QLD & NSW Spring Newsletter 2019

Written by Hannah Watts | Sep 10, 2019 12:05:21 AM

NSW & QLD Spring Newsletter

There's no season like Spring, some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.

We have held some fantastic events over the past few months, including our Senior Leader Dinners in Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle, however the main event for the season was of course the annual SIRF National Forum which was held in Melbourne this year.

With such an exciting quarter it will be hard to beat. Keep your eyes on our calendars to make sure you don't miss out on our upcoming events.

Hannah Watts
Customer Support & Event Manager

Notable highlights for this quarter in NSW & QLD

We welcomed 3 new companies as SIRF members, ran 35 events which 589 people attended and was represented by 106 different companies.

QLD OERt CIWG | A Process Safety Culture Through BI

At CS Energy in July we were very fortunate to gain a deep insight into the differences between ‘Process safety’ and ‘Personal safety’ and how to apply Business Improvement tools in this area.

Rajesh Kulkarni, Head of Business Improvement and Ngaire Moran, Operational Excellence Specialist, shared their journey and instigated considerable conversation and shared experiences among the attendees.

Their passion for putting people first and applying a clear and no-nonsense methodology shone through and was evidenced by dynamic and effective action boards throughout their offices. I cannot thank them enough for affording us an insight into their systems and office ‘gemba’.

Another great SIRF event with great networking and knowledge exchange that I am sure will lead to safer workplaces within our membership base.

David Newland; Training & Development Manager QLD

NSW OERt Masterclass | SCRUM - An Agile Framework for your Business

We had an exciting masterclass presented by Australian Scrum Pioneer; Mr Rowan Bunning from Scrum with Style.

Rowan guided us through the origins of scrum, scrum and agile, complexity, scrum vs waterfall, scrum framework, PDCA in scrum etc.

This was a fascinating and detailed overview of what scrum is and does and it left us all wanting to find out more and investigate deeply.

Rowan provided information for us to follow up on and I could see how many businesses would benefit from the adoption of this methodology.

We thank Zip Industries for hosting the event. Zip started using the Scrum methodology around 7 months ago and they shared their experiences around their implementation and during the site tour showed us their real-world application of Scrum. They have achieved great results in a short time and appreciated having access to Rowan during the event.

Another great event by SIRF as we continue to facilitate the sharing of knowledge with our members.

John Smith; Training & Development Manager NSW

QLD Senior Leaders Dinner

July saw us host our QLD Senior Leader's Dinner at the Brisbane Golf Club and it turned out to be real a mind-expanding event! With guest speaker Diane Harner, Managing Director of CleverMinds Consulting stretching our brains on the importance of Deliberate Leadership. There were too many ‘A-Ha’ moments to mention but I am sure that we will never forget our super-market bags again!

It is always great to have such a large turnout with high company representation where long-term friends and business associates shared wine and great food with our newer members.

These events provide an incredible networking opportunity for leaders, with the added bonus of learning new insights along the way.

Heidi Thompson; Customer Relationship Manager QLD

NSW Health and Safety Leaders Breakfast

On 19th July Baxter Healthcare kindly hosted out very first Health and Safety Leaders Breakfast event at their Toongabbie facility in Sydney.

This event ran from 8:00am to 10:00am and provided a great opportunity for these like-minded professionals to network with their peers within our membership base over a light breakfast.

Participating were 22 interested people from 20 of our member organisations and some great relationships were formed during the morning and lots of relevant information shared.

This event followed on from our first breakfast event earlier this year where we invited C.I. leaders in our membership to meet each other.
Both these events have received very positive feedback.

Keep an eye on our calendar for the next event as we will continue with this format in 2020.

John Smith; Training & Development Manager NSW

SIRF 2019 National Forum

August saw us run our 3rd annual 2 day National Forum, and our first in Melbourne, it was great to see our largest attendance yet, with so many members attending the event from NSW & QLD, so a big hand for your support.

The SIRF team always put on a great event and this year was no exception with 4 brilliant keynote speakers focused on cognitive load coping, transforming corporate cultures, mental health & wellbeing and a journey to LEAN excellence.

On top of this we had 30 presenters covering topics from Operational Excellence, Reliability & Maintenance, and Supply Chain. The depth of knowledge in these rooms was incredible.

This was supported by a great range of vendors demonstrating products & services, book sales, drinks & canapes, networking, prizes and great food...What an incredible event attended by an ever growing group of professionals on their path of learning and sharing ideas.

These events do not just happen and take an enormous amount of hard work and dedication, so to all the SIRF staff, great work guys and to all our contributors, thank you so much, because without you we could not make them happen.

See you in Sydney 2020, venue and date to be announced this month...

Gary Silversides; Managing Director QLD & NSW

SIRF Events in Pictures

SIRF held over 30 events across Queensland and New South Wales during the last quarter. The majority of these are hosted on-site by our member companies. Without the support of these companies, our members wouldn't have the opportunity to visit other sites and learn from their peers. This quarter we'd like to thank; Arnott's, Austral Bricks, Baxter, Caltex, Chep, CS Energy, CSR Gyprock, CSR Hebel, Delta Electricity, General Mills, Glencore Technology, GroundProbe, GSK, Incitec Pivot, Mars Food Australia, Mylan, Origin, Real Pet Food, Ridley Aquafeed, Rondo, Snack Brands, SunWater, Thales, WaterNSW and Zip Heaters.

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