Archive for March, 2009
Engaging Communities in Emergencies Conference May 24-26
Posted by webmaster 31 March 2009Emergency and crisis communication practitioners are invited to register for the 2009 Emergency Media and Public Affairs “Engaging Communities in Emergencies” Conference, 24 – 26 May at the RACV Club, Melbourne.
The conference program brings together presentations from a broad spectrum of recognised Australian and international experts in the field of emergency public affairs, including a [...]
Mind Mapping Basics Workshop
Posted by webmaster 31 March 2009Today Richard Yiap of Beyond Paradigms took 40 CIN members through a three hour introductory workshop on mind mapping basics.
The mind map was originally developed by Tony Buzan and is now used worldwide as a means of assisting users to think in a more organic manner and in doing so open up more possibilities. With [...]
Mental Floss (124)
Posted by webmaster 29 March 2009Well done to Kerri Northey of Sustainability & Environment who responded with: No new species of animals has been domesticated in the past 4000 years. The ancients domesticated dogs, cats, cows, sheep, horses, etc. This week’s question is:
Everyday a ship leaves New York for London and a ship leaves London everyday bound for New York [...]
DSE & DPI Young Professionals Network Thinking Differently
Posted by webmaster 25 March 2009The Departments of Sustainability & Environment & Primary Industries Young Professionals Network (YPN) looked to improve the quality of their thinking last Friday (20th of March) by participating in a VPSCIN Thinking and Six Thinking Hats workshop.
Frank, from the Victorian Public Sector Continuous Improvement Network, spoke about the four domains of the Cynefin Framework and [...]
CI Tools – The 4 I’s to Innovation
Posted by webmaster 24 March 2009The CIN’s Sue Wiliiams of DSE in collaboration with the Carnegie Management Group, has drafted up a simple process called the 4 I’s to Innovation to assist organisations grow, develop teams and provide an impetus for transformation and career progression.
The 4 I’s comprise the following Steps:
Identify
Involve
Innovate
Implement
Key elements of each are described in the document attached: [...]
Qld Business Improvement in Government (BIIG) Network
Posted by webmaster 24 March 2009
Early March about 250 delegate gathered together in Brisbane for the annual BIiG Conference (BIIG is the Queensland counterpart of VPSCIN). The underpinning message from many of the speakers was certainly the issue of innovation (not surprisingly) and the value of people, collaboration and leadership in the field of innovation.
Speakers included James O’Loghlin, Host of [...]
An Invite to Concentration & High Performance
Posted by webmaster 21 March 2009One of the major challenges today, with so many different things impacting upon us is the challenge of being about to focus.
Concentration is not quite as simple as we would like it to be. How many times have we been asked to just concentrate? The word is used as if it is a simple and [...]
Mental Floss (123)
Posted by webmaster 20 March 2009Well done to Despina Babbage of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development who responded with: He climbed into the airplane undercarriage in an attempt to escape the country but died of cold during the flight and fell to the runway when the landing wheels were deployed. This week’s question is:
We consider ourselves to be a lot [...]
CIN Evaluation 2008-09
Posted by webmaster 18 March 2009Commencing next week for a period of one month, the VPSCIN will be asking all members to provide some online feedback about the network and its activity, so we can review and improve the way we do things.
We will again be doing so via the mass capture of narrative from across the network of 3350 [...]
New Zealand picks up on the VPSCIN
Posted by webmaster 18 March 2009Earlier this month, VPSCIN was invited to present to the New Zealand Knowledge Management Network.
NZKM were keen to learn about the VPSCIN as it was recognised as a leader in innovative practise within government. Consistent with this, NZKM were also keen to hear about the VPSCIN experience in archetype extraction through the recent two workshops [...]
Mind Mapping Basics Workshop
Posted by webmaster 16 March 2009Members are invited to a CIN sponsored session to discover how to build mind maps around any given topic or need. A mind map is a powerful thinking tool originally developed by Tony Buzan who describes a mind map as being like “a swiss army knife for the mind.”
There are a great many applications for [...]
Mental Floss (122)
Posted by webmaster 16 March 2009Well done to Olivia Tsao of Justice who responded with: They were in the vicinity of the Amazon River’s mouth at which the outflow of fresh water is so great it can extend 100’s of kms into the Atlantic. So they could survive over a week with fresh drinking water. This week’s question is:
He boarded [...]
Tony Buzan Workshops, Melbourne May 19
Posted by webmaster 11 March 2009The CIN is pleased to announce that Tony Buzan will again be in town on May 19 and will be conducting two very special one-off workshops. The CIN and our Queensland counterpart the BIIG Network have negotiated a very attractive rate for our respective members to attend these sessions.
“The Tony Buzan Creativity & Innovation Seminar,” [...]
Bureaucracy vs Innovation (Part 2)
Posted by webmaster 9 March 2009
Adelaide born astronaut Andy Thomas has condemned NASA’s bureaucracy in a short film he says Australian government agencies could learn from.
Although made about NASA, Andy says that the video could well apply to any bureaucracy. It really resonates with people, they say, I’ve seen that so much, so often, Mr Thomas said. Not just NASA, [...]