Design Declares Australia

Chairperson

RENY®

We are in the business of creative exploration, pioneering transformation for organisations & brands focused on designing better outcomes for humanity.

Co-Founder / Managing Partner

Co-Founder / Design Director

Surfrider Foundation Australia

Advisory Board Member

Chumpy Pullin Foundation

Member Board of Directors

Skin Check Champions

Advisory Board

ELECTRIC ⚡️

Partner

Eon Labs

Mr Simple - Sidelife

mwah. making work absolutely human

Luxottica Group

General Manager Wholesale

Oakley Asia Pacific

General Manager - Arnette Sunglasses ANZ

Sales Director

CEO / Partner @ RENY®Studio | B Corp

As a co-founder and managing partner at Reny ®, I have the amazing opportunity to help transform companies through Orbital Design (picking up where Human-Centred Design left off, giving Mother Nature a seat at the design table, leading to social and climate impact). 

I am an award-winning writer for my publication Uncluttered White Spaces (2009-16), and my new book, Lessons in Creativity, will be available in all good bookstores from May 2025 through Wiley Publishing.

As a certified B Corp, we design creative solutions, products, and brands that impact the community, climate, and humanities.

I have experience working with driven leaders, obsessive designers, genius engineers, demanding CEOs, ambitious CMOs, hard-driving founders, eager investors, observant writers, precise technologists, insightful artists, visionary directors, gifted misfits, hopeful students and passionate up-and-comers.

Client/Project experience: Patagonia, Google, K-Mart, Canon, Nike, Adidas, American Apparel, Dolce & Gabbana, Ray-Ban, Chanel, Prada, City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, Tourism Australia, Cancer Council, Heart Foundation, Mr Simple, Herschel, ProBuild, Stone Island, CP Company, Boxfresh, Giro, Oakley, Electric, Luxottica, Bank of SA, Westpac Bank, St George Bank, Australia Post, Land Rover, Boody, Re-Design, Vandal, Warner, Carryology, IMG.

I have advised senior executives and boards and worked with some of the world's most important brands. I currently serve as Chair for Design Declares, the advisory board for the Surfrider Foundation, and I was the founding board member for The Chumpy Pullin Foundation. 

My insights and writing have been featured in Fast Company, ABC, Inc. Magazine, and other prominent publications, earning me recognition as an awarded writer. My new book, Lessons in Creativity, will be available in May 2025.

I frequently speak on the value of Orbital Design (For Impact), creativity, and technology through platforms like TEDx and Vivid Sydney. I was also invited to speak at Parliament House with the Prime Minister and government officials on the role of creativity and design in shifting our future.

Ben Rennie

Michele’s clarity and interpretations of our thinking has certainly helped me reform my own clarity on our talk. I love how Michele broke this down in the best possible way. I will be printing this off and putting it on my wall as a reference.

I always try to remind people when I am presenting on a stage to an audience, I am not there as a success story (quite the opposite actually), I am there to remind them how hard it is, that it’s always hard and that getting comfortable with the idea of hard is where we find our creativity, in the space where fear and curiosity exist together.

Thanks Michele. Love this.

Founder at Reny® | Chair at Design Declares AUS | Author of Lessons in Creativity |

Creative Technologist • Entrepreneur • Science Communicator • Host and producer of STEAM Powered and NepoPod

My notes from How to Kick the Shit Out of Plan B with Ben Rennie and Miff Rennie at SXSW Sydney. Great perspectives on their personal journeys when Plan A goes out the window.

Some similarities here with Maggie Jackson's session on uncertainty, my notes here: https://lnkd.in/dZD3nSJ4

It also reminded me of Tim Minchin's "Play It Safe" created for the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary, check it out: https://lnkd.in/dpjTyBRc which he spoke about in his panel with Suzie Miller, Josh Niland, and Jonathan Kneebone at SXSW Sydney last year (brilliant session).

#sxswsydney2025

How to Kick the Shit Out of Plan B

Digital Consulting Ventures

At Digital Consulting Ventures, our mission is to be the driving force behind your talent success story. We're committed to connecting you with the best talent, providing 'Talent as a Service,' offering advanced training, and delivering seamless Accounting and Payroll solutions to empower foreign companies in their expansion into Nepal.

Get Influence Australia

As a Licensed Trainer with Get Influence Australia, I deliver world-class Influence & Persuasion programs developed by Dr. Robert Cialdini, the globally renowned expert in the science of ethical influence.

Through high-impact keynotes, workshops, and in-house training, I help professionals and organisations across Australia apply Dr. Cialdini’s 7 Principles of Influence—backed by over 40 years of scientific research—to achieve measurable improvements in leadership, sales, negotiation, marketing, and communication.

This role sits at the intersection of behavioural science and business impact, and is delivered under Digital Consulting Ventures, in partnership with the Cialdini Institute.

What I Do:
- Deliver Cialdini-certified influence training to corporate teams, executives, and business leaders
- Facilitate interactive, research-backed workshops on decision-making, ethical persuasion, and trust-building
- Work with HR, marketing, and sales leaders to embed influence strategies into their day-to-day operations
- Help clients move from instinct-based decisions to science-backed influence strategies that create lasting impact

Why It Matters:
In an age of information overload, attention scarcity, and buyer skepticism, influence is no longer optional—it’s a core business skill. My mission is to help organisations and individuals ethically harness the power of persuasion to create alignment, inspire action, and drive results.

