Employment Can Be More Than Just a Job

Imagine if there was a way to tackle the growing under and unemployment rates of young people beyond just 'any job'? What if we dreamed big and designed employment to bring out young people's passion, skills, and ideas - increasing their connection to community, professional networks and enabling continuous learning opportunities in the process? Driven by a purposeful ‘why’, employment-focused social enterprises, such as YLab, can have the power to address unemployment challenges by doing things differently.

Test, Adapt, Repeat: How to co-design online

Akash Patel

5 Lessons learnt from the YLab Co-design challenge: With social isolation measures in place, our usual face to face workshops had to be adjusted. So, butcher’s paper, sharpies and a gratuitous amount of post-it notes were substituted for completely virtual spaces. From the many lessons learnt from this process, here were 5 insights that will help anyone looking to facilitate online

Reconciliation – Making space and acknowledging privilege

Rona Glynn-McDonald

The world is currently looking for a new way forward. First Nations communities across Australia and the globe hold many of the answers, and many Australians are beginning to adopt some of these cultural systems and ways of being like never before. 

The role of resilience in times of crisis

Bianca (Bee) Orsini

COVID-19 is testing people to the depths of their capabilities. We are seeing how people across the world respond when pushed to seemingly impossible limits. From frontline health workers, people caring for themselves and loved ones in unprecedented circumstances, and government and businesses making decisions which involve trillions of dollars and will impact the livelihood of billions.