It started a few years ago as an idea.
Our families had just finished a delicious lunch. Music was playing. The kids were jumping on the trampoline. Tim and I were washing dishes by the kitchen sink. As usual (according to our wives) we were talking about work. Although to be fair, our chat wasn’t really about work. It was about HOW we work.
With our hands in soapsuds, we talked about email. We talked about lists. We expressed frustration at seeing people struggle unnecessarily at work. We talked about solutions that exist. We talked about how training needs to be fun, creative, practical and habit based. Then we checked with our wives if we could start a business.
Luckily they were happy. But they insisted that we finish the dishes first!
It took a long time for our idea to become Spacemakers.
It first became an experiment, then a hobby and then a business. Nowadays it’s a growing tribe.
QUALIFICATIONS: DIPLOMA OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TOP 5 CLIFTONSTRENGTHS® COACH; DIPLOMA OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
FAVOURITE BOARD GAME: AGRICOLA
Daniel has 15 years of experience working in senior leadership and strategic consulting roles across Australia and the UK. He is a skilled communicator, trainer, coach and writer. He has led a number of not-for-profit organisations, including Third Place Communities, Together Church, and Forge Tasmania, and has experience working as a Physiotherapist, a Project Manager, and a health services manager in the public service.
Daniel is an accredited Top 5 CliftonStrengths® coach with the South Pacific Strengths Network.
Daniel has 3 children, 18 chickens and is a founding Director of Spacemakers.
QUALIFICATIONS: BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE, TOP 5 CLIFTONSTRENGTHS® COACH
FAVOURITE COFFEE: LONG MACCHIATO
Tim is a qualified Health Information Manager, Project Manager, and Change Manager, with over 15 years of experience in senior leadership roles. He has lead the rollout of numerous projects in industries such as health, tertiary education, utilities and industry. He is also an accredited Top 5 CliftonStrengths® coach with the South Pacific Strengths Network.
Tim has served as the President of MND Tasmania and Vice President of MND Australia (Motor Neurone Disease), and is chair of the Risdon Vale Bike Collective.
Tim has 2 children, 2 rabbits and is a founding Director of Spacemakers.
QUALIFICATIONS: BACHELOR OF SOCIOLOGY, BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
FAVOURITE ALBUM: EXILE ON MAIN STREET
Matt has 15 years of counselling and leadership experience across the public service, education sector, and in private practice. His roles have involved individual counselling, group therapy facilitation, psycho-educational program delivery, policy development, productivity training and team leading. When not working for Spacemakers, Matt helps lead a local church community in southern Tasmania.
In his spare time, he enjoys brewing beer with friends whilst listening to records. This may sound painfully and self-consciously cool, so it’s important to him that you know he was enjoying these past times before they were tarnished by bearded hipsters.
Matt has 2 children, a 40kg chocolate Labrador, and is a senior trainer at Spacemakers.