Industry research and advisors

The Commonwealth Bank Foundation has been working in close partnership with ChangeLabs during the design and development of this particular StartSmart offer. ChangeLabs offers expertise in the science of behavioural change, having designed large and significant face-to-face behaviour change programs around the world.

StartSmart has also worked with the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney to help inform the content of our Pathways workshops.

The Centre has undertaken landmark research, specifically for Pathways, into prevailing financial behaviours and attitudes towards money management among 18 to 24 year olds. By conducting and analysing a series of surveys and focus group studies, the Centre identified critical gaps in young adults’ financial literacy.

Pathways’ workshops directly respond to this research by seeking to equip upper secondary and vocational education students with relevant strategies and skills in money management.