2020 panel - women and multi-cultural groups under represented

[Spaghetti]

Any good organisation exploits the talents of it's employees whether they are men or women, old or young, fat or thin, white or not. It is apparent in Australia that young white males get the good jobs based on a boys club mentality and not for any other reason.

Little wonder we have few truly global companies built on brains and expertise rather than digging up dirt like lucky dogs.

We are suffering a shortage of labour, in one sense, from an inability to exploit our human resource effectively.

Even Julia Gillard has had the "Sex appeal" rubbish trotted out already....same as so many women before her in politics.

If it is true that these men were the only ones with the expertise to choose those to represent our views it only serves to highlight a huge shortcoming in our society.

We can be a redneck, backward, sexist, ageist, racist country but for many women it is just too hard to try and compete on un-level playing fields.

 

[2020hindsight]

I can tell you, if you go to see Blanchett in "Elizabeth - the Golden Age", you'd say she's worth 9 blokes anyways.

wowo - she is fantastic.

I dare them to let her dress as QE1 and chair the meeting

:topic
there are many fantastic moments in that movie. One I liked ... she asks her astrologer what's the buzz - he replies that he sees one country declining and another gaining strength - (Spain is about to attack England right)

and then she asks will England be OK (or something like that) - and he replies "for that I must consult a different chart". - and he places his hands gently under her chin and stares into her eyes - and continues something about "that depends on your strength etc " - ripper yarn boris !

PS If anyone sees the movie and remembers those words better than I have - maybe they could set me straight on the actual conversation lol - but that's approx right

 

[moneymajix]

Re: 2020 panel - women

Know your Limits

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=SjxY9rZwNGU



Gits

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=FNmBauXYzgc&feature=related

 

[Julia]

Crikey.com's view of the 2020 Summit is pretty much spot on imo:

When the 2020 summit was announced we assumed that the participants were likely to be a mixture of academics, business reps, unionists, church types and community group leaders, with maybe a celebrity or two thrown in. As it turns out, we underestimated the number of celebrities massively.

Whether the summit is a pointless political stunt, as some of us think, or a sinister, undemocratic event privileging elites and technocrats over ordinary punters, as some others believe, it's hard to avoid the impression that it will be a colossal exercise in groupthink. It's like the Lateline Christmas party without Tony Jones.

Sure, there are some surprise nominations. Aerial skier Alisa Camplin's membership of the medical group has already been questioned, although she does bring extensive experience of seeing orthopaedic surgeons. And we await Phillip Adams' contribution on the issue of "governance" with interest. But these fish apparently out of water are a definite minority.

Here's a suggestion that just might save the whole weekend: run with the Alisa Camplin approach. Swap the names of the groups. Have the medicos talk about education and training. Have the economists talk about indigenous issues. Have the security types discuss rural and regional issues. Get the welfare and social inclusion types in the "Strengthening Communities" group to discuss the economy. Get the actors and directors to ... OK, just leave them where they are.

If these people are "the best and the brightest", take them outside their comfort zones and get them talking without the same scripts they've been using for years. We might see genuinely new ideas or new approaches presented by people not locked into the comfort of groupthink, but forced to use their brains to grapple with something new.

 

[Prospector]

Crikey.com's view of the 2020 Summit is pretty much spot on imo:
If these people are "the best and the brightest", take them outside their comfort zones and get them talking without the same scripts they've been using for years. We might see genuinely new ideas or new approaches presented by people not locked into the comfort of groupthink, but forced to use their brains to grapple with something new.

Can't have that - what are you thinking Julia! Creativity, innovation and Government in the one sentence? Shame on you - ultimate paradox!