Glentworth Information Management

Open data revolution?

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:13:34 +0000

Queensland's 'open data revolution' continues under the stewardship of Premier Campbell Newman, who wants the State's open data initiative to become one of the world's best. On 3rd April he will be headlining the launch event, 'Opening the Vault', which is intended to establish a forum for industry, government and the community to innovate with open government data. A capacity audience will hear an industry facilitator and a variety of panel members address the 'Why' and the 'How' of open data.

Start the Open Data Conversation

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:31:00 +0000

Queensland is set to take the lead on the open data front. Premier Campbell Newman's 'open data revolution' and broader commitment to open government represent a real step forward. With its information blueprint and some meaningful commitments in this area, Queensland's government appears committed to making progress.

Open Public Sector Information

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:33:11 +0000

A recently-published report observes that many Australian government agencies have insufficient technical expertise and capacity to deliver on their commitment to Open Public Sector Information (PSI).

Gunning

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0000

The Gunning Trust Network - Rural Support Program

Information driven strategy for Public Sector Transformation

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:09:39 +0000

With the onset of the global financial crisis and volatility in markets, governments world over have been left grappling with a plethora of issues concerning unemployment, public spending, welfare measures etc.

Glentworth appoints new partner

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:36:51 +0000

Information management specialist Glentworth has elevated Principal EIM Consultant Neil Makepeace to Partner, acknowledging Makepeace’s exceptional background and expertise.

Mr Makepeace brings with him a breadth of experience including his time as a diplomat in Washington D.C. Mr Makepeace was also a supervisor of a $4 billion business change program, and is currently a director of an emerging not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the care of the Australian Defence Force community.

Glentworth lands State Entrepreneur Award

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:19:08 +0000

Neil Glentworth, Managing Director and Founder of information management specialists Glentworth, has contended with a strong list of competitors to take out the 2012 Queensland Pearcey Foundation Award for his contribution to the Information and Technology industry.

Big Data – The case for an intelligence-driven approach

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:39:18 +0000

Big Data is understandably a big rage within industry today, and organisations are rapidly developing strategies to acquire more data from across their varied channels of interactions with customers and clients. Organisations are driving their Big Data strategy towards acquiring larger pools of data, and increasingly focused on finding wider platforms for applications.

Who do you trust?

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:12:40 +0000

The idea that a command and control system should be founded on a managed cycle of information gathering, understanding, decision and action is not new. John Boyd’s ‘OODA Loop’ (Boyd, The Essence of Winning and Losing, 1995) was first presented in a different context, but now underpins a good deal of development and practice in the command and control field. We have found that the OODA Loop is a particularly useful model when time and dispersal are important factors.

New thinking to speed up disaster response

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:50:51 +0000

Front-line disaster information has emerged as a key element for natural disaster response, according to Queensland’s Flood Commission of Inquiry Report released today. A year on from one of the greatest natural disasters in Queensland history, the Report has shown the poor flow of information between local, district and state disaster management groups during the 2011 floods greatly hindered the state’s disaster response. Queensland enterprise information management specialist Neil Glentworth said the 2011 floods highlighted the need for a radical overhaul of information management to help minimise the effect of natural disasters.

Rio Tinto Information Managment

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:35:11 +0000

A global resources company with approximately 77,000 employees and interests in over 40 countries was experiencing significant growth and undertaking three major new mining projects in remote parts of the world. Due to previous mergers and acquisitions and the continuing growth of the Group, there was no standard approach or guidelines for managing information and knowledge across the various product groups and business units.

Glentworth rising in national business ranks

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:47:00 +0000

Glentworth has ranked as one of BRW’s ‘Fast Starters’ for 2012, coming in among some of the most innovative, new Australian businesses.

The award, which is open to the most profitable and fastest growing businesses in Australia, whilst increasing revenue from 2010 to 2011.

Information key for Logan City Council residents

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:38:49 +0000

With customer service a priority for every council, Logan City Council has taken their commitment to the next level, engaging information management specialist Glentworth to help make their customer information as relevant and accessible as possible.

Aiming to improve the customer service response, Logan City Council had traditionally focussed on their technology systems but under the guidance of Glentworth have now overhauled the actual information they supply their customers, and how it is gathered.

Enabling leadership in global resources through timely and accurate information

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:35:00 +0000

We argue that information and knowledge are key levers for enhancing productivity and maintaining the competitive edge in the resources sector. The key drivers for information and knowledge management (IKM) in the resources sector are cost reduction, maintaining licence to operate and connecting skilled workers throughout the business. These enable growth, productivity and optimisation across the value chain, in turn delivering global capability and competitive advantage.

