Archive for May, 2008
Mental Floss (81)
Posted by webmaster 29 May 2008Well done to Jacinta Battersby of VicPol who responded with : 59 minutes and 59 seconds. After one reproduction cycle (just 1 second), the jar with one bacteria becomes just like the one with two bacteria. So the difference between them was one second. This week’s question is:
Can you name out loud, 5 days in [...]
Team building at Community Corrections
Posted by webmaster 29 May 2008On the 9th of this month Werribee & Newport Community Correctional Service held a team building day with dual guest speakers.
The first half of the day was facilitated by Organisational Zoo author, Arthur Shelley and the group was introduced to the Zoo and the animals inhabiting it. We had insects, bees, owls and a triceratops [...]
Nexus challenges thinking
Posted by webmaster 28 May 2008The Nexus conference wrapped up today bringing to a conclusion three days where minds were, challenged, provoked and stimulated. A vast array of guest speakers from diverse backgrounds spoke on the future of policing, the importance of evidence based research, community engagement and the need for connecting, collaborating and partnering with diverse arrays of stakeholders [...]
Graduate recruits practice lateral and conceptual thinking
Posted by webmaster 27 May 2008On May 21st the CIN conducted a Six Thinking Hats session for a number of graduate recruits from the 2008 Victorian Government Graduate Scheme currently working in Human Services, Justice, Police & Planning & Community Development.
The day long workshop provided graduates with the opportunity to learn about how each of the thinking perspectives and to [...]
Mental Floss (80)
Posted by webmaster 22 May 2008Congratulations to Warwick Mitchell of Premier & Cabinet who correctly responded with: Niagara Falls, here the water can be diverted from the falls to power electricity generators. If the view of the waterfall was not demanded by tourists, then much of the water could be channeled through turbines to provide more electricity thus lowering the [...]
New Cognitive Edge Accreditations
Posted by webmaster 19 May 2008The next Cognitive Edge accreditation course will take place in Sydney this July .
This framework and associated tools provide a valuable and new perspectives around sense-making in an increasingly complex world and are ideal for working productively with groups with multiple and diverse perspectives.
The methods provide front-line employees and groups an ability to develop their [...]
Richard Hames visits Airlie
Posted by webmaster 15 May 2008Today, CIN presenter Richard Hames made a flying visit to the Airlie Leadership Development Centre and joined in a sweeping discussion across a range of topics from bicycle borne gendarmes, the creativity of the Thai constabulary and the very future of policing itself.
Richard who works closely with many governments across the world including the Chinese [...]
An invite to “Your body & your health – doing what works” with Sherry Strong
Posted by webmaster 15 May 2008The CIN is pleased to announce that back by popular demand we have Sherry Strong to deliver another one of those A-HA moment seminars on getting healthy.
In 2006 Sherry presented to 200 CIN members and ran a highly successful healthy eating pilot programme for the CIN – the benefits of which are still being realised [...]
An invite to “Applying Lean Thinking in Govt Workshop”
Posted by webmaster 15 May 2008Come and participate in a process improvement role play, which will explore a typical government process from a Lean Thinking point of view. This experiential workshop will allow participants to actively drive, learn from and improve the process as the workshop progresses.
Attendees at the session will take on active roles which will enable a variety [...]
Mental Floss (79)
Posted by webmaster 15 May 2008Well done to Wotan Swiegers of Sustainability & Environment who correctly responded with : The pentagon was built in the 1940’s when the State of Virginia had strict segregation laws requiring that blacks and whites used different bathrooms. This week’s question is:
In what place did the local authorities increase the price of electricity to help [...]
Change Projects – 10 common & costly mistakes
Posted by webmaster 15 May 2008The Hargraves Institute is having a session in melbourne later this month around the common pitfalls in change management. The session will be presented by Catherine Handley of MYOB, whose role there is to develop and drive the “Accelerate Innovation” programme.
More detail can be found in the pdf attached: Invite.pdf
For interested non-members of the Institute [...]
Network Narrative (7)
Posted by webmaster 14 May 2008Narrative from the CIN impact evaluation conducted in 2007.
Different pathways in Sense-making and Complexity: I am constantly seeking ideas and practical examples of continuous improvement initiatives that have worked in other organisations. I am also interested in seeking out what may be considered by some to be failed attempts but which are rich in learning.
I’ve [...]
Sustaining an Ethical Culture with Howard Whitton
Posted by webmaster 12 May 2008On May 7, State Services Authority Commissioner Susan Pascoe introduced CIN members to Howard Whitton who provided a most enlightening session on organisational ethics.
Howard is the Director of the Ethicos Group – a London based consortium of international specialists in the field of public sector ethics, integrity systems, anti-corruption policy, human resource development and whistle-blower [...]
Mental Floss (78)
Posted by webmaster 12 May 2008Well done to Shirana Nash of Planning & Community Development who correctly responded with: Salvador Dali died at age 7. Nine months later his brother was born and was also named Salvador. It was the younger Salvador Dali that went on to become the famous surrealist painter. This week’s question is:
The HQ of defence operations [...]