Currently there are 75 members representing a diverse cross section of the North West Community. As a result of extensive consultation through the Issue Group meetings, ten priority innovative projects have been identified for further investigation. This approach to community development is unique to the North-West region and promises to deliver substantive outcomes. This paper outlines the approach taken highlights the key learnings and implications for further projects of this type. In a world economy that is interlinked, how are regional Australian communities placed to be competitive.
Case studies indicate that innovation can be apparently bizarre but equally enormously successful.
This paper discusses the factual aspects of the change within which we are all embroiled and isolates some thought provoking strategies to challenge our thinking. Entertaining, witty and thought provoking with practical ideas, this presentation is a memorable way of creating a more lateral thinking focus as we try to establish a new momentum. We all know the problems. We avoid researching the underlying facts and examples from Australia and around the world from which we can learn. Most of all we are reluctant to develop our own home-grown solutions.