Great to connect Chris Boyle from StandbyU with Laura Gerber, Queensland Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services, for a thoughtful conversation about reform, systems and opportunity.
Chris captured the challenge perfectly when he reflected on navigating bureaucracy: “It’s like growing up watching Playschool — round window, square window, triangle window — systems still tend to pick just one lens to look through. We know people are more than that.”
It was a powerful way to describe a system that too often works in silos, rather than around the full needs and circumstances of the individual.
Chris also spoke highly of Minister Gerber’s approach — her willingness to see opportunity where others see only challenges, and her determination to break down silos and drive meaningful reform.
Real change starts with leaders prepared to listen, challenge old ways of thinking and back better outcomes. Encouraging to see conversations like this happening.
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