Open Wired with Natalie Phillips-Mason

About this episode: Sarah James is the founder of The Sensory Specialist, a Melbourne-based business providing families, schools and organisations with sensory tools. A former psychology teacher and mum of two, Sarah works with councils, schools and major venues to design sensory-friendly spaces. In this episode we explore accessibility, neurodiversity and the practical work of making everyday pub...

Description: Madeleine Jane Lobsey spent decades in the arts and global leadership development before being diagnosed as autistic and ADHD at 48 and realising she’d been building neuroinclusive spaces long before she had the language for it.  Named as a Top 50 Australians Over 50 in 2025, she founded Wondiverse, a neuroinclusion social enterprise. She also runs WonderPlay Studio, a neuroinclusive...

About this episode: Gary Mortimer is a Professor of Retail Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Queensland University of Technology. He has over 25 years of retail industry experience, and is currently the Chair and Independent Director of Services and Creative Skills Australia. In this episode we tackle an alarming trend in retail - customer aggression - and its impact on psychosocial safety for r...

About this episode: Meet Storm Menzies, founder of ByStorm Beauty, a brand on a mission to make beauty accessible, fun and inclusive. Drawing on her own lived experience, Storm designs accessible beauty tools, helping people feel confident and seen. Storm is passionate about inclusivity and creates beauty products that celebrate diversity and remove barriers in self-care. ByStorm Beauty is breakin...

About this episode On this episode of Open Wired, host Natalie Phillips-Mason talks with award winning disability advocates Lisa Cox OAM and Paul Nunnari PSM PLY about disability representation in the media. They explore why representation matters, how organisations can get it right, and what businesses lose when disability inclusion is ignored. From Breaking Bad to Autistic Barbie, this episode i...

Open Wired is a series hosted by Natalie Phillips-Mason, Founder of Inclusive Change. Natalie has candid conversations with people solving inclusion challenges. Sometimes unpolished but always authentic, the series explores inclusion within workplaces, boardrooms, retail and physical spaces. Guests include award-winning leaders from private sector and Not for Profit, entrepreneurs, executives and...