Hi, I’m Mike Davis.
I founded Shackleton Labs to provide flexible, affordable and high quality access to fractional innovation support for organisations, leaders and people in the for purpose sector.
As a generalist explorer, my career has gifted me experience as a Judge’s Associate, policy manager at Australia’s leading medical colleges, a senior advisor in Victorian Governent and more recently over a decade working as a senior executive helping not for profits and social enterprises to grow their revenue and impact.
During this time, I have been a founder of my own social impact consultancy and created and subsequently sold one of Australia’s top business and management podcasts, Humans of Purpose.
More recently, I founded a 162-year old global not for profit’s first ever innovation lab and designed and implemented a thriving work program that delivered quality partnerships, projects, social impact and revenue outcomes.
My learning to share is that innovation doesn’t happen by accident. It requires a strategic, intentional and nuanced approach that touches culture, capability, mindset and more. Through Shackleton Labs, I’m here to support dynamic for purpose leaders and their organisations to become leading innovators for growth and social impact.
Core Values
Shackleton Labs is founded upon some of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s core leadership principles. They have helped me climb many personal and career mountains-
Optimistic
No matter what the challenge or the conditions, we remain steadfastly positive and realistic about the shared outcome.
Adaptive
We provide clear and decisive advice and direction, but remain flexible to change throughout the journey as the conditions and needs change too.
Caring
Great work comes from caring relationships, so we are always focused on building and maintaining great relationships.
Inspiring
We tell stories, hold spaces and share rituals and approaches that inspire your crew. We inspire the momentum to deliver real change.
