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Tim Duggan

Tim Duggan is an author, founder and optimist. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, a new media publisher which was acquired by ASX-listed oOh!media. Tim writes a weekly column on work for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and is the Chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, a group representing over one hundred and fifty titles from Australia’s leading independent digital publishers.

Tim has published three books that sit at the intersection of purposeful modern success. His first book, ‘Cult Status: How to build a business people adore’ was awarded the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards, and his second book on creativity, ‘Killer Thinking: How to turn good ideas into brilliant ones’ was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by Apple Books. ‘Work Backwards: The revolutionary method to work smarter and live better’ explores how anyone can take advantage of a once-in-a-generations moment to rethink how and why we work.

Tim’s latest book, Clear in Tension: How to get better at conflict, will publish in October 2026 (Wiley.)