How We Think

In 2020 we were hit by a global pandemic we did not see coming. Unprepared for what was to come, in 2021 we scrambled to keep essential services going. As 2022 started, ‘essential’ became redefined continually in an aim to provide economic confidence that we can secure, sustain, and grow services to our communities.

Royal Commissions were once regarded as the institution of last resort, appointed when all other processes and institutions had been exhausted or were deemed inappropriate. The recent increase in their numbers, particularly concerning some of the most vulnerable people in our society, indicates they may have become institutions of first response to policy, regulatory and governance failures.

With a change in government and spring just around the corner, now is the time to dust off your organisation’s probity framework and consider whether you have any conflicts of interest (COI) to update in your declaration.

It is commonly joked about that once a contract is signed, the contract is thrown into the bottom desk drawer and only retrieved if there is a major dispute between the parties. Don't leave contract management to until you are in contract.

For government officials who are already flat out with their business as usual (BAU) workload, strategic planning can often be seen as something “nice to do if I had more time”. But like exercising when you’re feeling tired, dedicating time to strategic planning provides an energy boost for procurements that are in the pipeline.

In 2019, Suncorp released their Youth & Confidence Research which showed that 50% of Australian teenage girls dropped out of sport by 17. Passionate about understanding behaviour and effecting change, our creativeXpeople want to form a deep understanding of past and present participation issues to devise practical ways to help support women’s participation in sport at all levels and have created a survey to form a holistic understanding.