Small Giants Academy

A Centre for Wisdom and Action

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A global centre that nurtures & empowers conscious leaders for a hopeful future.

Welcome to a community of leaders and change-makers committed to creating a just, inclusive and sustainable future where people and planet can flourish – an idea we like to call the Next Economy.
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Through our programs, storytelling and labs; we empower emerging and established leaders, from all walks of life and sectors with the tools, knowledge and community to respond meaningfully to the metacrisis of the 21st century.

Explore our programs

About Small Giants

What’s coming up at Small Giants?

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Climate Leadership Accelerator: Into the Arena

Deepen your understanding of the systems creating the climate crisis and develop a framework for your own climate action.

Secure your spot

Mastery of Business & Empathy: Leadership in the Next Economy

A 10-month reinvention of the traditional MBA, equipping leaders with the practical tools, philosophies & inner work to reinvent business for the Next Economy.

Nature's Architect: The role of biomimicry in urban design - with Amanda Sturgeon

Join us as we explore how biomimicry can inform the design of urban environments that are efficient, resilient and harmonious with the natural world.

Book your free spot

Fellows and Friends Community Event

Small Giants Academy invites you to join us for a special evening at our St Kilda office, The White House. We’ll hear from a special guest sharing insights from the world of impact and why climate investing is more vital than ever. Connect with fellow members of Small Giants Academy and the broader impact community. Forge new connections and exchange ideas that drive meaningful impact. Enjoy delicious local, organic fare by our in-house chef Chase White, along with complimentary drinks.

Secure your spot

August 13, 2025

Wild Horizons: From domination to integration with nature - with Lisa Miller

Join us as we explore re-wilding as a significant response to the climate crises and vital connection between people, values, and the natural world

Book your free spot

August 25, 2025

Brave Conversations Masterclass with Danny Almagor

How to hold honest, dignified dialogue that bridges divides and invites deeper trust.

August 27, 2025

Scandinavia: The Future of Cities

Join our Scandinavian safari, where we'll explore the future of cities in a time of dramatic economic, social and environmental change.

Explore Scandinavia

September 1, 2025

Mastery of Systems Leadership

The MSL is an immersive journey in systems thinking, shifting systems and leadership, equipping you to navigate complexity, drive transformation, and seek out pathways to a new regenerative future.

Secure your spot

September 5, 2025

Intercultural Foundations Masterclass with Tavale Ilalio

Practicing ancient knowledge systems and intercultural frameworks for more respectful, collaborative ways of working across differences.

September 15, 2025

Embodied Leadership Masterclass with Tamsin Jones

Exploring leadership that embraces complexity and nurtures systems-wide wellbeing.

September 18, 2025

Interconnected Leader

Equipping you with a toolkit of mindfulness and somatic leadership practices to help you lead more naturally and integratively while navigating complex systems.

Secure your spot

October 1, 2025

Storytelling for Change

Harness storytelling to create meaningful change for our communities and our planet. Next program starting in October — Click learn more to sign up when registration opens.

Express your interest

October 13, 2025

Governing for Purpose: Foundations for Board Members & Directors

Revolutionise your governance with both rigour and strategic purpose.

Secure your spot

October 20, 2025

Journey to Impact: Australia

An impact investing program for families, individuals and foundations ready to create impact

Secure your spot

October 24, 2025

Adaptive Leadership Masterclass with Simon Fieldhouse

Navigate uncertainty with approaches that explore resistance, and steward transformation for self and across teams, organisations, and systems.

October 30, 2025

Journey to Impact: Singapore

Join us for our impact investing retreat, designed for individuals, family offices and foundations to explore the alignment of wealth and values.

Secure your spot

November 4, 2025

Impact Safari Tasmania/lutruwita

Join us where ancient rainforest, wild rivers and windswept coasts meet provocative art, ancestral story and activism.

Explore lutruwita/Tasmania

November 15, 2025

Impact Safari Uganda

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to connect with local and global conservationists, activists and community systems thinkers in soulful Uganda.

November 28, 2025

Fellows Summer Gathering 2025

A gentle weekend to shake off the year with the Small Giants Fellows, where we create space for contemplation and renewal in nature

Register to attend

Wisdom & Action Forum 2026: Trust in the Age of AI

How do we live, lead, and build trust in an age of accelerating technology, fractured systems, and shifting truths?

