Automating frequently followed procedures is the new big thing, but what you can automate, versus what you should automate might surprise you.
Check out ‘What should I automate?’
The million dollar question.
Mon, Aug 9 • 1:00 PM AEST online
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Alternative business models demand more flexible governance ideas. Check out ‘Stakeholder Capitalism’
Friday, Dec 18 • 2:00 PM AEDT
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Another event focusing on the drawbacks of design practice and how to compensate for it. This time Academy Xi.
Register for ‘Removing biases from the product development process’ on Eventbrite.
Date: Tue, Dec 1 • 11:00 AM AEDT
If you want to get to grips with product management you might as well cover one of the criticisms levelled at this shiny new qual.
Elevenses: Ethical Product Management” on Eventbrite! Date: Thu, Nov 26 • 10:00 PM AEDT
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StartUp Victoria, (not to be confused with LaunchVic,) started out life as a MeetUp.
Confusing? Well why not throw Eventbrite into the mix?
One of the most challenging aspects about new economy speak has got to be its tendency to use words completely incorrectly; to rebrand management tropes for no good reason; and to use the same acronyms to mean several different things at once.
This one won’t tell you which IP is which or that Agile is the new name for continuous improvement (for software developers), or that CI is referred to as ‘Lean’ everywhere else, but it will tell you enough to know whether to a start-up might be able to benefit from your existing skills and experience, and / or if you’d like to invest in one, because you’re able to judge its potential on your own terms.
Register here for the downlow on what is that person saying? Or join the MeetUp group and check out what Start Up Vic is up to in its native habitat.
Join Data Science Melbourne online and hear how machine learning works. It is everything it’s cracked up to be? #disruption #lifelonglearning
Day five of five featuring free professional development opportunities for bored directors.
Today it’s a 101 style introduction to the most common board committees. What they do, how to structure them and where they fit into the governance picture.
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Day three of five of free PD for bored directors.
6 October – get the low down on data governance.
Check out this Meetup with Melbourne Data Governance Meetup Group
Five days of free development for bored directors.
This time it’s your sustainability plan.
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17 November – free PD for directors and committee members.
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Timely guidance from a respected coach.
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Corruption?
Lack of controls?
No public benefit or proportional value?
Waste of money?
Actually, these are the dark side of the public sector, full stop.
If you think that innovation is ‘throwing money at ideas’ – that’s not new, and it’s not innovation.
https://www.anzsog.edu.au/resource-library/research/the-dark-side-of-public-innovation
Innovation Bay presents The Power of Purpose – how companies are implementing impact change.
Impact-driven startups are on the rise in Australia. These are businesses with social and environmental good embedded into their business models…
Details here
Tech and the City 