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Does anyone have a crystal ball? Shifting mindsets for the future of Queensland disaster management
The future of disaster management demands transformative leadership that adopts foresight and defies short-termism. In 2025, the Office of the Inspector-General of Emergency Management (IGEM) commenced a commitment to help transform DM through two initiatives: the IGEM Futures Connect Round Table and the Queensland Disaster Futures Champions Summit. These events brought together leaders from each Queensland Government agency to confront the pressing need for a paradigm shift.
In the ADRC presentation, Kate and Kylie will explore the insights and ideas for action that emerged from these 2025 events.
Delegates will imagine a future where disaster and emergency management is embedded as a shared responsibility and a core element of everyday decision-making and culture.
Key themes include:
-How leadership can inspire a culture of prevention and preparedness
-The rationale behind prioritising long-term resilience over short-term fixes
-Overcoming resistance to build true shared responsibility
-Insights into the changes needed to get us there.
This presentation is a unique insight into the minds of thought-leaders. The presentation advocates for systemic change that is inclusive of all stakeholders. It calls for work to address the root causes and to see resilience as both a mindset and an action.
Supporting doctrine:
-National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework’s:
“Integrate plausible future scenarios into planning”
“Establish proactive incentives, and address disincentives and barriers, to reducing disaster risk”.
-Second National Action Plan’s:
“Explicitly consider future disaster risk and betterment in investment decisions”
“Better align… resilience activities, governance, funding, policy and processes to support betterment and long-term disaster risk reduction.”
-Global Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework Report 2023 identified the need for “shifting the temporal frame from short-term to long-term thinking in decision-making”.
-Queensland’s Strategy for Disaster Resilience:
“It is critical to identify opportunities to mitigate and reduce future disaster risk through continued investment in resilience.”
In the ADRC presentation, Kate and Kylie will explore the insights and ideas for action that emerged from these 2025 events.
Delegates will imagine a future where disaster and emergency management is embedded as a shared responsibility and a core element of everyday decision-making and culture.
Key themes include:
-How leadership can inspire a culture of prevention and preparedness
-The rationale behind prioritising long-term resilience over short-term fixes
-Overcoming resistance to build true shared responsibility
-Insights into the changes needed to get us there.
This presentation is a unique insight into the minds of thought-leaders. The presentation advocates for systemic change that is inclusive of all stakeholders. It calls for work to address the root causes and to see resilience as both a mindset and an action.
Supporting doctrine:
-National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework’s:
“Integrate plausible future scenarios into planning”
“Establish proactive incentives, and address disincentives and barriers, to reducing disaster risk”.
-Second National Action Plan’s:
“Explicitly consider future disaster risk and betterment in investment decisions”
“Better align… resilience activities, governance, funding, policy and processes to support betterment and long-term disaster risk reduction.”
-Global Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework Report 2023 identified the need for “shifting the temporal frame from short-term to long-term thinking in decision-making”.
-Queensland’s Strategy for Disaster Resilience:
“It is critical to identify opportunities to mitigate and reduce future disaster risk through continued investment in resilience.”
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