JOINT WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD 2021

Could not be prouder of Brian Fine - a foundation member of our Nexttech Transformation Forum 

MEDIA RELEASE   JOINT WINNERS RECOGNISED FOR RESEARCH INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD    The Australian Data and Insights Association (ADIA, formerly AMSRO) is pleased to announce that the Jayne Van Souwe Research Industry Leadership Award for 2021 has been awarded to  Brian Fine, CEO Australia Online Research and Quality Online Research and Martin O’Shannessy, Partner OmniPoll. The judging panel, which comprised of inaugural winner Darren Pennay and former Association presidents Nicola Hepenstall and Yvonne Wallis, unanimously agreed that both Fine and O’Shannessy had demonstrated the outstanding qualities that underpin the industry leadership award. The Jayne Van Souwe Research Industry Leadership Award was introduced in 2019 in honour of Jayne who dedicated many years to the industry, particularly across governance, privacy and quality. The Award pays tribute to those leaders who have made a significant and long-term contribution to the growth, promotion and advancement of the Australian research, data and insights industry. Nicola Hepenstall said: “The judging panel was delighted to be able to recognise the contributions of Brian Fine and Martin O’Shannessy; two impressive and talented leaders who have given so much to our industry over many years.    “Brian has played a leading role in ensuring that our online methodologies reflect the best practice principles that have been a hallmark of our industry.  He has worked tirelessly over many years dedicating significant time to ensuring high standards of quality, integrity and accuracy.   “While our reputation as an industry is often focused on the technical side of our work, underpinning our efforts is the strong desire to have an impact.  Whether we are talking about leading political polling or evidence to inform the decision-making process around major social reforms, Martin has an impressive list of achievements.”  Accepting the award, Brian Fine said: “I am particularly honoured to receive this award. The late Jayne Van Souwe was a highly respected researcher and a colleague and friend for so many years. Those who knew her well would recall she was passionate about ensuring the quality of research and the fieldwork that underpinned it. It is essential for our industry to have data our clients can trust, and which is valid and representative. My focus over the past 20 years, and that of my team at QOR, has been an obsession with the quality and accuracy of online research.” Martin O’Shannessy said: “Jayne was an inspiration and a friend to so many of us and I’m proud to be part of an award that bears her name. I am delighted to see that ADIA has retained its sense of purpose and direction over recent years and is clearly going from strength to strength under the leadership of the current board and the unassuming but highly effective Sarah Campbell as CEO.” ADIA CEO Sarah Campbell, said: “The thriving research, data and insights industry that exists in Australia today has been built on the activities and efforts of individuals who have dedicated significant time, energy and expertise on behalf of the wider research community. As the industry increasingly embraces technology, digitisation and automation, it is important that we recognise and value the critical contributions that our industry leaders make in guiding our transformation and ensuring our continued impact.”     JOINT WINNERS BRIAN FINE & MARTIN O'SHANNESSY

THE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE IS A HYBRID SYSTEM

If you want to recruit and retain the brightest and the best talent - you will need to think differently about how you engage with them.

70 % of people want flexibility of where and when they work - where connection and collaboration with people anywhere around the world is key, and where they want a pathway to lifelong learning .

 

Working from remote locations like homes and cafes comes with more security threats - and risk of your human capital leaving - is leading to a massive disruption of organisations workforces - where at anyone time 40% of your workforce are being approached to leave and pursue other opportunities .

Businesses will not only have to rely on good technology to increase productivity and job satisfaction - they will have to provide a great culture and collaborative community and a pathway to be upskilled and cater for “the lifelong learner”.

 

• Attitudes need to change
• Cultures need to change 
• Kpi’s need to change 
• Systems will need to change to cope with the fluid workforce
• Technology and office layouts need to change 
•  Teams need to collaborate using technology, like dedicated Teams/Zoom Rooms.
• Audio and video quality needs to be superb when connecting online - both at the office and at your team members homes

The #NexttechRevolution has arrived , shifting change from traditional to hybrid workplaces - and where the power has shifted from the organisation to the lifelong learner 

 

Inspired by Roger Amir at Mitronics and Heather McGowan 

#the5cs #bbgforum #bsi 

The Story of WiFi - OzInnovation

One of the greatest Australian inventions, wi-fi technology was developed by a team of radio astronomers in CSIRO in 1992. The team comprised of Dr. John O’Sullivan, Mr. John Deane, Mr. Diet Ostry, Dr. Terry Percival, and Mr. Graham Daniels and worked extensively on the issue of radio waves bouncing off indoor surfaces and thus resulting in an echo distorting the signal. They resolved this problem by creating a fast chip for signal transmission during the echo thus leading to the invention of Wi-fi. This technology, now used by more than a billion people globally, has now become an indispensable part of our lives.

Link to other Oziinventions -https://leverageedu.com/blog/australian-inventions/