Like the octopus she sees herself to be, Griffith Business School’s Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Naomi Birdthistle has spread her tentacles worldwide in support of women entrepreneurs.

Her passion for entrepreneurship started at home, supporting her family business. Now Naomi has multiple projects on the go, in the same way as the women she supports to find the confidence to go on to their next level of success.

Naomi’s work with women in business has led to incredible research output, with more than a dozen book chapters and more than 50 research papers about managing and developing sustainable development goals.

She does this by enabling women to overcome what she describes as “the insular narrative”, to stop holding themselves back, and instead identify when they are entrepreneurs and wear that badge proudly. 

Her main goal now is to stop the Australian government from lagging behind other countries, and instead provide more targeted support to entrepreneurial women.

For more information on Naomi and the other episodes of The Gender Card go to the podcast website at https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/gender-equality-research-network/podcasts