Marcus Barber
Marcus is a Strategic Futurist and one of Australasia's top Value Systems specialists, assisting clients with advanced strategic thinking and innovation processes. His skills have been utilised by Telstra, Victoria Police, HomeGround Services, Newcrest, Deakin University, City of Greater Dandenong, CPA Australia, Gold Coast Water, General Motors, Fosters Australia, the Australian Sports Commission, Ernst and Young, ABF Singapore, VicUrban, Central Highlands Water, DIIRD, Assure Programs, Gold Coast City Council; Community Sector Services, O.I.C COMSTECH, AP Touring and Queensland Rail among many others.
An energetic and engaging speaker, he a Visiting Fellow delivering the strategic futures block at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, the premiere management training program for the Department of Defence that brings military personnel from around the globe to a year long residential strategy training program.
In the past few years he's spoken at the UNESCO 'Committing Universities to Sustainability' conference in Austria, 'World Futures Conference' in Vancouver and 'World Water Week' in Stockholm along with many others around Australia, always with an eye on emerging issues and options for responses.
Marcus was co-presenter on the National Geographic Channel's TV series 'Future Matters', author of 'The Money Tree and How to Grow One - Creating Success in Your Business' and has just finished 'Getting Your Future Right' due for publication in Febr 2012. He is currently finishing 'Killing Trends: the Graceful Art of Innovation' and also 'Recession Proof Marketing' (co authored with Tod O'Reilly) both due for release in 2012; he is the founder of the Australian Strategic Planning Institute was an advisory board member of the Australian Bill of Rights Initiative and is part of the Lifeboat Foundation's Futures advisory Board. He has recently joined the Board of the Association of Professional Futurists. Marcus has been published in a number of Journals around the world, is often interviewed for articles in newspapers and magazines and is a regular contributor to Australasia's leading innovation magazine 'Fast Thinking’
Qualifications
Master of Science, Strategic Foresight; Swinburne University of Technology (SUT)
Master Practitioner Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), International NLP Training Association
Level 1 & Level 2 certification, Spiral Dynamics; National Values Centre USA
Corporate Transformations Certification; National Values Centre USA
Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning; Napier University, Scotland (via SUT)
Certificate IV in Training & Assessment; Holmesglen
Professional Memberships
Professional Life Member of the World Futures Society
Fellow of the Australian Sales & Marketing Institute
Member Association of Professional Futurists
Additional Clients list:
In the past few years the following clients have utilised Marcus for a variety of training, facilitation, presentation and key note speaking requirements -
General Practise Australia; Audiology Australia; KMPG; Ernst & Young; DIIRD; Regional Development Victoria; Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Australia; Young Dairy Network; Turners & Growers (ENZA); Australian Computer Society; PageUp People; The CEO Institute; Gold Coast City Council; Gold Coast Water; Australasian Institute of Occupational Hygienists; Asia Business Forum; Department of Planning & Community Development; GPA South Gippsland; Homeground Services; Department of Defence (Centre for Defence & Strategic Studies); City of Greater Dandenong; South East Business Networks; South East Manufacturing & Marketing Alliance (SEMMA); Korowa Anglican Girls School; Australian Toy Industry; ARRB Group Ltd; Australian Podiatry Council; Barleycorn Brewers; Sport & Recreation Victoria; DEST; Adult Community & Further Education (Loddon Mallee); Australian Scholarships Group; City of Wangaratta; Association of National Tourist Office Representatives in Australia (ANTOR); Conductix; Sportsmans Warehouse; Queensland Dairyfarmer's Organisation; Beacon Foundation...
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Events
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Potentially the biggest area of untapped competitive advantage (and arguably one of the biggest areas where costs could be reduced) is within supply chains. Most approaches to Supply Chain Management are linear and isolated with one player trying to squeeze the other with no regard to the overall effect of the full supply chain. It's a short-sighted and destructive approach particularly common in some areas of business. This article appeared in Fast Thinking Magazine and I thank Frank Green at the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation in Queensland for prompting me to post it.
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Monday 6 February 2012
There's a shift underway in the mining industry that will likely catch Australian airlines out if they aren't paying attention - the shift toward 'remote' mining. Remote mining is being pushed by the automation ability across all aspects of current mining technology, which at the basic level, means that fewer humans are needed on site in mines. And that suggests a major challenge for airline companies of all sizes, who've come to rely on the FIFO (fly in and fly out) model of human capability delivery to mines across Australia. The technology advancements are across almost all aspects of mining operations with perhaps just one area (maintenance) still likely to need onsite human capabilities.
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Thursday 19 January 2012
Simple question really. Or is it? In this quick article I provide an overview of the difference between strategy that is D.E.A.D and A.L.I.V.E Think of it as a potential 'do this' collection for your Organisation
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