5th Biannual Preventing Workplace Psychological Injury Conference Recap

  I had the immense privilege of attending last week’s 5th Biannual Preventing Workplace Psychological Injury Conference that was held at the Grace Hotel in Sydney last week. The inspiring speakers and the stories they shared are sure to stick in the minds of those who attended for weeks to come. It was fascinating – yet heart wrenching – to hear about the struggles employees face in different industries. One of the main stories that jumps to my mind is the one shared by Colin Anderson, Director of Safety and Wellbeing for the Queensland Police, who confronted the...

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What is it? Where are we heading?

  “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.”  Bill Drayton, Leading Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World Most of us recognise the word ‘social enterprise’ but not many of us are aware of what they do. The definition of social enterprise varies across the globe due to differing policies and regulations. In Australia, social enterprises are organisations that exist to fulfil a mission consistent with public or community benefit, trade to fulfil that mission, and...

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Guest blog by Walter de Ruyter: Transfer of Care for Complex Health Consumers (Part 2)

  Last week's blog looked at changing transfer of care models and adapting consumer expectations and social inclusion and wellbeing. This week, Walter will sum up the blog by looking at introducing new funding models. Introducing new funding models There are a number of key funding instruments, Medicare rebates for General Practitioners, ACFI for aged care and Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs / Casemix) for Acute Health Services. They are performance based funding instruments. To build health capacity they could be adapted in the case of ACFI to fund RN positions in ageing...

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Guest blog by Kerry Fallon Horgan: Leaders making flexibility happen

  Many organisations have excellent flexible workplace policies but fail to deliver the promised work/life balance. Broken promises are even more damaging than not having the policies in the first place. Leadership is the key driver for change to a workplace where flexible policies are a reality. To achieve a culture that will support flexible work practices, leaders need to walk the talk as well as being willing to openly discuss their work/life values and how they make them work. It’s this ongoing, authentic dialogue that enables a workplace that cares about its people. As one...

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Risk in cloud computing

There is a risk involved in pretty much everything we do in life. For instance there is a risk that we might miss the train in the morning or a risk that we might trip over and fall while walking. Likewise in cloud computing there is a risk that our data might be hacked into if it is not safely secured and protected. This is part of the reason why APRA recently released an information paper titled Outsourcing Involving Shared Computer Services (Including Cloud) which provides guidance to the finance industry on how to best tackle security and risk concerns surrounding sensitive data such...

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Guest Blog by Walter de Ruyter: Transfer of Care for Complex Health Consumers (Part 1)

  Baby Boomers as a demographic have defined every market as they have aged. A number of care providers in both acute and aged care liken the changes with consumer-directed care as an express train minutes away from leaving the station. These services are doing as much as possible to ensure they are on board and are the drivers of the care experience expected by this demographic. Complacency in this changing market will see many polishing their vintage trains and wondering why they have less and less passengers.   Changing transfer of care models and adapting to consumer expectations...

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