RightClick, back for its 5th year, focused on the theme ‘improving productivity and service outcomes through digital channels’. Governments across the country are working in an environment of decreasing revenues and increasing service demand. The demand is driven by both an ageing population…
The Future of Australian Society and the Public Service featuring Michael Leunig provided an interesting view on the public sector from an ‘outsider’s’ perspective. Earlier this year we explored the future of the public service from an insider’s perspective with Prof. Peter…
Fan’s of Michael Leunig’s work gathered in a relaxed and intimate discussion held at Spacecube’s new offices on Thursday 26 September 2013. Following the success of Michael’s morning seminar on The Future of Australian Society and the Public Service, guests were treated…
This year’s ‘Shaping the Views at the Top’ (now in its 6th year) seminar proved popular with more than 100 young professionals coming together to contribute their ideas to Public Sector policy development. An objective of many public servants has…
Over 75 years ago, Professor C. T. Madigan of Adelaide University predicted that Australia’s population would reach 60 million in 200 years; at that time the population was at 6.8 Million. Having just hit the 23 million mark, and in…
Professor Peter Shergold AC has in his remarks since retiring from the Public Service called for a transformation in how the public service views itself and the services it delivers. He calls for new ways of working that leverage public servants…
In coming decades the public sector faces a productivity crunch as the available workforce diminishes and the demand for services increases. Information technology enabled work (Wi-Fi Work) offers a way to meet the many needs of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce…
An unprecedented five generations will soon be in the workforce simultaneously, creating never-seen-before challenges for managers and HR professionals alike. This forum considered the significance of working in a multi-generational workplace. This is especially important topic for the contemporary public sector…
In the wake of the white paper ‘Australia in the Asian Century’ and calls by John Brumby, former Victorian Premier, for Australia’s public service to become Asia engaged and ready, this seminar explored what skills are needed, who needs them, and…
Western Australia’s state public service is working at the highest levels to bring about greater collaboration, increased understanding and tolerance of risk, and to introduce innovation systems across the sector. Government at all levels are being asked to achieve greater productivity…