Content published prior to November 2025 has been created by Proximity, a firm we acquired in 2025.
This session explores why programs fail and what drives success, focusing on delivery capability, managing complexity and risk, and how to respond when programs begin to drift.
This session explores structured decision-making using systems thinking and operations analysis to define problems, engage stakeholders, and identify effective solutions that address root causes with clarity and confidence.
This panel explores building a pro-integrity APS culture, focusing on behaviours, leadership, and habits that strengthen decision-making and enable senior leaders to model integrity in practice.
Driving ICT Excellence explores how the DTA’s Investment Oversight Framework strengthens governance, leadership, and risk management to prevent costly project failures and deliver successful digital transformation across government.
As Australia moves toward mandatory climate and ESG disclosures, more than 6,000 public and private sector entities must prepare for a new era of accountability.
Strategic project assurance is a critical enabler that strengthens decision-making.
How to maximise client value through a multidisciplinary delivery model.
How to engage stakeholders in an environment where trust is scarce, tensions run high, and every conversation carries weight.
An integrated public service is vital to the Australian public.
Balancing Risks and Unlocking Opportunities: How Government navigates the world of technology, artificial intelligence and cyber security.
What is environmentally sustainable procurement? Current policies and what they look like in practice.
This session will take participants through the tendering process, utilising case studies to identify traps to avoid and providing tips to ensure you get the best possible outcome from your tendering activities.
Managing decision-making and risks across projects, and equipping teams with essential new skills.
Explore various relationships Procurement Officer should be aware of, why they are important, and how to successfully develop and maintain them.
Recent years have seen a significant shift in the probity and integrity field, driven by changing community expectations and increased complexity in the operations and practices of Government.
Faced with oversight of a vast range of companies or individuals, regulators must achieve their goals and deliver on public expectations, all while they adhere to limits on budgets and staff and navigate increasing complexity and technological change, including the emergence of Artificial Intelligen
Environmental, Social and Governance principles have become critical for Commonwealth agencies as 6000 government entities will soon be required to meet new climate-related reporting standards.
Let’s imagine the APS as a gourmet kitchen. Each department is a specialised station, every public servant a skilled chef, and together they craft a complex, multi-course meal.
Why does it matter and how to ensure it?
From legislation to implementation, Anthony Honeyman delves into the strategies for assuring success.
NDIS Safeguards and Quality Commission Operational Policy and Practice Optimisation Project.
Proximity sets a new standard in project implementation working with Auscheck.
An introduction to how agile methodologies can reshape the federal procurement landscape, driving efficiency while maintaining integrity.
Dealing with ethical challenges in government can be tricky, but it’s manageable.
Best practice evaluation includes many elements, yet few manage to do it well consistently and use the insights for future design.
Discover how to integrate security into sourcing for improved procurement, contracting, and supply chain practices.
Most change efforts – and many projects – fail due to a lack of successful change management.
In today’s fast-paced, high-velocity environment, traditional project management methods may no longer be enough.
In this session, we look at the role of strategic communication in bridging the gap between government and their disconnected constituents.
A panel examination of ethical problems across government.
Everyone (just about) is working from home or will be at some stage. What are employers’ responsibilities for workplace health and safety (WHS) when everyone is working from home? What are workers’ responsibilities? Does anyone really know?
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