Toni Scattergood is a horse and motorbike riding country girl come lawyer and social policy procurement advisor who is studying a part time MBA at the Melbourne Business School. Toni and Damien talk post Data Analysis mid term exam about her journey into starting an MBA. She talks about her work encouraging her to do post graduate studies and opting away from doing an Applied Finance course to do the MBA. She talks about the benefits of doing the MBA part time and being able to meet other students from diverse backgrounds. She talks about waht each person brings to doing Syndicate group work.

Toni and Damien also talk about their passion for social procurement where Toni works on projects around infrastructure policy. She has found herself transitioning from working as a lawyer to being an advisor around policy on social procurement to meet the Victorian Government Social Procurement targets. This conversation struck a conversation between them on a subject they are both passionate about and how new it is to Victoria commencing in 2019.

Toni talks about balancing life commitments as to segrating them into work, study and life. She talks about the commitment to doing gym sessions in the morning, work beyond the nine to five job and then studying for the MBA. Toni talks about the importance of not focusing just on the grade but the learning and applications of the MBA, something she has also learnt from her career. Toni talks about the importance of her networking and learning about social procurement and social enterprise, how social procurement adds to the value and benefit of not just the business, but the community as a whole. Toni talks about breaking down the perception that social procurement is a premium cost but look at the innovation that is coming from this.

Toni can be found on LinkedIn: Toni Scattergood