Campfire Community Blog
The Australian Data Strategy – Government’s whole-of-economy vision for data
The Australian Data Strategy vision recognises Data as a National Asset, which is cause for celebration. Seer Data & Analytic’s Kristi Mansfield reflects on what this means for communities and Australian society as a whole.
Digital Natives are coming for you!
It’s been over 20 years since I majored in Marketing at Swinburne University. How much of what was taught then, still applies now? More importantly, perhaps, how much of what is necessary now to a marketer’s toolkit wasn’t taught in the past, before artificial intelligence, social media and our always-on economy?
Sustaining Organisational Transformation Through Authentic Employee Engagement
Organisations inevitably face the need to change as their customers evolve, transforming markets in unexpected ways.
What makes a good research story?
Throughout my 35-year career in science communication, I’ve regularly been asked “what makes a good research story?” Luckily, I have worked in institutions that encouraged their researchers to develop research ‘for the real world’, both in Australia and overseas.
How data puts wellbeing at centre of recovery
RESET 2020 Research Project - what we learnt and where to next.
Don’t expect ‘more’ anything this year
While preparing to speak about NFPs and innovation for a recent conference, it dawned on me just how prolific the mindset and language of “more” is in our sector: “do more, with less”, “find more donors”, “be more innovative”…
Funding for impact and wellbeing
Have you ever heard of someone buying a car, and asking for a $25,000 discount because they don’t want to pay for the overheads to make the car? Have you ever heard of someone buying a car, and asking for a $25,000 discount because they don’t want to pay for the overheads to make the car?
Mind the Gap
Have you ever travelled on the London underground? In the older Victorian era stations, the new trains don’t quite fit with the platforms. Passengers will hear a cheery voice urging them to ‘mind the gap’. Failure to heed the warning may result in you losing a wallet, a shoe or even half of your leg in the yawing chasm between platform and train entrance. In the gap lies the detritus of 150 years of travel and some enterprising mice with Teflon stomachs. You don’t want to go there.
Performance Discussions - how can we make them more human?
You know it’s nearly time and you’ve been dreading it. You need to have a performance discussion with one of your team members and you know it’s going to be difficult for you. And them.
You can't whistle a symphony
“You can’t whistle a symphony. You need the whole orchestra”. H.E. Luccock
I miss live music. Lockdowns have left me craving the thrill of being in a live audience with the music about to start. Just a few weeks ago I watched my son play in his university orchestra. During a lively moment in Mendelssohn’s violin concerto the conductor got so excited she dropped her baton into the cello section. Without missing a beat, the orchestra continued playing.
