About WorkClues

Established in 1979, WorkClues has a wealth of experience in providing services in strategic & business planning, innovation development and project management across a variety of industry sectors, both private and public.

WorkClues uses highly effective planning and people engagement tools, as well as corporate advisory and coaching services.

Who Should Use WorkClues?

• all size businesses, from start-ups and SME’s to large corporations
• all levels of government
• community groups
• educational institutions
• sport & recreation bodies
• the health care industry
• environmentals groups
• congregations

WorkClues works with organisations who want to actively engage and enable their workforce to directly contribute to the planning process, while at the same time inspiring people to take more responsibility for the management and outcomes of their jobs.

Infact any organization who wants a more knowledgeable, energetic, motivated, collaborative, productive and engaged workforce, with the freedom to use individual and collective talents to generate and incorporate new ways of achieving sustainable value for the future.

" I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. 
- Michelangelo. "

Assumptions and Rationale

WorkClues recognises that people in workplaces want and need

• an optimal level of variety
• adequate 'elbow room' to perform their tasks
• a sense of work that is meaningful
• an understanding of the 'Big Picture'- where their job contributes to the whole organisation
• a desirable future, not a 'dead end' job
• conditions where they receive respect and support
• learning and experience on the job

WorkClues also understands that within organisations

• Command Control management is useless in motivating people long term
• The rules for success are changing
• Just maintaining the status quo is a recipe for disaster
• Planning methods used in the past are not always useful for today's fast moving times
• Success will occur when the right people are involved in the planning
• Workplaces can be places where people use their creativity and imagination to the benefit of the organisation
• Change can be achieved with broad-based engagement
• More often than not, non conventional business concepts create competitive advantage
• 'Top down' directives do not lead to systemic innovation
• Successful transformation can be achieved by encouraging self-management and responsibility for action

" That which unites us is, must be, stronger than that which divides us. We can concentrate on what unites us, and secure the future for all … or we can concentrate on what divides us, and fail our duty through argument and resentment and waste.
- Robert F. Kennedy "

When to use WorkClues

When you, as a leader, recognise it is time to:

• develop an effective tool for 'selling your messages' to the workforce
• plan effectively in fast moving, turbulent and complex times
• obtain broad-based support for change within the organisation
• ensure 'staff buy-in'
• admit that 'business as usual' is a recipe for disaster
• embrace an original and new competitive edge
• create a fresh view on how to reinvent your existing business
• develop new levels of relationships while building organisational unity

There are also times in all organisations when the opportunity to reflect and refresh presents itself, such as;

• the start of a new financial year or new calendar year
• during visits from a CEO or MD who may be located elsewhere
• significant event within your industry sector or organisation
• changes in the regulatory environment
• release of organisations results
• annual or regular corporate events
• launching a new product or service
• mergers, amalgamations, alliances
• change of government
• when a new CEO joins the company

These can represent the ideal conditions to introduce the need for change and the potential negative ramifications of entering the future doing business as usual.

WorkClues is experienced in creating the conditions and the most suitable timing for your intervention. Contact usto discuss your possibilities.

" You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it. - Edward de Bono "

About John Cluer

John was appointed as a Judge in the Western Australia’s State Government’s Innovator of the Year Award Program and former Director of Opportunity Asia. He was also Founder and Inaugural WA State Coordinator of TEC - The Executive Connection.