Archive for November, 2008
Mental Floss (108)
Posted by webmaster 30 November 2008Well done to Tannia Robertson of Justice who extracted 129 words out of arithmetic: This week’s question is:
With one mighty kick, the famous soccer player Pele, could strike a ball 20 metres, have it stop in mid-air and then return to him. How did he do this?
The first CIN member in with the correct response [...]
Living Leaner & Stronger Workshop with Andrew Jobling
Posted by webmaster 28 November 2008At Airlie today a group of people from across the VPS came together at Airlie to work with Andrew Jobling on making a positive change to their lives and well being.
Andrew takes the view that we can all Eat Chocolate, Drink Alcohol and Stay Lean and Healthy if we are prepared to make some adjustments [...]
An Invite to a Human Rights Panel Discussion
Posted by webmaster 28 November 2008
Parallel Thinking in the Hume & Loddon Region
Posted by webmaster 26 November 2008Today DPCD staff from across the region got together at Shepparton and participated in an introductory thinking skills session and tested out a range of tools to better enable thinking and collaboration in the workplace.
In addition to the parallel thinking techniques they looked at Purpose Focus, a tool developed to aid users to be clear [...]
Improvement & Innovation Community Meet
Posted by webmaster 24 November 2008Nov 20 saw the initial meeting of a Whole of Government community who have decided to put their heads together to champion the worthy causes of public sector Innovation and Improvement.
The session which was organised by DTF in collaboration with the CIN, discussed a number of potential ways forward and decided to proceed with future [...]
Organisational Zoo Accreditations
Posted by webmaster 23 November 2008Today 20 VPS Staff from across Govt, commenced the very first accreditation process in the concepts and practices of the Organisational Zoo.
Org Zoo author Arthur Shelley used the principles outlined in the book which uses metaphor from the natural world to help describe organisational behaviours and how to collaborate more effectively with diverse behavioural styles [...]
Mental Floss (107)
Posted by webmaster 20 November 2008Congratulations to Craig Thornton of VicPol who responded with the most words : madam, level, civic, radar, repaper, deified, rotator. This week’s question is:
How many different word can you find using the letters in the word ARITHMETIC ? (We’ve found over 40….)
The first CIN member in with the most words will receive a copy of [...]
CI Tools – RAD
Posted by webmaster 18 November 2008The RAD, or Recognise, Analyse, Divide is one of the DATT suite of strategy thinking tools. This tool helps the user to look for the things that are familiar in a new situation. As soon as we can recognise something, the better handle we can get on how we might deal with it.
The RAD consists [...]
Project Management Community
Posted by webmaster 13 November 2008The Government Services Group (GSG), which operates out of DTF but has a whole of Government focus, runs a whole of Victorian Government community of practice (CoP) on project management.
It is for anyone working in the public service who is interested in learning more about project management. You do not have to be managing a [...]
1-2-3 Innovate Conference Melbourne Nov 25
Posted by webmaster 12 November 2008
The CIN in collaboration with the Hargraves Institute is pleased to announce a one day Innovation Conference to be held at the Melbourne Business School on November 25.
This unique programme has been specifically designed for the public sector and includes a number of experts and thought leaders selected for their capacity to share experience [...]
Mental Floss (106)
Posted by webmaster 12 November 2008Well done to Eleanor Li of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development who responded with: If you hold any of these letters up to a mirror they will appear exactly the same as they do on the page. This week’s question is:
A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelt the same both forward and [...]
WorkSafe – “Making it Public” eNewsletter
Posted by webmaster 11 November 2008“Making it Public” is designed to share health, safety and injury management news and information with employers and employees within the Public Sector.
Information provided in this e-newsletter will give employees and middle managers of Public Sector organisations better access tools and guidance to improve health and safety and injury management within their organisation.
The e-newsletter includes [...]
IPAA Awards for Public Sector Leadership
Posted by webmaster 11 November 2008The inaugural IPAA Awards for Leadership in the Public Sector recognise the outstanding achievements and practices of teams and individuals within the Victorian public sector. The IPAA Awards aim to acknowledge leadership potential and celebrate commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.
There are three award categories:
Healthy and Safe Workplaces Award
Support for Emerging Leaders Award
Young Indigenous Leadership [...]
Water for Sale: Water Trading in Victoria
Posted by webmaster 10 November 2008Join John Thwaites and Simon Ramsey to discuss Water trading in Victoria.
On Thursday 20th November, the Professional Development Committee of the Graduate Recruit Alumni Society (GRAS), a network of current and former graduates in the Victorian Public Service, will be hosting a forum led by Professor John Thwaites and Simon Ramsay to explore and discuss [...]