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29/04/2026

Thank you to ABC Australia and ABC Gippsland for sharing our story

After the National Autism Strategy identifies the potential of self-employment to provide meaningful work for people with autism, neurodivergent people who are already self-employed say it can help overcome workplace barriers.

27/12/2025

16/11/2025

🏥 Nine days into my new CEO role, five were spent at home, and day nine was spent in hospital.

💁‍♀️ Navigating a newish chronic illness diagnosis (Dysautonomia, POTS, MCAS, HSD, gastroparesis) whilst battling a viral upper respiratory infection, leading requires more than just 'niceness'—it demands intentional, inclusive leadership.

😌 In this video, I share the two biggest lessons I've learned in the last two weeks, including the vital check I now use before every decision:

"Am I doing what I need to do, or what I want to do?"

🎥 Watch to hear about self-advocacy, setting respectful boundaries, and why safety always beats niceness in leadership.

❓ Quick Poll: Would you be interested in a future CRSE podcast where I talk more deeply about the specifics of the Dysautonomia/POTS/MCAS diagnoses and how they intersect with executive employment and/or parenting life? Let me know in the comments! 👇

07/11/2025

✨ New Resource for Community Practitioners

💬 What if a few words could keep hope alive? After losing my sibling, I created The Pressure Valve — six neuro-affirming habits that ease pressure, preserve dignity, and keep connection possible.

🎧 Listen: The Pressure Valve – Conversations That Keep Hope Alive
https://youtu.be/1akeEsdUQO0?si=a2JWPtswa7lf_2-W

🙏 For David (they/them) 1978–2025
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04/11/2025

✨️ New Resource Alert for Community Practitioners ✨️

🫥 A few weeks ago, I received the Coroner’s final report into my sibling’s death.

😐 No recommendations. No inquiry.

😔 The official conclusion: nothing more could be learnt.

😟 I’ve sat with that.

🙂‍↕️ And while I still wish the story had ended differently, I’ve chosen to look forward — not back.

🧐 I’ve asked myself: what might have helped?

🤔 What small shifts in language or pacing might have kept hope alive, even when the system couldn’t change?

🥹 That question led me to create
"The Pressure Valve: Six Neuro-Affirming Communication Habits that Keep Hope Alive" — a new resource stemming from the reflection of David's final months before losing them to su***de.

✅️ It’s a simple one page guide for practitioners, educators and allies:

👉 Six neuro-affirming habits that regulate pressure, preserve dignity, and make space for safe re-engagement.

💁‍♀️ Sometimes, the difference between shutdown and safety is a few precious moments and the right choice of words

🙃 Consider it a neuro-affirming "brief intervention" so to speak

🙏 Dedicated to my sibling David (they/them) 1978-2025

🎧 Listen to the new CRSE podcast episode: The Pressure Valve: Conversations That Keep Hope Alive
https://youtu.be/1akeEsdUQO0?si=a2JWPtswa7lf_2-W

📄 Download the poster https://www.canva.com/design/DAG3tj6LgK8/cOsdFa7Qd_fFdZWt6vf6lA/view?utm_content=DAG3tj6LgK8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h4b13579468

📝 Article to follow soon

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Check out this Flyer (A4) designed by Carmel Riley.

08/09/2025

Tomorrow at , AI is being asked to design a bold strategy to make Gippsland a top-10 global renewable energy hub by 2030, in order to demonstrate the collaborative potential of AI technology.

The numbers are impressive:
✔ 15,000 jobs
✔ $10B economic activity
✔ 50% emissions reduction
✔ 60% local content
✔ 5 global partnerships
✔ $5B investment

But here’s my provocation: AI can’t solve what we don’t name.

Right now, the “S” in ESG — social procurement, inclusive employment, and wellbeing — isn’t in the brief.

Without it, we risk building an economic plan with no human core.

Even if it's 'only a demonstration' - we can't be what we can't see.

This is where inclusive leadership and complexity science creates the missing pillar.

It’s what stitches procurement, HR, and ESG together — turning strategy into justice, and transition into transformation.

I’ve written more in my article and recorded a podcast to share this provocation in full.

I can’t be in the room tomorrow — but you can.

When the AI speaks, ask the questions it can’t.

Read the article:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-cant-solve-we-dont-name-gnec2025-carmel-riley-she-her--nhojc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via

Listen to the podcast: https://youtu.be/5KN4zJioIEk?si=dECVLui1u48uvwZY

Because Gippsland’s future isn’t just renewable. It’s human.

Inclusive Leadership Is the Missing Pillar in the Gippsland Renewable Energy Strategy AI Demonstration Session This week at , AI will take centre stage. In a live demonstration, specialised AI agents will be tasked with designing a strategy to position Gippsland as a top-10 global renewable

08/09/2025

At , AI is designing a bold renewable energy strategy for Gippsland.

But here’s my provocation:

AI can’t solve what we don’t name.

Right now, the “S” in ESG — social procurement, inclusive employment, wellbeing — isn’t even in the brief.

So when the AI speaks, ask the question it can’t: Where is the S?

🎧 90-second provocation here

✅️ Full article + podcast release tonight.

28/08/2025

Such important conversations yesterday. Thank you for the invite Gippsland Multicultural Services Inc and congratulations to CEO Sally Gafa for your leadership across the last three years 💐 I look forward to continuing conversations with Counil of Australia

17/08/2025

🎧 Episode 2 has dropped on CRSE Podcast - Can't Really See Everything

🪷 The soul of the project - Where the title came from.

🧐 The relationship between power, perception, and story.

TW: Su***de, Housing Instability, Disability/Hidden Disability

💙 Dedicated to my dearest sibling David Luke Wakeham (they/them) 1978-2025 MHDSRIP

➡️ https://youtu.be/ru4kN7grYug?si=ACHJiwkR4S8OLoQj

📞​Lifeline (Australia): 13 11 14
📞​Su***de Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
📞​Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
📞​Carer Gateway: 1800 422 737
📞​QLife (LGBTQIA+ support): 1800 184 527
❗️​These are all Australian-based support services.

☕️ Reach out if you'd like to chat further.

Carmel Riley

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🎧 Episode 2 – Why I Called It “Can’t Really See Everything”The soul of the project - Where the title came from. The relationship between power, perception, ...

11/08/2025

😞 I received horrific news this weekend just past. That is a story for another day.

💯 It gave me the push I needed to release episode 1 of my podcast "Can't Really See Everything
https://youtu.be/KhOI78tGC_Y?si=d3zuoesFNU1hq0dz

💬 Please let me know your first impressions.

🤓 Curious for more?

CRSE - Can't Really See Everything Podcast. Episode 1: What this is and isn't - A note on story safety.Structure, trauma-awareness, neuroaffirming design, a...