The Committee Room

Episode Description You've been elected to the committee. You're keen. You turn up to the first meeting. And then... nobody really explains what you're supposed to do. In this episode, Kate and Kate unpack what it actually means to be a committee member — the three dimensions of responsibility, why confidentiality matters more than most people realise, and why a job description isn't too corporate...

Episode Description You know that committee where half the people have been there for decades and nobody can work out why the whole thing feels stuck? In this episode, Kate and Kate tackle the question most committees have never really answered: who should actually be in the room, and why does it matter? From committee models to the right size to the kind of diversity that leads to better decision...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION   It's 8pm on a Tuesday. The meeting started late, Dave hasn't read the agenda, and three decisions in you already know you'll have to reverse two of them next month. Sound familiar? Welcome to The Committee Room. In this first episode, Kate Hartwig and Kate McPhee — yes, they're both called Kate — cut through the jargon to answer the most fundamental question in governanc...