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KPI's – Incentivising with Numbers

By measuring what organisations do using numbers, and then linking employees or organisational units to these numbers, we're using these numbers to motivate staff and business units to behave in ways we'd like them to.

But in doing so, we also open avenues for employees to "play" with the numbers, or engage in real-world actions in order to make numbers look better – not for the betterment of customers or organisational objectives, but simply the numbers. This can have adverse consequences for organisations.

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Business Analytics – Storytelling using Numbers

Business analytics focuses on number crunching and statistics, but also on quality storytelling.

The best statistics in the world are arguably wasted if managers and employees don't understand and communicate the value of them.

To this end, good business analytics allows employees to tell simple, elegant stories about how they're going that are easily understood by others.

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Finding Balance in Hybrid Work

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it some significant changes to how we work, with most workers moving to completely remote work in a tiny window of time. As we slide back into normality, the question of how we work going forward looms large.

Despite flexible working arrangements existing for decades, the concept of a truly hybrid workplace is relatively new, and so there are plenty of questions to be answered.

How do people feel about hybrid working?

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Events

Past events

PLUS UTS Business Futures rebrand launch

On 12 October 2022, PLUS UTS Business Futures (Previously Futures Academy) launched its official rebrand. The rebrand symbolises our focus on partnering with clients to create upskilling programs with real impact; programs that help our partners prepare for a myriad of futures they might face. We were pleased to have our clients join us for an interactive Lunch & Learn event to reflect on key upskilling challenges and how these could be addressed, with like-minded experts from other industries. Our guests heard a range of key insights from our work across different clients and industries as well as learnings of the latest research in industry leading upskilling trends.
[Opening screen: PLUS UTS Business Futures relaunch event.]

[Various footage of attendees chatting and listening to speakers in event space.

[Close-up of food and drink options.]

[Attendees helping themselves to a large variety of food and drinks at a buffet table.]

[Attendees mingle in the venue, chatting to each other.]

[Closing screen: UTS Logo, copyright 2022 University of Technology Sydney.]

Sydney Behavioural Science Meet Up x PLUS UTS Business Futures Event

[Close-up of the book, Behavioural Science in the World by Nina Mazar and Dilip Soman.]

[Attendees drinking wine and chatting in event space.]

[Glasses of sparkling wine are poured.]

[Attendees chatting, red wine being poured.]

[Close-up of audio mixing equipment.]

[Attendees taking their seat and listening to event speakers.]

[Three chairs in a row with microphones.]

[Close-up of audio mixing equipment.]

[Guest speakers sitting down on the three chairs and using the microphones to speak to attendees and each other.]

[Guest speakers answering questions from attendees.]

[Cup of coffee is poured.]

[Attendees helping themselves to a large variety of food and drinks at a buffet table.]

[Attendees mingle in the venue, chatting to each other.]

[Exterior view of UTS Building.]
Sydney Behavioural Science Meet Up x PLUS UTS Business Futures Event

A monthly collaboration between Sydney Behavioural Science Meet Up and Plus UTS Business Futures.

On this evening we were lucky enough to host a live event with guest speaker and author Dilip Soman who discussed his latest book, Behavioural Science in the Wild.

This event was the first-ever collaboration with Sydney BE Meetup PLUS UTS Business Futures and GAABS.

Women In Digital Marketing Orientation Day

Orientation day for the Plus UTS Business Futures collaboration with the National Careers Institute and our key partners.

Tailored for women who've taken time off from paid work for carer’s leave, the UTS Re-employment Pathways for Women program connects 25 women with leading academics from the UTS Business School marketing discipline, digital marketing agencies, industry experts and career developmental coaches to provide them with the career know-how, confidence and connections to break (back) into the workplace.
Women In Digital Marketing Orientation Day

[People walking into the UTS Business School building.]

[Attendees at the Women in Digital Marketing Orientation Day talking among each other and listening to guest speakers.]

[Attendees sitting around desks filling in documentation and workshopping.]

[Attendees helping themselves to a large variety of food and drinks at a buffet table.]

[A cup of coffee is poured.]

[Attendees walking up the stairs at the UTS Business School building, chatting to each other.]

[Attendees chatting and eating light refreshments.]

[Exterior view of the UTS Tower]

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