IN THE COMMUNITY Innovation Workshops with Armidale Business Chamber Future of Work UNE Business School continues a warm relationship with Armidale Business Chamber, with our staff taking the opportunity to share expertise with the local business community back in June this year. Dr Phil Harrell, Senior Lecturer at UNE Business School and Executive Director and Founder of The Leadership Alliance and New England Management Development, ran the first of two workshops. Dr Harrell presented on the power of a valuesfocused business practice and participants developed a strategy based on their own business values that would allow them to unleash their business’ full potential. The second workshop was presented by Dr Simon Burgess, Lecturer at UNE Business School and experience project manager and management consultant. Participants learned how to recognise the elements of entrepreneurial thinking that they already use, and how the entrepreneurial mindset can be applied to individual business activities. On September 13, UNE Business School together with School of Education and UNE SMART Region Incubator (SRI) held the Future of Work Regional Forum, building on the well-attended daytime event for the region’s school students. The evening forum brought together 120 leaders from business, community, education and government across our New England North West region. Attendees took part in a fast forward activity led by Professor Derek Baker, focused on ‘what Government, Education and Business did to prepare for 2030’. Three main themes emerged from the discussion: 1. Communities need Government to share the vision, work to meet local priorities and enable the change we need. 2. Business is about building the engine room for jobs and educating regional talent. Business needs the learning to be real and timely, so that business can grow the region. 3. We need Education to make sense to learners, so that the curriculum is personalised, affordable, collaborative and takes them where they want to go either locally, national or globally. Connection to our regional business community allows our mutually beneficial relationship to grow. We’re working together build a stronger, smarter and more resilient region. The Schools and University Connect Program will continue to work directly with schools and their communities across the region. The SRI which is based in Tamworth and Armidale is extending its support to startups across the New England North West – the business incubator currently supports 42 founders who are developing new and innovative businesses. Find out more about our Founders, join the mailing list and come along to a variety of events – everything you need to know is at www.smartri.com.au 2018 Retrospective / 15
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