We're process specialists – we invest in researching, innovating and advancing our skills in facilitation and group processes. But effective facilitation also requires an ability to engage with the content – the concepts, issues and terminology – that a group is focussed on. Whenever we go into a new industry, we invest in understanding the language of that industry.
Through our past professional lives and our work with over 50 different organisations, there are a number of content areas where we already have a high level of experience and literacy...
Through our past professional lives and our work with over 50 different organisations, there are a number of content areas where we already have a high level of experience and literacy...
Sustainability is a core area of literacy for Now for Future and we're skilled at working on projects with triple bottom line (economic, social, environmental) dimensions. We've facilitated more than 60 sustainability-related workshops, meetings and conferences in water, waste management, packaging, cleaner production, energy, climate change, green building, parks, natural resource management, and sustainable communities.
Jenni started her sustainability journey in 1977 as a student in Peter Rawlinson’s Man & The Environment course at LaTrobe University. This landmark program was one of the first in Australia to take a combined scientific, anthropological and sociological approach to issues surrounding the natural environment.
Before joining Now for Future, Erin was Professor and Head of the Melbourne School of Energy and Environment at Melbourne University Private. He has been directly involved in a number of sustainability projects and strategies.
Jenni started her sustainability journey in 1977 as a student in Peter Rawlinson’s Man & The Environment course at LaTrobe University. This landmark program was one of the first in Australia to take a combined scientific, anthropological and sociological approach to issues surrounding the natural environment.
Before joining Now for Future, Erin was Professor and Head of the Melbourne School of Energy and Environment at Melbourne University Private. He has been directly involved in a number of sustainability projects and strategies.
Between us, we're literate across a wide range of science and technology – from Aerodynamics to Zoology.
Erin has a PhD in aerodynamics and has held professorships in both Mechanical Engineering and Energy and Environment. He's been an active researcher and has published widely in the areas of wind engineering and engineering education.
Jenni has studied and taught in the area of biological sciences. She was on the Board of Swinburne University's Industrial Research Institute and, as Manager of Industry Liaison, dealt with a number of major manufacturing organisations in Australia and overseas.
more what we do Erin has a PhD in aerodynamics and has held professorships in both Mechanical Engineering and Energy and Environment. He's been an active researcher and has published widely in the areas of wind engineering and engineering education.
Jenni has studied and taught in the area of biological sciences. She was on the Board of Swinburne University's Industrial Research Institute and, as Manager of Industry Liaison, dealt with a number of major manufacturing organisations in Australia and overseas.
Businesses are systems, but all too often we focus on snapshots or isolated parts of the business (and wonder why our deepest problems never seem to get solved). We have developed and access a number of tools to move teams out to the big picture, encouraging them to look for the interconnections, and to take a systemic view of the business. These include system diagrams, computer simulation “microworlds”, and a number of techniques for challenging the powerful tacit mental models that often stand in the way of new insights and new ways of doing things.
We use tools and processes developed by Gary Hamel (with whom Erin has studied in the USA) to help refocus and reinvent businesses. Using a business model to view the business through a series of different lenses, we will assist you to develop an innovative and effective business concept using a process that is...
- CREATIVE rather than procedural
- EXPANSIVE rather than reductionist
- INVENTIVE rather than extrapolative
- INCLUSIVE rather than elitist
- DEMANDING rather than easy
And yes, we've done it ourselves, too. In our past professional lives we've demonstrated our flair for innovation and transformation – and even won awards for it.
If your organisation is a secondary school, university or research organisation, we have a good understanding of what you do and the issues you face. We've been teachers, academics, researchers, and managers of educational organisations.
Jenni has held senior management positions in both the private and public sectors. She has also lectured in business management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her business experience covers...
- Diversity
- Cultural change
- Quality management
- Organisational behaviour
- Marketing and communication
- Human resources management