Andrew Leigh: the personal and political of productivity
After a decade of sluggish growth—the slowest productivity gains in 60 years—Australia faces a fundamental question: how does our nation capture the dynamic potential of the 21st century? How do we build an economy that rewards innovation, enables competition, and creates opportunity for all?This is a conversation with Andrew Leigh about both personal and national productivity.In the first half of this episode, we dive into Andrew’s personal systems and productivity trade-offs, from four-hour sleep experiments to the art of the strategic No. Then, we zoom out to the national challenge: how do we translate individual excellence into collective prosperity?—Andrew Leigh is the current Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury.
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Moving the Needle: How policy gets done in Australia
Our country gets better when good people do good work. Here are three stories of change, from the changemakers themselves. To launch Inflection Points, we brought together three great changemakers to give three great case studies in how they changed policy and moved the needle toward a fairer, better, and more prosperous Australia. This podcast version of the event features:Michael Brennan on how Australia abolished non-compete clausesBrendan Coates on reforming Australia’s skilled migration systemKatie Roberts-Hull on the fight to mandate phonics in Victorian schoolsAnd a panel chaired by Myriam Robin of the Australian Financial Review. Read a transcript of this episode here: https://inflectionpoints.work/articles/moving-the-needle
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Introducing the Inflection Points Podcast
Australians aren't apathetic. If anything, we care a lot more than our reputation suggests. But when the conversation about our country's direction is either a one thousand-word op-ed that barely scratches the surface, or a 400-page report that almost nobody reads — the real work of changing Australia becomes inaccessible. Even for the people who want to see it the most.Welcome to the Inflection Points Podcast: the home of in-depth policy discussion for a bigger, better Australia.
The Inflection Points Podcast is Australia's home of long-form policy discussion.The podcast is hosted by Jonathan O’Brien, editor-in-chief of Inflection Points. We'll also have regular contributions from our editorial team and broader community of writers and reformers.
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