The ROI of Architecture Frameworks!

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:11:42 +0000

Ask any Enterprise Design expert, and they will tell you that implementing and managing a well-integrated enterprise information management system is never an easy task. Building such a successful system would essentially entail that it be built over a successful information architecture model.

Seizing the Information Opportunity in 2012

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:28:00 +0000

In today’s organisations, information is a valued business asset and when exploited effectively it can act as a key differentiator in driving their success.

It’s quite simple really - information matters in your business!

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:35:28 +0000

Information drives your business and works as your greatest asset. It provides key inputs for quality decision making. It helps drive efficacy within your business (makes money), reduces wastage and redundancies (saves money).

Shareholder growth from Unstructured Data

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:12:39 +0000

Data drives organisation processes – moving through structured and unstructured formats, providing key information for effective process management and enabling valuable business insights to management for improved decision making and business innovation.

Leveraging Big Data for Business Growth – How and Why?

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:05:03 +0000

The effective harnessing of available information holds the key to newer ideas, innovative solutions and possibly the next strategic breakthrough. To build this competitive edge, therefore, businesses will need to focus beyond the obvious channels of information and look into the wider environment within which the information is being generated.

Big growth and Big data!

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:59:39 +0000

It is apparent that information enabled by the appropriate technology will act as key influencers of how you shape your businesses and organisations in the years ahead. Information touches every aspect of your business processes today and with it generates trillions of bits of data.

Mapping your information, a critical success factor!

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:35:04 +0000

Information constitutes the central network of your organisation. It holds the sum of all organisational experiences, be it the data elements used in managing your business operations, business insights gathered over the years, a record of how product and service innovations evolved, customer and competitor data and routine employee data.

Information - the raw power driving businesses today!

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:06:02 +0000

Businesses have so far relied on simply using their data effectively to generate information for decision making and growth. This trend, however, is rapidly changing as businesses wake up to the increasing possibilities for growth in a data driven economy.

Timely information bridges the education gap

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:02:00 +0000

As part of broader initiatives to support its overarching strategy, Griffith University engaged Glentworth to undertake a study that identifies and quantifies benefits in productivity, efficiency and sustainability through enhanced collaboration approaches, behaviours and tools.

The Enterprise View of Your Information

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:35:00 +0000

What is the value of your organisation? Do you place a value only on fixed tangible assets? It has been estimated that the intangible assets of many companies can be approximately two-thirds of the total. What value do you place on the intangible elements you hold such as documents, emails, websites, more importantly what is the knowledge value?

Rapid Growth Propels Organisational Oil Change

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Glentworth conducted a series of workshops inviting representatives throughout the organization to participate. During these workshops, Glentworth helped these individuals define their areas of responsibility as part of a knowledge transfer process. Glentworth then developed an operationalisation plan using an Information Management model.

Empowering Educational Outcomes for Queensland

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:19:00 +0000

The goal was to enable the organisation’s employees to better ‘self-help’ rather than requiring Information & Technologies to troubleshoot or to locate particular information or documents on their behalf. To better streamline this process, Glentworth was called upon to identify the current state of information and knowledge management throughout the organization, with the view of finding clear solutions.

Floods a reminder of disaster management importance

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:07:00 +0000

As a former member of the Defence Force, Neil Glentworth has seen more than his fair share of natural and human-created disasters.

In fact, it was probably his experience combined with his expertise in information and knowledge management that allowed him and his team at Glentworth to be such an invaluable resource during and post the Queensland floods.

Library Science is an art

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:41:00 +0000

Here at Glentworth we take a lot of pride in understanding how information collections develop, evolve and emerge. This blog entry is about how we can draw lessons about how to curate our information from everyday life.

Over the years I have collected quite a library. Several thousand books, not all of which I have read. When I moved interstate a couple years ago, I placed my library away. In a rush, I packed up my collection according to efficiency of storage - Fit the most books into the least number of boxes.

The Point of Sharing

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:40:00 +0000

Knowledge Management is built on a foundation of IT enabled collaboration systems which capture organisational information. Glentworth demonstrates that the benefits of these systems can only be realised by applying a curatorial approach to information.

The Game Changer

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:37:00 +0000

Too often EIM programs are undertaken as a reaction, to improve compliance or reduce risk exposure. As a result EIM initiatives run the risk of being too complex, IT rather than business driven and generally lacking in suitable measures and defined benefits.