Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in the IBM “Smarter Work for a Smarter Government” Future Leaders Forum. The last session I blogged about included a combination of Government execs and their Gen Y representatives, talking about how it is that we can improve collaboration, productivity and efficiency in the government. In...

Some time ago last year, I blogged about attending the Human Synergistics 11th Australian Conference on Culture and Leadership. Being fond of the Human Synergistics tools, I love these conferences. They are a half day, they are free and you get to hear real people talk about their personal stories using the tools. Amazing success stories. One of the main stories I...

A few weeks ago, I came across this e-book called ‘Only wet babies like change; Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers’ by Mary-Frances Winters. The title caught my eye and made me laugh. Was this the bible I had been looking for? Working in the public sector in Australia often means in HR that you are working with a group of people who have long tenure, and at...

Last Friday I attended my first North Ryde HR Network seminar at the Stamford Hotel. They had organised for David Byrum and Chris Geraghty from Kepner-Tregoe to present to HR professionals on their approach to project management, and this was something I haven’t learned a lot about, so I was keen to hear what they had to say. Many of us in the room hadn’t...