Leanne is a Professor of Management and Organisation Studies. Leanne’s research explores organisational strategies, discourses, and practices and how they impact equity and inclusion for organisations, the people who work in them and the wider communities in which they are embedded. Leanne has a particular interest in alternative forms of organisation, including co-operatives, social enterprises, and Indigenous community-owned organisations.
Leanne is a recipient of an ARC Discovery Project grant (2023-2025), this research will identify the strategies and practices that produce hybrid organizational practices in Indigenous community-owned organizations.
Leanne is a global member of the Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership at the University of Melbourne.
Leanne is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW.
Purpose not profit is the key to successful Indigenous business ventures
Australia is still a settler-colonial society. We are locked into a deficit discourse, meaning many Australians don’t actually believe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are capable of devising solutions for their issues.