Adam Fennessy to leave public service by David Donaldson | 0 comments DELWP secretary Adam Fennessy will head to the private sector next month. Deputy secretary Christine Wyatt will act in the role until a replacement is found.
Finding gender balance: looking beyond the usual (male) suspects by David Donaldson | 0 comments Conscious effort and willingness to recruit from varied professional backgrounds have put a lot more women on Victoria’s water boards — even in far-flung rural areas. Diversity requires looking beyond the usual suspects.
Flextime: rigid staff embrace flexibility — with selfies by David Donaldson | 0 comments Encouraging staff to post selfies of how they use their flextime — picking up the kids from school, walking the dog, coaching a footy team — is a useful way to demonstrate the benefits of increasing workplace flexibility. Senior staff participation in particular lends legitimacy.
Standing up for respectful relationships and saying ‘No’ to violence by Adam Fennessy | 0 comments Even today, a significant number of employees in our public sector workplaces will be impacted by domestic and family violence. I encourage you to join in the conversation during this 16 Days of Activism and change this story.
Explain the facts, not the politics, but talk to the public (and media) more by David Donaldson | 1 comment Secretaries weigh in: bureaucrats have to be more visible. In a world rife with spin, public service leaders are increasingly seeing the value in providing a disinterested perspective on the work of government to a distrustful public.
‘Someone we liked’: public servants voice corruption shock by David Donaldson | 0 comments What's it like to discover your colleagues may have been involved in corruption? Senior public servants speak about Victoria's "wake up call" proving it's not superior to NSW after all. Departments act to tackle bad behaviour.
Why the Environment and Energy merger makes sense by David Donaldson | 1 comment Some are worried putting the Environment and Energy portfolios together under a Liberal minister is setting the cat among the pigeons. But there's a good case for merging the portfolios — and recent precedent in Victoria.
Why don’t governments use shared services more? by David Donaldson | 1 comment Legacy systems and specific needs hold back the standardisation and centralisation of government corporate services — but departments should be looking at using more shared services in the future, thinks Adam Fennessy.
Partner Content How to really shake up innovation: ask the crowd, let them fail by The Mandarin | 0 comments CASE STUDY: Engaging staff is the key to real innovation in government. A unique crowdsourcing project conducted by a Victorian department is an example in creating a playing field where it's safe to fail.
Adam Fennessy: how — and why — to say sorry in government by David Donaldson | 0 comments PART TWO: Admitting mistakes and better consulting not only leads to happier citizens but better outcomes, DELWP secretary Adam Fennessy tells The Mandarin. Plus why super departments need better collaboration.
Adam Fennessy: going part-time didn’t kill this secretary’s career by David Donaldson | 0 comments The secretary of Victoria's DELWP talks to The Mandarin about disruption, rolling out flexible working across the VPS, and how his path to becoming a departmental secretary confused his male colleagues.
Eccles: $3m Victorian MoG change efficiency ‘remarkable’ by David Donaldson | 0 comments Scrutiny of Victoria's post-election machinery of government changes offers a peek into the thinking of departmental secretaries and the reasoning behind the changes.
