Stop press: Well not really, this is hardly a newsflash when the project is some months in, but it is another moment in getting to the finish line with one of our special initiatives for the covidtimes. Our resident expert on all things governance and accountability, Managing Director Carolyn Evans, has at last received the…
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Corona coffee: and now the long brew time
It’s done. In the latest chapter of ‘what to do when you are locked down in a pandemic’, our Managing Director Carolyn has sent the full manuscipt of her forthcoming book to the publisher to be delivered into the waiting hands of typesetters. But don’t start holding your breath in anticipation just yet. Typesetting is…
Corona coffee: just add caffeine
Whoosh – or at least, whoosh in the sense of the usually-glacially-slow-publishing-process, raised to the power of a COVID-induced-reality! It is a common story to hear how book projects take considerably longer than expected, have myriad delays, and come to fruition long after might have been expected in comparison to commercial projects. Not this time…
Corona coffee: getting a WFH dividend
As consultants who have used a flexible working approach for our entire corporate existence (like, since before it became trendy, or now a necessity due to COVID-19), working from home is not exactly novel, and we have come in to the corona coffee era with more than a few relevant skills. Not least, we are…
Corona coffee: less barista, more home-brew
Like everyone, we are a bit stunned by the onset of COVID-19 as a world-wide phenomenon, and scrambling to work out what living and working in a coronavirus reality will look like. As a niche business that survived the 2008 GFC, and actually thrived in that environment, we’d like to think we can work it…
Rethinking pricing
Client: Chief Executive, Coast City Country General Practice Training Ltd In a new project for our client, we will apply microeconomic disciplines to their pricing of services, including sensitivity analysis around key events. Sunset at Mollymook, in the far south of this client’s area of operations, is a great inspiration!
Sabbatical postcard … coffee on the road to international peace & security
In the first public airing of her thesis research, Managing Director Carolyn Evans this week presented her work at the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law Postgraduate Workshop, held in Canberra on the eve of the Society’s annual conference. Using her experience in governance for government, commercial and nonprofit organisations, Carolyn presented her…
Sabbatical postcard … coffee on the “crowded” road
On sabbatical from consulting, while travelling in England for her PhD research Managing Director Carolyn Evans has discovered a whole new meaning to fighting the crowd to get coffee. Staying at the University of Warwick in Coventry, this was the crowd scene at the local coffee spot on the banks of the River Sherbourne. Having…
Assessing professional development needs
Client: Illawarra-Shoalhaven Medicare Local As part of a collaboration with CCCGPTraining, ThinkEvans has launched a survey of primary health care providers in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven area, to gather evidence for assessing professional development needs of those working in primary health care.
Productivity and Fair Work final report released
Client: the Australian Business Foundation The NSW Business Chamber has published online the final report of the project Productivity and Fair Work, an independent project led by the Australian Business Foundation Engaged by the Australian Business Foundation, ThinkEvans undertook research and investigation into how the Fair Work system impacts the productivity of businesses in Australia….
Channel 9 Melbourne: ‘Cash lure’ for older workers
This report was the lead item on the Channel 9 6pm news bulletin in Melbourne on Wednesday 18 April 2012. The article drew on ThinkEvans research into the changing nature of working life, including the dramatic rise over the last decade in workforce participation by women 55-64 years. The ThinkEvans analysis looked at data from…
Good news, bad news … & 6 o’clock news
ThinkEvans’ research on the changing nature of working lives has had spawned discussion right around Australia this week – after an article on page 4 of the Sydney Morning Herald* on Tuesday, 10 April, quoting our research. (Read more about the research) Radio stations in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Perth interviewed Managing Director Carolyn…
Women vote with their feet to top up their super
Carolyn Evans and Tanya van der Wall talk about how the changing nature of working life in Australia shows how women are rethinking super Women in the “transition to retirement years” are voting with their feet to top up their super. In the course of conducting research for our “Fair Enough?” report submitted recently to…
Fair Enough?
Client: the Australian Business Foundation The team at ThinkEvans has today submitted its research report entitled Fair Enough? Investigating Productivity & the Contribution of the Fair Work System. The report is the outcome of investigations conducted as part of a project by the Australian Business Foundation, Productivity and Fair Work. “After conducting nearly 70 interviews with…
Sustainability in nonprofit enterprise
Client: Provinces of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart A series of papers have been developed for the NSW, SA, New Zealand and Victoria Provinces, with Queensland now also under way, to address issues of sustainability in institutional ministries. These organisations are not-for-profit enterprises that work in education, aged care, community services…
JADHE*: Extending military justice feedback
Client: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force Adding Inquiries to the military feedback facility Extending the feedback facility for the Australian Defence Force military justice system, an additional element of the JADHE* project, was today added by ThinkEvans. This element allows Defence personnel and others involved in Commissions of Inquiry to provide feedback on…
Military justice feedback facility extension
Client: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force As part of the JADHE* project, the online facility by which Defence personnel can provide their feedback on military justice processes has now been extended to encompass inquiry processes. Already open to all personnel who have experienced either a trial or a complaints process, the facility has…
When too much coffee is really not enough …
In what many thought might be a moderately quiet year due to the much discussed GFC, our fearless leader, Carolyn, took the initiative to go back to uni – a big call when you were last in the hallowed halls of learning along about the time of the last ice age! So February 2009 saw…
Final report: ‘Shaping the Direction’
Client: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia The results of the survey administered to the full membership body of all Congregations that are members of the Institute was encapsulated in this report to the national leadership body of the Institute. With a participation rate above 80%, this survey has achieved an almost unmatchable…
Military justice feedback goes live
Client: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force Australian Defence Force – launch of the military justice feedback facility A new facility for the Australian Defence Force military justice system was today taken live by ThinkEvans. The system is online, accessible from any internet-connected computer, and provides members with the opportunity to give feedback about…
Military justice feedback facility launched
Client: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force Taking the next step in developing a comprehensive picture of the health and effectiveness of the military justice system, IGADF today released for use the online facility by which Defence personnel can provide their feedback on military justice processes. Open to all personnel who have experienced either…
Draft report: ‘Shaping the Direction’
Client: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia Based on the results of the survey administered to the full membership body of all Congregations that are members of the Institute, this draft report brought to the Reconfiguring Committee the detailed data that supported the report of the Task Group which had been charged to…
Briefing to Task Group: ‘Shaping the Direction’
Client: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia This briefing paper and presentation provided the first insights into the results of the related survey which closed for responses on 4 August 2009. The project team provided a tiered briefing, with all aspects of the data analysed and presented, but the primary focus being placed…
Survey closes: ‘Shaping the Model’
Client: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia The online facility for completing this survey closed today, with more than 450 of the Sisters having completed their survey online. Surveys completed in hard copy will be added to the data base before the total results set is analysed for presentation and further consideration.
Updating measurement of military justice
Client: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force JADHE* 2.1 Updating the measurement of military justice outcomes JADHE* v2.1 is now an integrated and completely revised web site facility. In addition to the site, this project milestone includes a further report to update the documentation of performance and outcomes of the military justice system in…
Survey design: ‘Shaping the Model’
Client: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia The final design of the survey was released today in online and print formats. All Sisters in Congregations that are members of the Institute – nearly 1500 around Australia and Papua New Guinea – will have the opportunity to express their views on key issues before…