Engaging the community or stakeholders often takes place online but personal interaction will always bring a deeper connection which helps achieve better and more-sustainable outcomes. Gillian Aeria from the University of Melbourne shares one of the reasons why. You know things are getting serious when a poker player slides sunglasses on to stop their […]
Category Archives: Organisational culture
Skills that matter in the public service
The future of work will rely more heavily on soft skills rather than technical expertise and it’s no different for public servants. At a recent gathering, Adam Fennessy shared some insights into the types of skills and ideas that matter in the public service now and into the future. Implementation – it’s all about the […]
What We Got Wrong About Self-Management
People thrive with some certainty and structure – as the crew at buffer.com discovered. When Buffer first moved to a self-management model, we moved to a completely flat structure. We just let loose and the message was “everyone go figure out what you want to do and work on, without too much guidance or leadership.” We talked […]
Deloitte has decided diversity groups for minority employees are a relic of the past
Deloitte US has decided that it’s time to move past diversity groups focused on gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or even veteranship, Bloomberg reported. Over the next 18 months, the accounting and consulting firm will phase out groups like the Women’s Initiative (WIN) and LGBT group Globe, and replacing them with “inclusion councils” where all employees are […]
How to innovate in government
James O’Loghlin, from the ABC’s New Inventors show, took an hour during Public Sector Innovation Month to explain how to make innovation easy to do in government. An hour well spent – check it out. Innovation Month Webstream