Making Sense of Stories

Geof Hill, PhD, EdD, SFHEA, is a Management Consultant. His training in the 1980s as a Work Study Analyst provided the foundation for later consultancies supporting and advocating professional practice change in business, health, education and mining. Concurrent with his consultancy he has held academic positions, including as the Coordinator of Research Supervision Professional Development at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and as Reader in Education at Birmingham City University, UK, where he introduced a community of practice agenda around research supervision professional development. He uses stories extensively in his work with academics. Andrew Rixon, PhD, DTM, is an internationally experienced consultant, coach and educator with a particular interest and passion for innovation, leadership and change. He is the co-editor of The Story Cookbook: Practical Recipes for Change (2019). With significant educator experience across Australian business schools including the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and James Cook University, he is currently a Faculty Member at Swinburne Business School.