Bill Jarrard

Bill Jarrard

Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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About

😊 Leading Learning & Development in Health & Aged Care 😊

In an industry that is…

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Experience

  • Barwon Health Graphic

    Barwon Health

    Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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    Melbourne, Australia

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    Melbourne, Australia

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    Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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    Singapore

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    Ballarat, Australia and Asia

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    Global

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    Melbourne, Australia

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Education

  • Swinburne University of Technology Graphic

    Swinburne University of Technology

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    In addition to holding the Master of Entrepreneurship & Innovation (MEI), Bill has lectured the Creativity & Innovation module of the MEI since 2000. Initially this was done in Israel as an visiting lecturer, and later in Melbourne as well.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Graphic

    Plasma Donator

    Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

    - Present 9 years 5 months

    Health

    I now donate Plasma every fortnight, and have achieved 50 so far (Oct 2021), and wish I had started donating many years ago.

Publications

  • Byte Stories

    Byte Stories

    In addition to my books, articles and research papers I like the discipline of writing succinct stories for Byte Stories, which must be less than 1500 characters (~250 words).

    I've written about people that have influenced me, published one of my poems and recently looked at Imagineering. Check them out on my Byte Stories profile page by clicking on the title above.

    See publication
  • The North End Years

    Filament Publishing, Australia

    "Transport yourself to a different time and way of being, learn the lessons of slowing down, enjoying the seasons, the joy of play and the reflection of how values and Really Important things in life come into being."
    … Vanda North, International Speaker, Author, Mind Chi


    These are the stories of a boy growing up in the North End of Winnipeg Canada, but it could have been any Canadian or American city or town, or for that matter anyplace in Australia, Britain and…

    "Transport yourself to a different time and way of being, learn the lessons of slowing down, enjoying the seasons, the joy of play and the reflection of how values and Really Important things in life come into being."
    … Vanda North, International Speaker, Author, Mind Chi


    These are the stories of a boy growing up in the North End of Winnipeg Canada, but it could have been any Canadian or American city or town, or for that matter anyplace in Australia, Britain and elsewhere.

    Bill shares his journey with us in two voices, one when he was seven to ten years old, and as an adult now remembering back those many years. He tells us his stories and the lessons he learnt in those most formative years in a way that reminds us of our own childhood.

    Here you will find stories of friendships, love, death, family, fantasy, fear, courage and most of all adventure. Through his words and images we relive those wondrous years, and are shown some valuable lessons in living and learning from a boy's life.

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  • SEVEN WAYS TO BE MORE CRE8IVE, TODAY!

    Mindwerx International

    76 page eBook still provides some fun and valuable insights and tools to be more creative every day. Now almost a classic.

    Do something different, notice what happens, and then try to see some new opportunities.

    Challenge the assumptions on things you now take for granted.

    Imagine what things would be like if everything was perfect, and then think about what needs to happen to make it so.

    Plan your next project, meeting or activity using a Mind Map.

    Do…

    76 page eBook still provides some fun and valuable insights and tools to be more creative every day. Now almost a classic.

    Do something different, notice what happens, and then try to see some new opportunities.

    Challenge the assumptions on things you now take for granted.

    Imagine what things would be like if everything was perfect, and then think about what needs to happen to make it so.

    Plan your next project, meeting or activity using a Mind Map.

    Do some Green Hat thinking before making a major decision.

    Set up a provocation using PO or Random Word to generate some creative ideas.

    Take action – do some Deliberate Cre8ive Thinking,™ today!

    These simple methods for Deliberate Cre8ive Thinking™ will have you generating more ideas faster than you ever dreamed possible. This is creativity on demand!

    Other authors
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  • Hidden Gold

    SAI Global

    Every organisation has an inexhaustible supply of golden opportunities waiting to be unearthed. In simple, practical and easy-to-follow terms, the authors show you how to find the Hidden Gold in your organisation.

    Golden Opportunities realized…

    Availability of computer service increased from 80% to 99-100%, without major expenditure

    Time to produce reports reduced from 8-11 weeks to 11 days (Absolutely Impossible” a senior manager said just before the start of the…

    Every organisation has an inexhaustible supply of golden opportunities waiting to be unearthed. In simple, practical and easy-to-follow terms, the authors show you how to find the Hidden Gold in your organisation.

    Golden Opportunities realized…

    Availability of computer service increased from 80% to 99-100%, without major expenditure

    Time to produce reports reduced from 8-11 weeks to 11 days (Absolutely Impossible” a senior manager said just before the start of the project)

    Staff turnover reduced from 59% to 10-12% per year, saving millions of dollars

    Expenditure of $2,000,000 for new systems avoidedRework reduced from 30% to 5% of total work, in just 2 weeks

    Delivery times reduced from eight days to overnight.

    Unnecessary expenditure of $5,000 a month identified and eliminated in four hours of team work

    Productivity increased by 400 person-hours/day by eliminating unnecessary work with commensurate increase in job satisfaction and decrease overtime costs.

    These are just some of the results achieved using the methods explained in this book

    Other authors
    • Johan Kruithof
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