GOURMET LAURA KLEIN, MARINA NICHOLL AND ROBYN TAPLIN
ROBYN: As a teacher and school principal, I think about predicting how the world is going to be in five or 10 years. It’s almost like seeing into the future. In education it’s about how we teach kids to be employable when they leave school. What are the skills they will need and how do we package that in terms of an education service. We also have to always be thinking ahead of the competition. For us, it’s about how can we better meet the needs of our kids, what is our point of difference and how can we offer high quality education so parents have faith in us. RENEE: I’ve been with Tafe Queensland for seven years and the way we market is so different to when I first started. Innovation and technology is growing all the time. We are looking at advertising through Snapchat
for example, these are things that would not even be considered seven years ago. At a workshop I attended recently, they showed the scale of how humans adapt to change compared to the rate of technology and it clearly showed that our technology is moving at a higher rate than humans can absorb. That’s amazing. We have two online marketers in our team we call our ‘digi squad’, they are amazing. HELEN: Young people these days are so savvy when it comes to computers and technology. I have a list for when my 23-year-old daughter comes home to do with technology and she does it all so easily. She’s actually an iPad teacher. The school sends her to Apple to do courses on the iPad, which she teaches to Grade One. That’s a subject now! PROFILE: WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOOK UP TO WHEN IT COMES TO INNOVATION, PARTICULARLY IN YOUR LINE OF WORK? MARINA: Jamie Oliver was groundbreaking
in how he approached the schools and in bringing health consciousness awareness. His influence is worldwide. ROBYN: Steve Jobs. In terms of backing yourself and having faith in yourself and being forward thinking and not being too afraid to take the leap I guess. Also Simon Sinek, he talks about the power of why. You start with the why of any project, you sell the why before you sell the what. RENEE: On a professional level, our teachers are amazing. They change people’s lives. One particular teacher is up for
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numerous awards. She teaches mental health and having spent a lot of time in the industry, she has developed this program combining Tafe training and industry and has even managed to get some funding. She is changing people’s lives. Also an account manager who used to work for Tafe Queensland who transitioned to focus on a charity called Be Her Freedom where she raises awareness about human trafficking and slavery and those horrific things that happen to young people. She goes to schools to talk to students about how to avoid these awful situations. It’s innovative in that it’s raising awareness. HELEN: My husband Shane. He has always been an entrepreneur, from a very young age. I have learnt so much from him.
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