doing Disasters Differently

In this episode, I wanted to reflect on some of the conversations we’ve had. I set up corporate2community and this Doing Disasters Differently podcast because we need to start thinking differently and doing things differently before, during, and after all types of...
Episode #19: A business owner hit by disaster

Episode #19: A business owner hit by disaster

In this episode, I’m talking with Susan Gray, the president of the Tilba District Chamber of Commerce in the southern region of New South Wales, and the owner of the main pub in Tilba. Today we’re talking about – A business owner hit by disaster. Susan and her husband...
Episode #18: Top-down disaster resilience doesn’t work

Episode #18: Top-down disaster resilience doesn’t work

In this episode, I’m talking with Mark Duckworth, Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University working in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS). Today we’re talking about...
Episode #17: A Winter Festival of Community Resilience

Episode #17: A Winter Festival of Community Resilience

In this episode, I’m talking with Hayley Hardy, Marketing Manager from East Gippsland Marketing Inc. Today we’re talking about A Winter Festival of Community Resilience. Hayley moved back to East Gippsland and reconnected with high school friend Adam Bloem...