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A key element of any business plan is a consultative process, be it between the members of a board of directors, business partners or groups of workers.
It’s encouraging to see our national government draw in the best and brightest through this month’s Australia 2020 Summit to draw up a “business plan” for Australia. This meeting will probably cost us less than the price of a tank, but its symbolic and practical benefit may be felt for decades.
No doubt there’ll be the predictable chorus of nay-sayers, but as anyone involved in the business of meetings is aware, much more is generated from most meetings than is reflected in the final plenary presentation or the official communiqués.
As we saw with the Constitutional Convention on the Republic issue a decade ago, outstanding Australians, young and old, had the opportunity to share their wisdom and world view in a forum unfettered by political affiliation and narrow sectional interests.
In a country which is not given to much pomp and ceremony, there’s undeniable value in the symbolism as we witnessed with the recent apology to the stolen generations. Whatever one’s opinion of the issue, there was no doubt it was deeply felt by those affected and nothing less than the coming together of the elected leadership to acknowledge that pain publicly was going to change that.
I sense the 2020 Summit will prove a forum where fresh talent will surface, alliances made and lifelong friendships forged that will be to the betterment of Australia.
What more can one hope for from any meeting? 
For more information, contact Bryan Holliday at ICMS Australasia at
02 9254-5000. www.icmsaust.com.au
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