Events
Marcus Barber to join Jon Faine for the Conversation Hour on ABC Melbourne
Tuesday 15 April 2008
Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will meet with eminent ABC radio presenter Jon Faine on Wednesday the 16th of April to discuss the outcomes of the Australia 2020 Futurists Summit and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Australia 2020 Summit in Canberra on the weekend
With a focus on the future of Australia it would be only natural to think that people who specialise in thinking about the future would be keen to have input in the Australia 2020 Summit in Canberra coming up on the weekend. And although not one specialist futurist appears to have been invited as one of the 'best and brightest' to Canberra on the weekend, it didn't stop some of Australia's best and brightest futurists gathering to put their own grey matter to the task of thinking about Australia's future.
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Monday 30 January 2012
I've had a good opportunity to study all sorts of organisations up close and personal so take this as one person's informed view as to the barriers to getting change to happen and to stick. There's lots of talk about internal competencies, about getting people on board, about clear direction and good communication of what is planned. But in the end my experience working across industry sectors leads me to pick one, above all other barriers to change - permission.
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Thursday 19 January 2012
Founder of The Australian Strategic Planning Institute and Director of Looking Up Feeling Good, Marcus Barber has written an article highlighting the commonalities across doing well and doing poorly organisations which you can download for free via this link:
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Monday 16 January 2012
The Australian Strategic Planning Institute is delighted to offer Primary Schools in Victoria a chance for Primary School Boards to undergo a session on Strategic Planning. This will be a two hour accelerated session conducted in house with flexible times available, including the possibility of running the session after hours to cater for board members coming from other workplace commitments.
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