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Application Form for the August 2026 Mastery of Business and Empathy

We are so pleased you are taking the next big step in your business and personal leadership journey to join others in leading a purposeful organisation and committing to chart a hopeful future in the Next Economy.

Please take your time in filling out the form - note that the last four questions may require some deeper contemplation, so if you need to you can save your progress and return back to this page at a later stage. We look forward to receiving your reflections.

First Name

Last Name

Email

Mobile Phone

Your Age Range

Gender

Are you of Aboriginal / Torres Strait Island or First Peoples Origin?

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Street

City

State

Post Code

Country

Cover Letter: Attach a 1-page cover letter about why you feel the MBE is right for you at this time and what you’re hoping to contribute to the program.

When was the last time you changed your mind about something significant? Describe how and why this happened (2-3 paragraphs)

Describe the impact you believe you have on others and how you know this to be true? (2–3 paragraphs)

Please reflect on this statement:

Bayo Akomolafe has said of this moment: “Our work now is not to create manifold or totalizing blueprints for new worlds, because I think we tend to repeat the dynamics of the world we're in, in the one we're envisioning. Sometimes the future is just a colonial attempt of the present. So I would say that what we need to do is to stay with the trouble, meet in places where we can be met by the world in return, hopefully defeated in our attempts to understand it. Where confusion becomes a form of research inquiry. Confusion becomes a philosophy, an epistemology. And maybe there, maybe there, we might learn about the world and about ourselves anew. There is no guarantee. But that's the invitation of the moment.”

Do you agree? Why or why not? (Please respond in 2–3 paragraphs)

Share three articles, books or films that have shaped your thinking over the last 12 months. Provide a short commentary on each (along with links, if possible).

Each year we have a cohort that runs from 6.30pm - 9.30pm AEST on a Tuesday. We are exploring running a second cohort from 9am - 12pm on a Thursday. Would you be interested in the 9am - 12pm AEST cohort?

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How did you hear about the MBE?

Referrer Name

Other Referrer

Owner ID

Joel

Program ID

Mastery of Business & Empathy 2026

Campaign ID

Mastery of Business & Empathy 2026 - Applications (Form ID 5172547 )

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