John Briggs Consultancy offers unique and tailored services that facilitate impactful ‘conversations that matter’ across a range of settings and audiences.
Our point of difference is educating on facts, not emotions. We strongly encourage audience participation throughout our sessions and we direct the focus away from political correctness, blame, and victimisation, towards kindness, empathy, and compassion – we are strong believers in the power of humanity. This careful focus cultivates culturally safe environments that empower curious minds to come forward as we learn and grow together. Our sessions create Positive Disrupters and Change Agents, also known as Allies.
We operate under a blended learning model (i.e. eLearning, training, and advisory) to maximise participants’ growth from cultural awareness to cultural proficiency. This approach also caters to a vast array of learning styles across audiences, complimented by visual and auditory cues, individual and group learning, and kinesthetic learning. Under the strategic use of this model, participants become confident to integrate and implement their learnings in their professional and personal lives.
Although we are based in Meanjin/Brisbane on Yuggera Turrbal Country, we deliver our services to businesses Australia-wide. We use a global and national framework delivered from a generic context, meaning we do not duplicate or represent local content.
We – John Briggs Consultancy and our audiences – are allies for reconciliation in Australia.
Our sessions are tailored to both individual and organisational needs – you give us the brief, we deliver the solution – whether they be:
We have developed a three-part Cultural Confidence Training series that addresses social cohesion corrosion – a current issue we as a society are facing both globally and domestically. Our methodology to address this ignites pathways to solutions through ‘conversations that matter’.
John takes audiences on an exploration of Australia’s shared history from exclusion to inclusion of our First Nations communities – focusing on where we are today, where we are heading, and why reconciliation is important for everyone. John conducts the sessions in a pragmatic and practical manner by empowering attendees to seek and explore critical thinking together (‘conversations that matter’) through demonstrative comprehension, thereby enhancing the ability to critically reflect and take action in both professional and social settings.
The training series is perfect for anyone anywhere on their cultural confidence journeys. The topics for each session are as follows:
1. Understanding Reconciliation
2. Allyship in Reconciliation
3. Unpacking the Cultural Competence Continuum and Influencing Others
Our core, foundational content has been packaged into an interactive and evidence-based eLearning module – Reconciliation: It Starts With Understanding. This sought-after 30-45 minute course is designed to support learners as the first step in their cultural confidence journeys.
In this course, participants learn about our First Nations cultures and histories, enabling them to create a safe and inclusive workplace.
By the end of the course, participants are able to:
We regularly build eLearning products that take as little as 1 minute to complete, or many hours. You ask, we build.
These workshops are extremely beneficial for customer-facing teams, or teams who engage with First Nations peoples and/or communities. The workshops:
In these workshops, attendees go deeper into understanding racism, specifically:
These workshops are particularly popular for audiences who commonly field questions around the purpose of an Acknowledgement of Country in their roles. After the workshop, attendees have greater confidence in:
These workshops are popular across businesses, corporations and government agencies working closely with First Nations communities.
The topics covered are:
The name speaks for itself – these workshops are ideal for early childhood centres, kindergartens, schools, and anyone working under the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), My Time Our Place (MTOP), and other guiding educational frameworks.
John Briggs incorporates his talent as a Didgeridoo musician into our professional and interactive workshops. In these sessions we unpack Aboriginal cultures through artefacts, music, and story-telling, giving audiences a greater understanding of Acknowledging Country.
We partner with The Black Wattles Culcha Klub for immersion experiences in Brisbane, and we also have a national network for immersion experiences in other locations. Participants are led through walking tours, bush tucka, and cooking. Food, like language, is the gateway to culture.
Delivered through partner, The Black Wattles Culcha Klub. Please contact them to learn more on Instagram.
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