OM DENNE EPISODE
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In this episode, we’re joined by Mark Simister, former British Army officer and global programme director, whose career spans drilling boreholes at Buckingham Palace to leading multi-billion-dollar infrastructure frameworks at Sydney Water.
Mark explains why mega projects so often fail under fragmented, risk-averse contracts, and how collaborative contracting frameworks built on trust, transparency, and shared risk, can turn delivery from conflict to partnership. He shares the inside story behind Sydney Water’s Partnering for Success model, along with the leadership, culture, and incentives that make collaboration stick.
If you want to understand why adversarial approaches are breaking down, what a collaborative framework really looks like in practice, and how to deliver projects that create lasting public value, this episode is full of lessons you won’t want to miss.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Hook/Intro
01:55 Who is Mark Simister and His Background
18:31 Collaborative framework for complex infrastructure delivery
19:46 Case for collaboration
26:00 What is a collaborative framework?
28:57 Key Principles of Collaborative Framework
38:44 Success Enablers
46:29 Building the culture
53:05 Common challenges
59:01 Steps you can take
01:04:59 Key takeaways
01:10:18 Conclusion/Outro
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