Information & Data Management

All organisations collect data and use data. Some organisations have embraced technology more than others and have therefore been able to leverage their data better. The goal now is for other organisations to better use the data at their disposal, and to integrate it with their available technology, to improve the efficiency of the organisation and the customer experience. This paper presents two Australian examples and a Canadian perspective on how data can be used to create efficiencies and to change the operations of an organisation for the better. The lessons contained within these examples are relevant to any organisation …

Smart Mobility

Innovation is common in the transport sector, but never has it been needed as much as it was during the pandemic. Many passengers lost confidence in their public transport networks because of safety concerns when social distancing was required, so providers needed to develop creative solutions and ideas to win customers back. This paper brings together three managers from transport agencies in New Zealand and the UK and follows their journeys and innovations before, during, and after COVID-19 hit their jurisdictions. Though none of them were directly prepared for the pandemic, their careful thinking and creative ideas allowed them to …

Digital Identity

Ensuring that citizens can log on to services online and that their identities are protected and secure, is one of the main priorities of the government. This paper presents the perspectives of three digital experts from three different jurisdictions and follows their journeys towards successful digital identity engagement, including the challenges they faced along the way. Keeping citizens and their identities safe is a key task of government, and these examples provide lessons for how that can be achieved.

What are the benefits of Advanced Threat Protection?

Securing your mailboxes is very important; e-mails are sent everyday with critical data and PII data. ATP can protect files, storage and applications within Office 365 such as Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, PowerPoint and Visio, providing better protection for your organization’s assets.

Improving Employee Experience in 2020

This paper follows three pathways towards effective engagement – defining and articulating an organisation’s purpose and values, developing employee advocates for engagement, and pivoting during the pandemic to embed employee engagement within an organisation. All three are different but related, and all three present lessons that others across the public sector can use to build up and embed their own employee engagement.

Fraud and Cybercrime Case Study by AU & UK experts

Enhancing operational efficiency and customer satisfaction across all contact channels In our modern world, given the pervasiveness of technology and digital connectedness, cybercrime and fraud are on the rise, both in Australia and globally. We are constantly evolving and becoming more adept at using the available technologies, especially since the start of the pandemic, but so are the agencies that monitor and police them. This report presents the views of two Australian agencies as well a UK agency, all who are at the apex of the fight against cybercrime and fraud.

Customer Centric Contact Centres

Contact centres are staffed by people and are designed to answer the queries of people calling them. It is important that the people who run them consistently remember that people – both staff and customers – need to be at the centre of the operation. Public sector contact centres have changed and improved over the years, but recent catalysts like an examination of outdated measures, the pandemic and other crises have exacerbated the need for change, and thus contact centres have begun to innovate, change and improve. This paper incorporates three examples from different jurisdictions and follows their journeys as …

Supplier Relationship Management: Reworking SRM to Navigate Covid-19 Supply Chain Challenges

In part one of the Contract and Supplier Management in the Age of Covid-19 blog series we took a look at what successful contract management looked like and explored why a reworking, or indeed an implementation of supplier relationship management frameworks was integral to navigating procurement challenges for the remainder of 2020, as well as into the future. Essentially organisations don’t tend to invest in the life cycle of a contract – you invest in the procurement and once you’ve got a supplier in place, we expect them to get on and not cause any problems. While this ‘muddling’ along …