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Strong leadership at the heart of adaptive change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... process, a process of imagineering. "Imagineering, to me it means what it sounds, imagining what will be and then engineering so it is - it's both philosophical and process driven. It requires a lot of creativity and a lot of effort in the creative space ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... quarter with a 5.5% drop in non-residential building work, slightly offset by a 1.5% increase in residential building. Engineering work done declined by 4.2% in the March quarter. Year-on-year, the value of construction work done dropped by 6.7% in the ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion will create a hub for machine learning and data analysis and aims to create ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... helping girls to become business leaders in fields with little female representation, such as science, technology, engineering and math.

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects compared to five countries across the Asia Pacific. "Australia cannot expect to be able to adequately ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Flanagan has more than 45 years' experience in the energy industry, having been managing director of his own electrical engineering and contracting company since 1987. He has worked as a licensed electrician and spent 17 years as a trade teacher at the ...

PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... this model, select retail investors within particular professional fields (including medicine, accounting, law and engineering) can "share in the profits of the insurance that they buy" through financial advisers, according to PPS Mutual chief executive ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... potential for delivering more and deeper insights to financial planners in the future. Dean of the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT, Professor Ian Burnett, said: "The UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT has always had a strong focus on collaborative research ...

Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... to run UTA - a fund with more than $5 billion in funds under management. "Brett's M&A experience coupled with his engineering background make him ideally suited to be the lead UTA Portfolio Manager," Day said. "The combination of Brett's and Matthew's ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... 'peace of mind' or 'outsourcing complexity' business. What is your purpose?" he asked. The next three steps were re-engineering (changing established processes and questioning why things are done the way they are in the business), re-framing (examining ...