The creation of Regional Development Australia has led to the establish of a streamlined structure replacing the former ACCs and regional development boards. Across the country, these new committees are now coming to grips with a reconfigured geographic area, diverse and newly acquainted committee m
At make stuff happen our 10,000 hours of facilitation experience can help you make the most of your time and people. So why use a facilitator? Why? At key times you can exponentially increase the value of a meeting by bringing in an external facilitator who… has specialist experience and specific sk
I enjoy new technology, but am not an early adopter. I get excited looking at new netbooks, then always feel disappointed once I buy something. The dream outpaces the reality. Yet Web 2.0 applications have turned out more valuable than I had imagined. Many are practical, simple and cheap (or free).
The Duck River is a tributary of the Parramatta River. A century of heavy industrial activity, often unregulated, has left its mark. Soil contamination, toxic waste, sediment build-up, storm-water sewerage and habitat destruction, have combined to put an intolerable pressure on river health in the p
Organisations are made up of people. Human, embodied, physical, spirited, flawed beings, who are often exhorted to be efficient (machines), professional (unfeeling), endorse corporate standards (don’t think for yourself) AND be innovative, responsive and forward looking. When you bring people
They came from Bega, Bombala, Pambula, Tathra, Cooma, Queanbeyan and Canberra. Eight workshops over eight months in six regional locations. Fourteen business and community leaders throughout the Capital Region of NSW and the ACT, celebrated the end of the Leaders 4 Capital regional development progr
When Tony Burke became the new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in 2007, he was in for a surprise. Sitting down with his Department Heads to review selection committee recommendations for the next round of appointments to advisory boards, he was shocked to discover that 90 per cent o
Windows on Pain is an art exhibition like no other. Sponsored by the Pain Management Research Institute, it features the work of 30 emerging and established artists, who have used different media – painting, sculpture and installation – to depict the stories they each heard from people l
Anyone who has ever worked in a large multinational or government bureaucracy may appreciate this quote from EF Schumacher: “The most striking thing about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little. Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one