Express your interest

Ideas, Stories & Conversations

WHY Whakapapa Based Methodologies

Reflections from the Small Giants Wisdom and Action Forum: We Are Nature.

Hanging out with the Small Giants

Read Pella Thiel's Substack reflection her time with Small Giants, from Impact Safari: Scandinavia to the Wisdom & Action Forum and Wisdom Webinar series.

Crisis is an Opportunity

Dr Arne Rubinstein shares a powerful personal story of resilience and post-traumatic growth, exploring how crisis can reveal unexpected strengths and a renewed appreciation for life.

Dr Arne Rubinstein

Adventures in Faith and Finance

Journey to Impact alum, Robert Stewart, dives into the concept of Faith-First impact investing and responding to your personal heartbreak using the tools of finance and capital.

Kaj Löfgren on fostering community

On this episode of Wisdom & Action, Kaj and Berry explore how we foster communities that can truly thrive during a time of crisis.

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Indy Johar on Entangled Wisdom

On this episode of Wisdom & Action, Indy & Berry explore how we find hope and agency when the scale of our global challenges feels overwhelming.

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Sandrine Dixson-Declève on change for good

On this episode of Wisdom & Action, Sandrine & Berry have a candid conversation about hope, courage, and finding wisdom in the chaos of our times.

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Ariel Burger is a Witness

On this episode of Wisdom & Action, Ariel takes us through what it means to be a regulated human, how stories have the power to transform the world, and why joy is so important to hold in our pursuit for a better future.

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What’s coming up at Small Giants?

Climate Leadership Accelerator: Into the Arena

Deepen your understanding of the systems creating the climate crisis and develop a framework for your own climate action.

Secure your spot

Mastery of Business & Empathy: Leadership in the Next Economy

A 10-month reinvention of the traditional MBA, equipping leaders with the practical tools, philosophies & inner work to reinvent business for the Next Economy.

July 23, 2025

Nature's Architect: The role of biomimicry in urban design - with Amanda Sturgeon

Join us as we explore how biomimicry can inform the design of urban environments that are efficient, resilient and harmonious with the natural world.

Book your free spot

August 7, 2025

Fellows and Friends Community Event

Small Giants Academy invites you to join us for a special evening at our St Kilda office, The White House. We’ll hear from a special guest sharing insights from the world of impact and why climate investing is more vital than ever. Connect with fellow members of Small Giants Academy and the broader impact community. Forge new connections and exchange ideas that drive meaningful impact. Enjoy delicious local, organic fare by our in-house chef Chase White, along with complimentary drinks.

Secure your spot

August 13, 2025

Wild Horizons: From domination to integration with nature - with Lisa Miller

Join us as we explore re-wilding as a significant response to the climate crises and vital connection between people, values, and the natural world

Book your free spot

August 25, 2025

Brave Conversations Masterclass with Danny Almagor

How to hold honest, dignified dialogue that bridges divides and invites deeper trust.

August 27, 2025

Scandinavia: The Future of Cities

Join our Scandinavian safari, where we'll explore the future of cities in a time of dramatic economic, social and environmental change.

Explore Scandinavia

September 1, 2025

Mastery of Systems Leadership

The MSL is an immersive journey in systems thinking, shifting systems and leadership, equipping you to navigate complexity, drive transformation, and seek out pathways to a new regenerative future.

Secure your spot

September 5, 2025

Intercultural Foundations Masterclass with Tavale Ilalio

Practicing ancient knowledge systems and intercultural frameworks for more respectful, collaborative ways of working across differences.

September 15, 2025

Embodied Leadership Masterclass with Tamsin Jones

Exploring leadership that embraces complexity and nurtures systems-wide wellbeing.

September 18, 2025

Interconnected Leader

Equipping you with a toolkit of mindfulness and somatic leadership practices to help you lead more naturally and integratively while navigating complex systems.

Secure your spot

October 1, 2025

Storytelling for Change

Harness storytelling to create meaningful change for our communities and our planet. Next program starting in October — Click learn more to sign up when registration opens.

Express your interest

October 13, 2025

Governing for Purpose: Foundations for Board Members & Directors

Revolutionise your governance with both rigour and strategic purpose.

Secure your spot

October 20, 2025

Journey to Impact: Australia

An impact investing program for families, individuals and foundations ready to create impact

Secure your spot

October 24, 2025

Adaptive Leadership Masterclass with Simon Fieldhouse

Navigate uncertainty with approaches that explore resistance, and steward transformation for self and across teams, organisations, and systems.

