Project 3.3 - Promoting and sustaining experimentation

Pillar outcome: Driving Change Well

Issues

Our Conferences and Members feel a lack of empowerment to experiment with new ways of working.

Identified task(s)

The actions behind this item can be performed by every Member:

• New agenda item in each meeting: ‘image if…’ for new ideas, and debrief/reflection on past experiments with celebration.
• Parameters for experimentation provided by each State (budget, time, resources, value alignment).
• Toolkit to support experimentation (how to grow ideas) and an innovation / incubation ideas log accessible at a State level.

Success indicator(s)

• A bias towards yes, as part of a culture of celebrating innovation and experimentation
• Framework to enact new ideas
• Good understanding of Member skills
• Resources to support new ideas.

Related sub-projects

All sub-projects will use the product generated by this work.

Resources

Project team: Shane B; Peter C; Ben K. Members wishing to join this team should contact congress@svdp.org.au

National Support:

• Establish Teams site for Project team
• Communicate on website
• National Member, Mission and Spirituality Standing Committee for advice and guidance

• NCS via congress@svdp.org.au

Progress

A national discussion paper is being prepared that includes:

• How innovation works;
• Why innovation is important;
• Case studies on innovation; and
• Guidelines and constraints.

The Project Team intends to scope and trial the deliverables in their local Conferences, and then consider how this work might apply nationally.

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