My talk to CEDA about making change happen, dreaming about a much brighter future, and doing it. About our responsibility to act when the current situation is unacceptable. About being pissed-off and making big changes. About Rabbitohs, Rail and Rivers.
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Transformation In Our Time Slideshare
1. transformation in our time peter holmes Ć court committee for economic development of australia presentation with q & a 17.11.09 webcast: slideshare.net/peterhac
2. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine our enterprises and institutions, public and private.ā source: tom peters 2003, 2009
3. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: a 98 year old football club nationās best transport company remote indigenous communities
4. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: being pissed-off balancing both/and understanding that āwe have toā
5. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: enterprises and institutions, public and private.ā a 98 year old football club nationās best transport company remote indigenous communities
6. the Rabbitohs play rugby league, and have won a record 20 first-grade premierships since their foundation in 1908 photograph of the 1908 premiership winning team
8. in 1999, after nearly 3 decades of underperformance, the National Rugby League excluded the Rabbitohs from the competition. They did not play in the 2000 or 2001 seasons.
9. in two marches through the streets of Sydney 100,000 people protested the decision in July 2001, a federal court decision found that the Rabbitohs were wrongfully excluded, and the club was reinstated in 2002.
10. however, in 2006 some were comfortable just ābeing backā, the team was running last and was financially fragile and clubās voting members were asked to approve a proposal to sell control of the club to Russell Crowe and me:
11. however, in 2006 somewere comfortable just ābeing backā, the team was running last and was financially fragile āinnovation comes from pissed-off people.ā source: tom peters 2003, 2009
12. however, in 2006 some were comfortable just ābeing backā, the team was running last and was financially fragileand the clubās voting members were asked to approve a proposal to sell control of the club to Russell Crowe and me: date of EGM: location: number of speeches: number of eligible voters: votes required: march 19 2006 Sydney Olympic Stadium 42 over 5 hours 3942 2957 ā 75.0% required
13. however, in 2006 some were comfortable just ābeing backā, the team was running last and was financially fragile and the clubās voting members were asked to approve a proposal to sell control of the club to Russell Crowe and me: date of EGM: location: number of speeches: number of eligible voters: votes required: votes received: march 19 2006 Sydney Olympic Stadium 42 over 5 hours 3942 2957 ā 75.0% required 2988 ā 75.8% or by 31 votes
14. re-imagine everything (2006-09) a winning culture strong membership quality sponsors community engaged first class players, well paid, well treated challenging for #1 every year
15. re-imagine everything (2006-09) a winning culture strong membership quality sponsors community engaged first class players, well paid, well treated challenging for #1 every year āthere is no better motivator than you have toā
16. In 2007, the Rabbitohs qualified for the semi-finals for the first time in 18 years
17. In 2007, the Rabbitohs qualified for the semi finals for the first time in 18 years Membership has risen from 8,000 to 15,000
18. In 2007, the Rabbitohs qualified for the semi finals for the first time in 18 years Membership has risen from 8,000 to 15,000 In 2009, the Rabbitohs, for the first time, made a small profit.
21. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: enterprises and institutions, public and private.ā a 98 year old football club nationās best transport company remote indigenous communities
22. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} former monopoly rail operator entrenched in queensland regulated returns utilising stateās capital white and blue-collar workforce traditional approach to safety
23. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} former monopoly rail operator entrenched in queensland regulated returns utilising stateās capital white and blue-collar workforce traditional approach to safety re-imagine
24. āif thereās one legacy I will leave this business, it will be a dramatic improvement in safety performanceā source: lance hockeridge, QR CEO 2008
25. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} QRās transformation at high speed for last 18 months safety program into dna national reach achieved tier-one rail company by international standards an operating philosophy around meeting customer demands sale announced.
26. there is no better motivator than āyou have toā source: peter hĆ c
27. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} Safety as central metaphor for a well established transformation program internationally privatization done well and done poorly know what has worked: kept together high local ownership employee focus
28. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} commercial transformation well entrenched international benchmarks are known QLDāers must demand a world-class outcome
29. {disclaimer: one directorās view as OKād by the company} commercial transformation well entrenched international benchmarks are known QLDāers must demand a world-class outcome (remember tom peters: pissed-off people get results)
30. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: enterprises and institutions, public and private.ā a 98 year old football club nationās best transport company remote indigenous communities
33. āour social problems are not endemic, they have not always been with usā source: noel pearson, 2007
34. āindigenous workers were amongst the most highly- regarded AAco employees and represented more than 10% of the companyās workforce.ā source: peter hĆ c, when CEO of AAco, 2001
40. what do Australians want: their own home schools for their kids employment opportunities enabling government health care system retire with security
41. what do Australians want: ability to buy their own home schools for their kids employment opportunities enabling government health care system retire with security donāt want unbridled development or to stuff up the environment safe and engaging that lead somewhere and limited red-tape (that isnāt like Americaās) and go fishing.
42. This person is an Australian this person is an Australian.
45. āthis highest priority in the cape should be river protection [through wild rivers legislation]ā source: wilderness campaigners
46. āthe highest priority in the cape should be poverty reduction through the creation of meaningful employmentā source: peter opio otim, CEO lockhardt river, 16.11.09
47. there is no better motivator than āyou have toā source: peter hĆ c
48. re-imagine: āif there were any viable ideas {for indigenous businesses in the cape} they would be evident alreadyā source: qld minister 27.10.2009
49. re-imagine: āā¦there may be viable ideas {for indigenous businesses in the cape} if we give them a chance to develop themā
54. re-imagine: hand up, not hand outs jobs for the boys (and girls) no excuses give them a go.
55. āIt is the foremost task ā and responsibility ā of our generation to re-imagine these: enterprises and institutions, public and private.ā a 98 year old football club nationās best transport company remote indigenous communities
59. āa full consultation process in cape york with the consent of traditional owners ā¦ and undertake the work necessary to enable a world heritage nomination ā¦ā source: conservation queensland election position 2008
62. peter holmes Ć court peter is the executive chairman of ISFM, a specialist sports industry consultancy, a director of Viocorp International, Australiaās leading internet video technology company, a director of Queensland Rail and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, and since 2006 he has been the co-owner with Russell Crowe of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. peter was executive chairman of the club from mid-2006 to mid-2008. previously peter was CEO of the Australian Agricultural Company, today the countryās largest cattle company. peter took the 185 year old company public in 2001. prior to that peter founded and ran Back Row Productions, an international producer of theatrical productions, touring shows such as Australiaās highest grossing live theatrical show Tap Dogs, UK comic Eddie Izzard and Jerry Seinfeld, amongst a total of over 20 different productions in 300 cities and 20 countries. peter was born in Perth, lived 14 years in the US and UK, and moved with his wife Divonne and their two sets of twins to live in Sydney in 2000. peter rides a bike and does the odd triathlon, both of which he does slowly.
63. āInnovation comes from pissed-off people.ā source: tom peters some rabbitohs accepting mediocrity safety performance at QR injustice of poverty in our country