Sunday, July 6, 2014

Governance inadequacies and waste in indigenous programs

A great opinion piece by Nyunggai Warren Mundine, Stop the waste: let our people govern, in The Australian this weekend commenting on the inadequacies in the mainstream policy approach to remote indigenous communities.

Friday, July 4, 2014

Amanda Vanstone’s tips for influencing Ministers

Lindsey Eifler from Criterion Conferences recently blogged about Amanda Vanstone's top tips for influencing Ministers. Vanstone, a former Howard Government Minister, shared the tips with delegates at Criterion's recent Policy Development conference.

Rethinking the nature of strategy

NAB's latest Business Research and Insights, contains a summary of a seminar provided by Michael Porter at the World Economic Forum, which was held in Sydney in May. Porter is a Professor at Harvard Business School and Director of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, and he discussed the world of opportunities available to companies that are willing to recalibrate their thinking around strategy.