Get Ready for a Future of Collaboration

The future workforce is facing dramatic change with four main drivers of workforce disruption:

1. Demographic upheaval
2. Ever-present and changing digital technology
3. Accelerated rate of change and business-model innovation
4. The rise of a new social contract

The intersection of these forces has already had a demonstrative impact on the talent landscape, disrupting business models and radically changing the workplace— who, where, when, and how work is done. It is also challenging the institutions that support the workforce.

As the rate of change accelerates, those entering the workforce need to be more agile. You must be able to respond and re-position yourself quickly to meet new challenges.

Changes in practice brought on by healthcare reform will increasingly pressure you and your colleagues to adopt business or trade strategies in the name of cost containment and of competition in the health care marketplace. To prosper and grow a practice, project or service, it will be necessary to expand and develop into new markets.

Joining up with others is one of the quickest, most effective ways to provide better patient care. Joining up with others provides complementary resources and capabilities, making it possible to grow and expand faster and more efficiently.

Why collaborate?

There are many ways to join together, from alliances and joint ventures through to mergers, co-operatives, partnerships and social enterprise. Transformers III – Planning & Contributing Together will start at the beginning and focus on alliances and the rationale for working together.

Transformers III will offer evidence of the benefits, such as:

• Cost saving for sharing of staff and/or premises
• Access to a wider range of skills, expertise and tailored services
• Improved quality of one or more patient services
• Better patient access, faster treatment and better outcomes
• Shared quality frameworks and policies
• Reduced costs and risks
• Opportunities for training and development
• Retainment of existing patient-practitioner relationship, local knowledge, knowledge of staff, and understanding of patient need
• Increased service/brand awareness
• Enhanced productivity and economies of scale
• Added legitimacy and credibility
• Opportunity for successful bidding

Why register for Transformers III?

Transformers III – Planning & Contributing Together will be held in Byron Bay at the Byron at Byron Resort & Spa on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 November 2018. It will also be in Coffs Harbour at C.ex on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 November 2018.

Register for Byron Bay here.

Register for Coffs Harbour here.

Transformers III will bring to the North Coast eight international and national scholars who will provide innovative examples of alliances and how we can apply them locally and in the future. The program will look at:

• What you can do to prepare for greater collaboration
• Essential components of a successful collaboration
• Structural options available and how to decide between models
• The principles for driving value from collaboration
• Risk and reward regimes that incentivise alliance partners
• Tools to establish trust on which to build an alliance

Day One speaker sessions include:

• The growth and impact of alliancing and the rationale for working together – Dr Nick Goodwin, International Foundation for Integrated Care
• The North Coast landscape: where we currently stand on shared investment and why it’s important we explore alliance models – Centre Partners
• Managing alliances effectively and developing a ‘one team’ culture: the ingredient for making alliances work – Dr Viktoria Stein, Integrated Care Academy
• Defining, measuring and rewarding value: improving outcomes through effective planning and purchasing – Dr Apostolos Tsiachristas, University of Oxford
• Nine steps for establishing an alliance – Jane Gray & Catherine Turner, Hunter Alliance
• Working with LGAs and the community to plan, develop, implement and evaluate services – Luke Arnold and Ally Dench, Wollondilly Alliance
• NSW Health procurement update and expectations when sharing investment – Michael Gendy, NSW Health

Day Two

Participants will be given a range of different scenarios and real life local examples of where alliance-based models can be used in general practice and other settings. You’ll be given a range of tools to help you learn together what it takes to establish a sustainable alliance model. Presenters will be on hand to answer your questions and there will be time for networking.

If you have a collaborative idea you would like to workshop at Transformers III, please get in touch. Call Bronwyn on 02 6618 5445 or email coordinator@thecentrehki.com.au. This could be your opportunity to co-design an alliance for the future of your practice.

Register now

Register for Transformers III now and be prepared for a collaborative future, armed with knowledge of alliance contracts. Learn about alliances and how they can best be applied and be ready to participate in the healthcare reform process, embrace its positive aspects, and argue effectively against its negative ones.

Transformers III is free to attend but places are limited. Register now to avoid disappointment.