Discover how truth-telling drives authentic cultural change, builds trust, and creates safer workplaces for all employees.
Truth-telling is increasingly recognised as essential to building safe, inclusive, and high-trust workplaces. Yet many organisations struggle to understand what truth-telling means in practice and how to implement it authentically.
This session brings together research, evidence, and practical insights to show how truth-telling enables organisations to build genuine cultural change, address systemic injustice, and create workplaces where all employees—particularly First Peoples and other marginalised groups—feel safe, valued, and heard.
What You'll Learn:
- The evidence: How the Yoorrook Justice Commission's final report demonstrates that historical injustices continue to manifest in institutions and organisations today, perpetuating harm and deepening inequity
- The practice: Practical, research-informed approaches to implementing truth-telling in your organisation
- The impact: How truth-telling builds trust, accountability, and authentic cultural change
- The next steps: Clear, actionable pathways for engaging authentically with truth-telling in your workplace
Why This Matters:
Truth-telling is not merely about First Peoples' history. It's a foundation for addressing the living realities of division, discrimination, and injustice in multicultural Australia. When organisations commit to truth-telling—acknowledging historical harms, listening to marginalised voices, and taking responsibility for change—they create the conditions for genuine healing, trust, and belonging.
Organisations that implement truth-telling develop safer workplaces, stronger cultures, and greater capacity to attract and retain talented, diverse teams. They become leaders in institutional accountability and reconciliation.
Who Should Attend:
Organisational leaders, HR professionals, managers, diversity and inclusion practitioners, and anyone committed to building safe, inclusive, high-trust workplaces.
Hosted by Travis Lovett, Executive Director, Centre for Truth-Telling and Dialogue
Travis Lovett is a proud Kerrupmara, Gunditjmara and Boandik man and Traditional Owner passionate about practicing Culture, working with Community, and preserving Aboriginal languages. Lovett's commitment to truth is powerfully embodied in his Walks for Truth — walking a total 1400-kilometres by foot from Gunditjmara Country to Parliament House, Victoria, Naarm (2025) and then to Federal Parliament, Canberra, on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (2026) bringing state and national understanding in the need for truth-telling.
He served as Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorrook Justice Commission – Australia’s first formal truth-telling inquiry. A lifelong advocate for justice and cultural preservation, Lovett has held senior leadership roles across the Victorian Public Service, including Executive Director and Acting Deputy Secretary of First Peoples State Relations. His work has been pivotal in advancing Treaty and truth-telling processes, reforming the Koori Courts, and protecting cultural heritage across Victoria.
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