Archive for June, 2011
7586 years
Posted by Alison in What we're up to on June 8th, 2011
7586. That is how many years of experience and knowledge were in the room on Tuesday morning at Parliament House.
250 senior executives and sages from the NSW Public Sector met for the inaugural mature professionals breakfast convened by Department of Premiers and Cabinet, IPAA NSW and SageCo.
Opening the breakfast, Director General of DPC, Chris Eccles said;
You all possess knowledge that has influenced and will continue to influence how we will do things in the Sector going forward. Every day this rich knowledge is harnessed to deliver services. This knowledge is not in policy guidelines and manuals…it goes beyond the ‘what’ to the ‘how’ and the ‘why’…
The Director General went on to encourage a return to the Master and Apprentice model, adding;
When you share knowledge, the very act allows you to gain unique insights and develop new knowledge from others. Share it and it will multiply.
We also heard from Ken, a retiree with 43 years service in the Public Sector. A ‘master’ who, with a colleague, wrote a software system that is now sold in over 100 countries around the World. Ken has worked with his ‘apprentices’ to identify and share his unique knowledge since 2008.
Participants at the breakfast engaged in conversation, created new connections, and identified their areas of specialist ‘mastery‘ – a very tangible first step in igniting a knowledge sharing culture within the Sector.
Hats off to DPC for leading the way in tackling the very real risk of knowledge loss in NSW.
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age equality front and centre
Posted by Alison in Commentary, Media on June 24th, 2011
Elizabeth Broderick spoke this week at The Sydney Institute on the pervasive issue of age discrimination and confirmed that from July 2011 there will be an inaugural, dedicated Age Discrimination Commissioner in Australia.
Elizabeth shared stories gathered throughout her term with AHRC from mature workers not given a ‘fair go’; reviewed the positive changes and reforms that have taken place in recent years; and talked about the development of a Convention on the Rights of Older People.
Elizabeth reflected on a personal story of her father, when hearing ‘exclusive language’ being used, asks “Where’s the evidence?”.
A question that organisations and recruitment agencies across Australia should be asking when it comes to the recruitment and career opportunities of mature workers.
One thing is for sure, Elizabeth Broderick has paved the way for a ‘community where when we speak about human rights, age equality is front and centre’.
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age discrimination, ageing workforce, ageism, Australian Human Rights Commission, Elizabeth Broderick, SageCo Talk
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