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Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on NZ Public Sector Procurement

In procurement circles, people often “use the terms SRM and contract management interchangeably, but they are not the same thing.” Contract management is all about delivering the services or goods outlined in the contract. In many cases, this is procurement 101. SRM however is “about generating new value that goes beyond what’s written in a contract.” It is about performance and relationship management and “if we focus on that, then we will see value generated through continuous improvement and innovation over time.” This is particularly relevant now because, after events like “earthquakes, floods, security threats, and COVID-19, there is a …
Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on NZ Public Sector Procurement
New Zealand 11 Nov 2021
Industry Trends
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Data, Analytics and AI

The Automation Change Management Puzzle

Automation, in the many forms it comes in – machine learning, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence – is on track to make a bigger impact on business and society than any previous technology. With the ability to make connections, see relationships and react faster and more efficiently we’re on the cusp of something huge. Ultimately automation at any level isn’t a technological journey – technology is easy, you just turn it on – automation is a psychological journey, one that goes hand in hand with a change management journey, with the brutal truth being that it doesn’t matter how much …
The Automation Change Management Puzzle
Australia 9 Nov 2021
Whitepapers & Reports
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Digital Services and Customer Experience

Designing and embedding a seamless and innovative end-to-end service

At the recent Service Design and Delivery event, we heard from the Department of Health as they dive into how to connect the real world experience to policy making. In this article we explore: In the Department of Health, one example of the way policy has always been traditionally developed is in the field of mental health. Unlike other conditions, where it is usually quite clear if there is an issue – like a broken bone for instance – mental health conditions “are complex and they can be very different from person to person.” When developing policy, it is therefore …
Designing and embedding a seamless and innovative end-to-end service
Australia 5 Nov 2021
Industry Trends
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Cyber Security and Risk Management

State of Identity in a Post-Covid World

Obviously the pandemic has been and continues to be “a period of profound geopolitical, technological and societal change.” As part of that though, it has also been a “truly a fantastic opportunity to build more digitally enabled services, but these solutions and approaches must come hand in glove with ensuring that innovation remains secure-by-design, with cyber security practices and methodologies embedded into the process.” More than that, cyber security has become “an organisational imperative” because there’s been a surge in internet traffic and activity which has led to criminals “seeking to strategically disrupt critical infrastructure and global supply chains to …
State of Identity in a Post-Covid World
Australia 5 Nov 2021
Industry Trends
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Assessing Technologies Driving the Future of Corporate Function - Q1 2022 National Insights Series, Virtual Event

With the Federal Government’s Digital Economy Strategy allocating of $15.3 million to The Shared Services Program as part of the Modernisation Fund (2017) to support the transition of agencies to more “modern and sustainable operating models”, $89.5 million across three years to consolidate and streamline back-office corporate functions in the Australian Public Service, and further funding for Services Australia to design, build and operate the GovERP platform, public sector back-offices are now making tracks toward becoming efficient, intelligence enabled decision-making hubs. Building reliance on digital skills and capabilities, all finance functions are now encouraging modernised business processes and transformed government …
Assessing Technologies Driving the Future of Corporate Function - Q1 2022 National Insights Series, Virtual Event
Australia 4 Nov 2021
Whitepapers & Reports
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Workforce, Skills and Capability

Strategic Workforce Planning

At the recent Strategic Workforce Planning event, we heard from Jeanne Weissl, Director, Strategic Human Rights, BC Ministry of Children and Family Development as she dived into how to align your workforce with the future direction of your organization. A people plan, a people and culture plan or an HR plan are all part of the same thing. Yet some organizations claim that they “don’t have time for such a plan, or it’s too much work.” It is true that the process to create a plan can be lengthy, but it is equally true in almost all cases that not …
Strategic Workforce Planning
Canada 2 Nov 2021
Industry Trends
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Workforce, Skills and Capability

The Future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Public Sector

At the recent Diversity and Inclusion event, we heard from Suelyn Knight, Manager, Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights as she dived into how to bridge the diversity gap through allyship. These conversations may be a bit difficult or triggering for some people, but in order to truly advance the needle on these issues, within the Toronto Police Service, we are having these difficult conversations and we are showing up for our members. Hopefully that will also translate into our ability to recruit and retain members who are diverse, and who add to the very the fabric of our organization. To …
The Future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Public Sector
Canada 2 Nov 2021
Industry Trends
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Data, Analytics and AI

AI in the APS: Exploring Opportunity and Maturity

According to a report published by the CSIRO, the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in the APS and machine learning are estimate to be worth AU$22.17 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Additionally Data61, the CSIRO’s innovation hub, estimates that digital tech (including AI) will contribute an extra $315 billion in gross economic value to Australia over the next decade. Compelling applications of AI in the government space include those that identify tax-evasion patterns, sort through infrastructure data, improve decision-making for farmers and agribusiness, or sift through health and social-service data to prioritise cases for child welfare and support. …
AI in the APS: Exploring Opportunity and Maturity
Australia 29 Oct 2021
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