Licensed Persuasion Trainer

Cialdini Institute

As a founding member of the Cialdini Institute, I offer comprehensive training and coaching programs based on Dr. Cialdini’s groundbreaking research and principles of influence and persuasion. This research has helped countless individuals and organizations to improve their outcomes by understanding the fundamentals of how people make decisions and take actions.

The training that I can offer you and your team provides a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum that covers the seven main principles of influence: reciprocity, authority, social proof, liking, commitment, unity, and scarcity. You and your team will gain a thorough understanding of each principle along with practical techniques and strategies for applying them in various contexts, from sales and marketing to customer service and leadership.

Founding Member

WithYouWithMe

WithYouWithMe is global tech company that helps organisations fully utilise their workforces, by perpetually evolving the skills they have into the skills they need.  

We are driven by a simple belief: that when an individual’s career aspirations are aligned with organisational goals, both will thrive.  

Drawing on this philosophy, our proprietary employee activation software and talent creation services help organisations around the world to cultivate skilled workforces that are always prepared, fit for purpose and inclusive. 

Our software platform maps and manages an organisation’s workforce skills, capturing the current capabilities and future potential of employees against the needs of the organisation. 

It’s skills-based employment, but with a twist. 

We take someone’s skills profile and enrich it with innovative psychometric and cognitive insights to create a holistic view of where they are now – and where they could go next. 

Our tech makes these insights actionable across the end-to-end talent lifecycle – motivating people to continuously grow in the direction a company needs. 

We call it ‘employee activation’. It’s how you get the most out of your people, and people get the best opportunity to succeed.

Enterprise Account Executive

Forbes Business Council

Official Member 

NeuroLeadership Institute

Digital Marketing Manager APAC

I'm excited to have joined NeuroLeadership Institute to help organisations transform their culture & leadership through neuroscience concepts. 

If you would like to learn more about how we can help, feel free to message me.

We are a cognitive science consultancy, making organisations more human through science. Our mission is to find the most effective habits that help people change and then build the most effective habit activation strategies that scale. 

We work with clients within three practice areas: Performance Management, Diversity & Inclusion, and Culture & Leadership. Our pioneering work has helped hundreds of organisations like Microsoft, Intel, HP, and Amazon transform the way their organisations think, grow, and perform.

Research and Solutions Associate

Australian Catholic University

Invited by ACU to be one of the five Panel Members for ACU Open Day sharing the opportunities and support ACU provides to all students planning to study Business related topics.

Alumni Panel Member for Business

Australian HR Institute (AHRI)

The NSW Learning & Development (L&D) network is a network and community of practise for sharing and promoting great L&D delivery, management and research.

Our network welcomes L&D practitioners, all AHRI members and seeks to influence the wider business, government, workplace education community. Our goal is improving the field of Learning and Development within NSW as well as the each individual's impact in their respective workplaces.

Committee Member - L&D NSW Network 

The NSW International HRM network aims to lead and grow the body of knowledge and to enhance the understanding of HR professionals by promoting awareness, educating and facilitating discussion on international human resources issues.

Committee Member - NSW International Human Resource Management Network

Aurion People & Payroll Technology – a Chandler Macleod Group business

Aurion is a pioneer of integrated HR and payroll software and outsourced payroll services. For 30 years we’ve been helping our customers simplify HR and payroll processing over $33 billion dollars of payroll each year while driving business efficiency and automation. 

Our team of experts deliver market-leading solutions, services and expertise to help you achieve your business vision and build your best workforce.

Digital HR & Payroll Transformation Specialist - Business Development Manager

Employment Hero

Advised organisations under 3,000 employees experience a radically better way to manage their HR processes and make employees happy through Employment Hero's award-winning HR platform with employee benefits and payroll.

Digital HR & Payroll Transformation Specialist - Business Development Executive

CEO @ Digital Consulting Ventures | Remote Staffing Solutions

As the CEO of Digital Consulting Ventures, I help companies navigate the challenges of finding top talent, expanding to Asia, and upskilling their workforce to stay ahead in today’s competitive market. With over 8 years of experience in HR Tech, talent strategy, and business growth, I have a track record of enabling organisations to scale effectively and sustainably.

What I Do:
🔍 Talent Acquisition: I connect companies with the right talent at cost effective prices to drive their growth, ensuring they find individuals who are not just skilled, but also aligned with their business goals.

🌏 Business Expansion into Asia: I guide organisations through the complexities of entering the Asian market from India to Nepal, leveraging my deep understanding of the local business landscape, culture, and market dynamics.

📈 Upskilling & Workforce Development: In an era of rapid technological change, I help businesses bridge skill gaps and build resilient teams equipped for the future. 

Why Work with Me:
✅ Proven Results: My team and I have successfully helped numerous companies find top talent and expand their footprint in Asia, contributing to their long-term growth.
✅ Strategic Insights: With a background in HR tech and talent management, I provide actionable strategies for workforce optimisation and market entry.
✅ Customised Solutions: We tailor our approach to fit each company's unique goals and challenges, ensuring a seamless transition into new markets.

Specialties:
Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
Business Expansion Strategy in Asia
Upskilling & Workforce Development
HR Tech & Talent Management

Let’s connect if you're looking to expand your business into Asia, find top talent, or want to future-proof your workforce through targeted upskilling.

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