About

Ideas float in the air like fireflies, mysterious and enchanting. How do we sit among these ideas and observe their dance? 

We yearn to possess good ideas. Yet, what occurs when an idea is captured and confined within a jar? Gradually, its luminescence fades, and the jar's containment extinguishes the brilliance of the ideas.

The question then is, how do we foster environments where sparks of curiosity flourish, illuminating the hearts and minds of those assembled?

I am a guardian of these sparks of curiosity. By 2021, the jar model was no longer viable for me. Instead, I was tasked with crafting spaces for people to explore their professional curiosities.

Spark Curiosity Consulting & Associates has begun. 

Dana Lavenant has 30 years experience working in human services and is passionate about supporting people in positive, innovative and creative ways to be successful in their work. A skilled communicator and trainer, Dana offers tailored experiential learning, bespoke training and facilitated conversations with individuals and groups. In an industry that many experience as fast paced, task-focused and constantly changing, Dana’s approach is nurturing, thoughtful and narrative based. Her passion is to support participants with practical ways to focus their work on the individual as a whole person, with unique strengths, losses, challenges and hopes. 

Having worked with a leading aged care providers in South Australia, providing high level sector support and capacity building, she has gained in-depth experience and insight into frameworks and approaches which challenge mainstream conventional approaches to caring professions. A passionate life-long learner, Dana’s curiosity was sparked and she was mentored to investigate how the services we think are helping people can actually be causing harm to individuals.

Equipped with experience in the community sector, Dana has broadened her scope to incorporate effective community development frameworks into each interaction. 

Her distinctive combination of methods in her work fosters the creation of bridges over gaps in understanding, providing a nurturing environment where new ideas can take root and flourish. Human wellbeing and relationship is  highlighted in all work undertaken with Spark Curiosity Consulting.