Tyson Yunkaporta

Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University

Indigenous knowledge for better ways of working

What does leadership and collaboration look like in Indigenous contexts, and what inspiration can we draw from First Peoples’ governance and trade models? The theories that ground a lot of organisations often references paleolithic data, but how accurate is the science in this area from an Indigenous viewpoint? Join this session to hear from Tyson what we can learn from First Peoples in regard to better ways of working, collaborating and leading.

About Tyson Yunkaporta Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne.