Complex systems and wicked problems

​This session will focus on introducing you to systems thinking and complex problems!

​Thea Snow, who is the Director of the Centre for Public Impact, will talk to us about the fundamentals of systems thinking, including:

• ​What are complex systems?

• ​Why are some problems so difficult to tackle?

• ​How does system thinking help?

• ​What’s the mindset of a systems thinker?

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​Thea Snow

​Thea began her career as a solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons. She then spent nine years working across various strategic policy roles in the Victorian Public Service, including executive levels.

​Thea has recently returned to Melbourne after having spent the last few years in London, working as part of Nesta's Government Innovation team and completing an MSc PPA at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (graduating with Distinction).

​With a firm theoretical and practical grounding in public policy, Thea has been recognised as a thought-leader in her field. In 2019, Thea was named as one of Apolitical's most influential public sector innovators. She also received the Peter Self Prize (MSc Public Policy and Administration) for best Dissertation from the LSE.

​Thea has recently joined the Centre for Public Impact to build a presence in Australia and New Zealand.