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Political tokenism deflects criticism away from governments failing to act on child sexual abuse

How many stories, retelling of stories, royal commissions and inquiries are enough?

8 min readJul 17, 2023

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Political tokenism deflects criticism away from governments failing to act on child sexual abuse

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The human cost of sensationalist, headline grabbing coverage of child sexual abuse

When media recently included some comments of the Victorian Premier, and of others, seemingly speaking on behalf of my brother, a deceased…

6 min readJul 13, 2023

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The human cost of sensationalist, headline grabbing coverage of child sexual abuse

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

Workplace design must finally respect the singularity of worker needs and contexts

The history of office design, and our Covid-19 working from home experiences, prove successful digital workplaces, rely on designing for…

11 min readJan 10, 2021

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Workplace design must finally respect the singularity of worker needs and contexts

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

What an appropriate Victorian Government response to the public health emergency of survivors and…

Key points

18 min readJun 25, 2023

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What an appropriate Victorian Government response to the public health emergency of survivors and…

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

The counter-intuitive in a crisis, strengthens organisations, and ultimately society.

When caught in a rip, lifesavers teach us not to follow our intuition to swim against it towards the safety of the shore, rather swim…

2 min readNov 22, 2020

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The counter-intuitive in a crisis, strengthens organisations, and ultimately society.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

Our landing in our Covid-19 free future lives, could be a bumpy one.

After months of long hours, and stress at work, you finally arrive at your much anticipated dream holiday destination, to relax and unwind…

4 min readNov 22, 2020

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Our landing in our Covid-19 free future lives, could be a bumpy one.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

We’re in the same storm. But not the same boat.

The world is experiencing a global pandemic, but for communities, and at a more micro-level, individuals, the experience is singular to…

4 min readNov 22, 2020

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We’re in the same storm. But not the same boat.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

A people-first organisational culture revolution. Existential. Not optional.

Sleep was hard to come by last night, sure, it was still 43 C / 109 F degrees after the sun set, and I don’t have air-conditioning. Rather…

4 min readDec 21, 2019

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A people-first organisational culture revolution. Existential. Not optional.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

Some in our financial sector stand at a crossroad. The right choice couldn’t be clearer.

Don’t believe those saying the recent Royal Commission into misconduct in Australia’s Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services…

9 min readAug 13, 2019

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Some in our financial sector stand at a crossroad. The right choice couldn’t be clearer.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

Fixing unhealthy workplace cultures requires healing.

Participation in transforming the root causes of any harm caused by an organisation’s unhealthy culture, results in collective healing…

5 min readMar 15, 2019

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Fixing unhealthy workplace cultures requires healing.

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Karen Walker of Culture Smart

Karen Walker of Culture Smart

coach | consultant | writer | child sexual abuse advocate Passionate about healthy, people, and cultures, at work and in life. I find joy in helping others.

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