Linda Kurti
Linda Kurti PhD founded Stillpoint in 2021 to support performance improvement within non-profit organisations. An expert facilitator, researcher and strategist, Linda has built her expertise through performance, management and leadership roles in the arts, academia, international development and consulting. She brings a multi-dimensional perspective to the task of organisational change, with extensive experience in leading evidence-informed research, strategic and organisational development processes.
Linda is known for her demonstrated ability to build teams and to bring people together for a common purpose. She creates an enabling environment for leaders and teams to create solutions that are grounded in evidence and improve outcomes.
Linda is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management, a Certified Health Executive, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the International Association of Facilitators and a member of the Social Impact Measurement Network of Australia. Linda is also an Adjunct Fellow in the School of Public Health at the University of Technology Sydney. She is active as a mentor and adviser for senior and mid-level professionals.
Trusted partnerships
Linda has designed a collaborative network for Stillpoint, bringing together expert professionals from a range of disciplines and with shared values to provide the greatest flexibility and highest quality of creative research and strategic services for clients. This allows Stillpoint to build teams tailored to support organisations in addressing their specific, complex and dynamic challenges, while consistently maintaining Stillpoint’s reflective and relational approach.
You can be assured that we will always operate by the following principles:
- We lead through excellent service
- We act with integrity and generosity
- We create value through real-world, evidence-based insights and soultions
Collaborators
MyMavins is a collaboration of insights professionals and technical experts. Linda works with founder Tai Rotem on health-related projects requiring complex multi-method research and analysis to create strategic solutions.
Rachael Logie is an economist and a director with the Hadron Group, an advisory firm focussed on urban infrastructure and social services. Linda and Rachael collaborate on projects requiring financial evaluations, economic impact assessments or social and financial benefits analyses.
Sotica is an organisational development consultancy with expertise in governance, co-design and communication. Linda and Sotica’s Principal, Leighton Jay, collaborate on projects related to disability practice and service improvement.
Untapped Customer is Australia’s first market recruitment organisation specialising in finding people with a disability for paid market research. Linda collaborates with founder Ann Drieberg on projects that seek to include the voice of people with disability in product and service design and delivery
The Kindness Company is a social change collective that works with individuals and communities to build capacity to live well, age well and die well. Managing Director Harpreet Kalsi-Smith collaborates with Linda on projects related to ageing well, palliative and end-of-life care.
Recent projects
Client Listening
GUIDE DOGS NSW/ACT
A customer listening project to hear the needs, experiences and perspectives of Guide Dogs clients across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The project included a client survey as well as in-person and online focus groups. Customers valued the opportunity to have their views heard and to meet with other clients in a small group environment. The findings have been used to plan for service growth, inform service improvements and design new and innovative responses to client needs.
Organisational Review
THE SALVATION ARMY
A national review of two large departments providing crisis and social services. The project included qualitative, quantitative and financial research and analysis; development of a decision matrix and geospatial tool; and assessment of the contribution current services make to the mission intentions of the organisation. The review identified opportunities for the future to expand the reach and effectiveness of The Salvation Army’s outreach to those in need across Australia.
Program Evaluation
ARUMA
An evaluation of the Power to You program, designed to build capacity for people with intellectual disability and their supporters to improve decision-making, independence, skills, confidence and community connection. The evaluation included development of a theory of change, co-designer and participant consultation, documentation and data analysis. The findings have been used to incorporate Power to You approaches into other programs and supports.
Business Planning
CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT
A business planning process for a new not-for-profit organisation to assist with clarifying their vision, purpose and strategy. This assisted the organisation in making decisions related to future actions, financing and collaborative partnerships.
Environmental Scan
DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDER
Strategic research to inform business planning, including a profile of the regional disability services sector and an analysis of key disability reforms with respect to their implications for delivery of disability services locally.
Program Evaluation
WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S INDIVIDUALISED SERVICES
An evaluation of a capacity building program equipping disability accommodation providers to design and offer individualised living arrangements. The evaluation included extensive consultation with participating organisations, observation research and desktop analysis. As a result of this program, more people with disability have been supported to create individualised living arrangements that work for them.
A portion of our profits supports St Laurence House, providing medium-term accommodation to young people at risk of homelessness.