Associate ProfessorBradley Hastings

(he/him)

Director, Executive Leadership Education - John Grill Institute for Project Leadership

Faculty of Engineering

  • Director, Executive Leadership Education - John Grill Institute for Project Leadership
    Faculty of Engineering

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • PROJECT
    High Speed Rail Authority - Advanced Manufacturing Strategic Assessment
    High Speed Rail Authority27 Jun 2026 - 30 Sep 2026
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Collaborators:
    Global evidence and emerging technology scan of Advanced Manufacturing for Infrastructure.
  • PROJECT
    UNSW Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Education - What are the systemic factors that aid/hinder entrepreneurialism in research institutions?
    UNSW Sydney1 Oct 2023 - 31 Jan 2024
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Organisational impact: Confidential white paper that framed UNSW's early-career-research commercialisation strategy.
  • PROJECT
    The George Institute - Extending lifespan through salt substitution: evaluating the readiness of the global potassium-salt supply chain
    The George Institute for Global Health1 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Scholarly impact: Technical considerations published in Food Frontiers; supply chain analysis published in Public Health Nutrition.
  • PROJECT
    Leading with Impact - Evaluation of Leadership Development across SESLHD and SCHN networks
    South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD)Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (SCHN)1 Jul 2022 - 31 Mar 2025
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Organisational impact: 30% increase in team effectiveness as well as an increase in psychological safety for the teams of all participants.
  • PROJECT
    NSW Health - Effective organisational change leadership
    NSW Health1 Jun 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Policy impact: Changed NSW policy guidance on transformation practices to embrace Dialogic Organisation Development (associated with a higher probability of success). Scholarly impact: Meta-analysis publication output in the Australian Journal of Management.
  • PROJECT
    Queensland Public Sector Commission - Leadership development, career transitions, and generational transformation: Leadership capability planning for the QLD Public Service
    Queensland Public Sector Commission1 Mar 2004 - 31 Mar 2006
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Government impact: This project re-aligned leadership frameworks, leadership assessment, and development programs across 320,000 government employees, toward an evidence-based framework that included modern leadership concepts. Societal impact: This shift to relational leadership styles increases accessibility of Government leadership roles for younger generations and marginalised communities.
  • PROJECT
    TeamInvest - Commercialising Continuing Professional Development in the finance industry
    TeamInvest1 Oct 2003 - 31 May 2025
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Organisational impact: Development of an academic/private joint venture to capture an unmet need in the continuing education market – a multi-hundred-million-dollar opportunity.
  • PROJECT
    TeamInvest - How to improve the great Australian construction company collapse?
    TeamInvest1 Oct 2003 - 31 May 2025
    Project leaders:
    • Hastings B
    Policy impact: Developed an alternate funding model that reduces risk for consumers and industry.