Short publication pieces.
Streamlining Youth Justice in Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission Submission by Noetic Noetic Solutions, a strategic management consultancy established in 2001, has played a significant role in shaping youth justice and child wellbeing reforms across Australia. Recognised for their advisory services to federal and state [...]
Simplifying, optimising and modernising businesses in the Defence industry with Noetic Noetic CEO Andrew Balmaks and our General Manager for Defence Noel Derwort, appeared on the Australian Defence Magazine ADM Podcast to talk about simplifying, optimising and modernising businesses in the Defence Industry. They discuss how industry partnerships can support [...]
Predicting the future of Quantum Computing Recent research from the CSIRO has predicted that quantum technology will reach $6 billion and generate more than 19,000 Australian jobs by 2045[1]. Noel Derwort General Manger Defence, and Lead of our recent Quantum computing activity believes there is great opportunity for various [...]
Communication Combat: Could Attitudinal Inoculation Help Government Fight Fake News? - by Niall Cummins The rise of disinformation and misinformation has been on the radar of governments, academics and the big tech giants for a number of years. Collectively referred to as information disorder, this harmful online content could [...]
Building Resilience: Responding to the Urgent Call to Support Front Line Workers Ensuring positive mental health for front line workers has always been important, but in the wake of COVID-19, it’s never been more urgent. According to the Beyond Blue study ‘Answering the Call’, one in three front line [...]
Australian National Security: What 2020 has taught us and what's next? - by Sebastian Acuna and Michelle Todd The 6th Annual Australian Security Summit was held last week, with the COVID-19 pandemic central to discussions about the effectiveness and resilience of our National Security systems and structures. What became increasingly clear across the course of the three days, is Australia’s need to redefine [...]
Critical Controls – a useful concept or the latest fad in risk management? - by Peter Wilkinson 10 years ago, a well-known international mining company asked me to look at their work relating to operational risks. I was shown a list of their top ten operational risks. I asked, [...]
How traffic light design can help Change Management in organisations - by Sara Wilson Did you know that the ubiquitous, yet humble, traffic light is 152 years old in 2020? You probably pass through at least a few of these almost every day, but how often have you seen [...]
Reflections from an Engineer-Turned-Consultant During National Science Week - by Sara Wilson I come from an engineering background so National Science Week holds a special place in my heart. I have spent many Science Weeks running a stall to demonstrate scientific phenomena to children and students (and often their parents!). [...]
When Design Thinking Saved Cricket and What We Can Learn - by Chris Doherty and Utkarsh Manocha The beginning of the 21st century was embedded with the zeitgeist of change. Wars, displacement, terrorism, political and social upheaval aplenty. But nothing articulates the change of this century quite like this little Wikipedia quote: “The entire written [...]
