Episode 3: Leveraging Investment and Transitioning
In the final episode of this year’s ASCA In Conversation webinar miniseries, Nathaniel will be speaking with Michael Whereat from the Sunshine Coast Council.
Michael is a stalwart of the Australian smart communities’ movement, a former ASCA president, and the driving force behind one of Australia’s most established smart city programs. As Smart Cities Lead, he has successfully delivered groundbreaking local government innovation and implemented smart city strategy and projects for a decade.
Our conversation will be focused on the key lessons learned from effectively integrating a smart city program into the business as usual of local government, exploring themes such as:
Focusing in on what actually delivers organisational value
Designing governance when pilots are not the priority
Embedding innovative and experimental thinking
Leveraging and harnessing investment to drive programs forward
The challenges of transforming organisational behaviour
Achieving longevity through accountability and capacity for change
Join us for an entertaining and in-depth conversation revealing a decade’s distilled insights.