IPAA ACT

Have you seen a great idea in the public sector? Now is the time let your peers know good ideas can be rewarded by putting them up for the inaugural Public Sector Innovation Awards.

Another federal minister took a swipe at Laura Tingle over bureaucracy-gutting essay at the IPAA awards winner to celebrate the best in public sector management.

It’s usually in conversation and probing that you get to hear the depth of each others’ thinking, says Carmel McGregor. IPAA ACT will host its first conference next week to debate collaboration, capability and capacity for reform and how to make the public service great.

In the rush to radically redesign service delivery to make it quicker, simpler and cheaper, public servants must also be kinder and more understanding, listen humbly to the public’s needs, and treat people with humanity.