October 30, 2025

Journey to Impact: Singapore

Join us for our impact investing retreat, designed for individuals, family offices and foundations to explore the alignment of wealth and values.

Secure your spot

November 4, 2025

Impact Safari Tasmania/lutruwita

Join us where ancient rainforest, wild rivers and windswept coasts meet provocative art, ancestral story and activism.

Explore lutruwita/Tasmania

November 15, 2025

Impact Safari Uganda

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to connect with local and global conservationists, activists and community systems thinkers in soulful Uganda.

November 28, 2025

Fellows Summer Gathering 2025

A gentle weekend to shake off the year with the Small Giants Fellows, where we create space for contemplation and renewal in nature

Register to attend

May 5, 2026

Wisdom & Action Forum 2026: Trust in the Age of AI

How do we live, lead, and build trust in an age of accelerating technology, fractured systems, and shifting truths?

Express your interest

We're building towards what we call the Next Economy

The Next Economy is a new way of being, leading and governing that supports humanity to flourish while living in harmony with our natural world.

Learn about the Next Economy

Our Programs and Safaris

Transform the way you lead and govern your organisations and communities.

Our programs are developed with a network of global partners to equip you with new ways of thinking and being.

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Mastery of Systems Leadership

Journey to Impact

Journey to Impact: Hong Kong

Journey to Impact

Journey to Impact: Singapore

Interconnected Leader

Storytelling for Change

Governing for Purpose: Foundations for Board Members & Directors

Climate Leadership Accelerator: Into the Arena

Journey to Impact

Journey to Impact: Australia

Mastery of Business & Empathy: Leadership in the Next Economy

lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia

Impact Safari lutruwita/Tasmania: Our Wild Nature

Impact Safari Uganda: Our Living Earth

The Isles: England & Scotland

Impact Safari The Isles: Rewilding

Impact Safari Scandinavia: The Future of Cities

View all Programs

View all Impact Safaris

Our Fellows

Our Fellows are a community of leaders who have participated in our programs. Integrating wisdom and action to support each other, they co-create learning opportunities and actively collaborate on impactful projects for a more hopeful future. Explore the community below.

Learn more about Fellows

Designer note: Fellows will appear here on the published site.

Designer note: Fellows will appear here on the published site.

Designer note: Fellows will appear here on the published site.

Designer note: Fellows will appear here on the published site.

Designer note: Fellows will appear here on the published site.

Rachel Lowry

CEO, Bush Heritage Australia

Ronni Kahn

Founder, Oz Harvest

Dane O’Shanassy

Country Director, Patagonia ANZ

Damon Gameau

Storyteller & Filmmaker: That Sugar Film (2014), 2040 (2019) and Regenerating Australia (2022)

Sarah Wilson

Author, podcaster, international keynote speaker, philanthropist and climate change advisor

Jo Brick

David Ritter

CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Learn more about Fellows

Upcoming Events

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Oct 24, 2025

Adaptive Leadership Masterclass with Simon Fieldhouse

Navigate uncertainty with approaches that explore resistance, and steward transformation for self and across teams, organisations, and systems.

Sep 15, 2025

Embodied Leadership with Tamsin Jones

Exploring leadership that embraces complexity and nurtures systems-wide wellbeing.

Sep 5, 2025

The White House, St. Kilda VIC

Intercultural Foundations Masterclass With Tavale Ilalio from Mahana Culture

Practicing ancient knowledge systems and intercultural frameworks for more respectful, collaborative ways of working across differences.

Aug 25, 2025

The White house, St. Kilda VIC

Brave Conversations Masterclass with Danny Almagor

How to hold honest, dignified dialogue that bridges divides and invites deeper trust.

May 5, 2026

Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC 3067, Australia.

Wisdom & Action Forum 2026: Trust in the Age of AI

How do we live, lead, and build trust in an age of accelerating technology, fractured systems, and shifting truths?

Aug 7, 2025

11 Princes street, St Kilda

Fellows and Friends Community Event

Join us for an evening of connection and conversation.

Aug 13, 2025

Wild Horizons: From domination to integration with nature - with Lisa Miller

Join us as we explore re-wilding as a significant response to the climate crises and vital connection between people, values, and the natural world

Nov 28, 2025

Mossy Willow Farm

Fellows Summer Gathering 2025

A gentle weekend to shake off the year with the Small Giants Fellows, where we create space for contemplation and renewal in nature