Welcome to The Curiosity Company
Build Great Workplaces. Do Great Work.
Clarity in structure.
Confidence in leadership. ​
I work with Not-For-Profit and healthcare organisations to build the accountability structures, role clarity, and management capability that becomes embedded in how your organisation runs.
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You're not short of capable people. What's often missing is the clarity around roles, accountabilities, and expectations that lets those people do their best work — and the leadership capability to sustain it.
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That's where I come in.​
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Our Values
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At The Curiosity Company, four core values shape how we work:
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We're Curious We ask questions, listen deeply, and seek to understand your context before offering advice. The best solutions are co-designed, not imposed.
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We're Humane We prioritise people — always. Behind every structure, process, and decision are real people with real experiences. We never lose sight of that.
We Act With Practical Integrity We're ethical, transparent, and grounded. HR and organisational change involve complexity and hard decisions — we help you navigate them lawfully, respectfully, and with care.
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We Work in Partnership We work alongside you, not above you. We recognise your and your team's expertise and help you lead with clarity and confidence — then we step back.
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These values guide every engagement — because doing the hard work well means never compromising people or principles.
About
I'm Ari Siggins — and I've spent my career inside the complexity you're navigating.
With executive-level experience (CEO, COO, CPO) spanning HR, operations, and governance across not-for-profits, health services, and medical research, I've seen firsthand what happens when organisations grow without the foundations — unclear roles, diffused accountability, and managers promoted with excellent technical skill, but without the tools to lead effectively.
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Through The Curiosity Company, I partner with NFPs and healthcare organisations to resolve those challenges and build the foundations to prevent them from recurring. I help leaders put in place the structures, systems, and leadership capability that let their people thrive — My role isn't to be a permanent fixture, rather my function is to build lasting capability in your team.
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My approach is grounded in practical experience both in running service delivery organisations and in maximising workforce potential. I bring the perspective of someone who has sat at executive and board tables, understands the pressures of mission-driven work, and knows that the best solutions are co-designed — not imposed.
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Master of Human Resource Management · GAICD · CAHRI · Mentor, Australian HR Institute
What I Do
I work across two interconnected areas — because building the right structures and developing the people who lead within them are two sides of the same coin.
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Organisational Design & HR Foundations: I help organisations get the fundamentals right — the role clarity, governance structures, workforce planning, and HR frameworks that everything else depends on. Whether that's redesigning a structure that's outgrown its origins, building an HR function from the ground up, or untangling accountability gaps that are slowing everything down, I focus on creating systems that are practical, proportionate, and built to last.
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Leadership & Management Capability:
Structures only work when the people within them are equipped to lead. I work with emerging and established managers to build the skills that matter most — having difficult conversations, managing performance, leading through change, and stepping into authority with confidence. This extends to internal HR teams too, helping them build the confidence and capability to own these functions long after I've stepped away. This isn't off-the-shelf training; it's tailored development grounded in the real challenges your people are facing day to day.
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Bespoke Recruitment: Most recruiters start with a position description. I start with an understanding of your organisation — its structure, its culture, and how each role connects to the people and teams around it. Because I work across organisational design and role clarity, I'm uniquely placed to find people who don't just match a brief but genuinely fit the way your organisation works. This is end-to-end recruitment — from briefing through to offer — tailored, considered, and grounded in the same thinking that shapes everything I do.
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These three areas reinforce each other. Clear structures give leaders the framework to operate within. Capable leaders bring those structures to life. And the right people in the right roles make it all work. I work with organisations on one, two, or all three, depending on where the need is greatest.
Accountability Structures & Role Design
Most organisational friction traces back to the same root cause: people don't know exactly what they own, where their authority starts and ends, or how their role connects to the work of others. The result is duplication, confusion, and managers spending their time managing the mess rather than leading.
I work with leadership teams to build the accountability structures that change that — role clarity frameworks, decision rights, reporting relationships, and governance design that reflects how your organisation actually needs to operate.
This isn't off-the-shelf. It's designed with you, for your context, and built to last beyond our work together.
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Role design and accountability frameworks
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Organisational structure review and redesign
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Decision rights and governance clarity
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Workforce design aligned to service delivery
Leadership & Management Capability
Structure alone isn't enough. The people leading within it need to know how to use it — how to hold others to account with confidence, how to have the conversations that matter, and how to build teams that perform without constant intervention.
I develop managers and leaders who are equipped to lead well — not just in the short term, but as a capability that stays with your organisation. My development work is practical, contextualised, and grounded in real leadership challenges rather than generic frameworks.
We work on what your managers actually face, in your environment, with your constraints.
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Manager capability programs
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Leadership team development
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Coaching for managers and executives
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Building a culture of accountability
TESTIMONIALS
"Ari is an excellent strategist; with us she oversaw some complex restructuring and industrial matters. She has a deep knowledge of employment law which enabled us to come out on the right side of some complex issues. She’s a divergent thinker, which results in her looking at sometimes seemingly unsolvable problems through a different lens and finding effective solutions."
Dr Rob Wright
Chief Medical Officer
Monash Health Private Hospital
"My Company has been using the trusted and professional services of Ari at The Curiosity Company for some time now. We appreciate the support and guidance Ari has given us to navigate the complexities of managing staff. After a chat with Ari we always feel confident and supported- She really listens and seems to understand us. It's always a positive and rewarding experience working with Ari!"
Jamie Lavender
Director
My Team My Way
"Ari is super professional and brings a great depth and breadth of expertise evident across the HR / IR guidance and training she has provided. She has worked with our entire staff across the organisation with good results which have led to change. She has great ideas and connections, and she shares them generously."
Rachna Banerjee
Chief Operating Officer
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