tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6152387616952217259..comments2024-03-29T04:12:15.091+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond goes agile, and keeping up will require tremendous agility ... can Dame Groan and gorgeous George keep up?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-47744115803495950712015-11-06T15:30:38.059+11:002015-11-06T15:30:38.059+11:00Oh thanks Dot! As a current APS employee, I'm...Oh thanks Dot! As a current APS employee, I'm itching to display my agility. Having this document will demonstrate just what the technique should be.<br /><br />Thought leadership here I come!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-2722456363060345942015-11-06T14:23:51.506+11:002015-11-06T14:23:51.506+11:00And who is that lipsticked umpire? Poor Cassandra...And who is that lipsticked umpire? Poor Cassandra Goldie....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53746364214523875272015-11-06T11:54:52.821+11:002015-11-06T11:54:52.821+11:00An excellent list of listicles Anon, and surely wh...An excellent list of listicles Anon, and surely what everyone at the APS needs for a little distraction while the nose is hard to the grindstone as the canary sings in the coalmine of work in Canberra ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-7313112923335167592015-11-06T11:52:52.923+11:002015-11-06T11:52:52.923+11:00The pond was so inspired by this Russ that we goog...The pond was so inspired by this Russ that we googled your wording and like magic it popped up in a most agile way:<br /><br />http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/the-agile-bureaucracy-we-need-adaptive-innovative-public-servants-who-see-beyond-the-routine-20151030-gknizq.html<br /><br />It was everything you promised, and perhaps more, and the pond is now seething with agility and mobility and thought leadership ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67301755594458481722015-11-06T11:21:52.489+11:002015-11-06T11:21:52.489+11:00Ah, so _that_ was the reason I retired from the AP...Ah, so _that_ was the reason I retired from the APS last year! It wasn't that I'd had a gutful of so-called "Reform" and was lucky enough to hit the age at which I could access my Super - obviously I just wasn't agile enough!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-81603254239244038552015-11-06T10:15:06.536+11:002015-11-06T10:15:06.536+11:00Here in agile Canberra, Fairfax produce an excelle...Here in agile Canberra, Fairfax produce an excellent lift-out throw-away supplement to the Times each month, called the Public Sector Informant. The latest issue has an article by John Lloyd, the APS Commissioner, who has obviously got the message, as he scribbles:<br />"Agility might not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think of the Australian Public Service. But now, more than ever, we need an APS composed of agile employees.<br /><br />Agile employees are flexible, adaptive and innovative. They work well with people and are customer-focused. They understand it is better to embrace change rather than resist it."<br /><br />Watch out for a flexible public servant innovating near you! At least the article provides all the latest buzz-words to be used by people applying for SES-level positions in the agile public service.<br /><br />Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31529826402710269052015-11-06T09:57:21.411+11:002015-11-06T09:57:21.411+11:00That splendid Rowe has Bowen fingering the ball bu...That splendid Rowe has Bowen fingering the ball but ScoMo would be well advised to keep a sharp eye on Turnbull’s digit. Digital Transformation has me thinking of a certain song about a woodpecker (no need for a link, ay?).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158673564017581517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-69932720692065597742015-11-06T08:16:53.733+11:002015-11-06T08:16:53.733+11:00Thanks for looking out for Dame Groaney Dot,
I h...Thanks for looking out for Dame Groaney Dot, <br /><br />I have been concerned about her because she has been missing in action at her favourite blog; she used to provide incredibly banal accounts of the terribly awfully bad things that those union thugs do, and she was so insightful about how incredibly and fantastically evil unions are, but there has been nothing for weeks now even though the TURC thingy is still going on and on and so much corruption is being revealed.<br /><br />Perhaps she is learning to be agile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49582621610504590472015-11-06T08:00:28.707+11:002015-11-06T08:00:28.707+11:00'Agile' isn't even new business jargon...'Agile' isn't even new business jargon. First coined in the '90's, I remember being highly amused by it's use at compulsory business strategy presentations. "Shoot from the hip', 'let's brainstorm this', "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes', 'big picture', and my favourite, 'even Eskimos don't have a word for this snow."<br /><br />https://www.google.com.au/#q=business+jargon+favourite+hates<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com