Printers say they are finding value in the Future Print business transformation program after the first round of workshops.
Attendees say the sessions are helping them identify areas for change and map out the steps they need to take to achieve them.
Organisers say feedback has been positive, with participants armed with workable action plans. One participant reportedly says their ‘batteries are recharged,’ another comments that they have ‘a lot of homework to do, got some valuable ideas of concepts that need to be carried forward’.
A third participant says he is ‘inspired to immediately put into action a new idea. I am excited to see how it pans out’.
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Future Print advisor and Adelaide workshop presenter Mark Ryan says participants are getting involved in the process and enthusiastically embracing the concepts and ideas they discussed.
“I think one business owner really summed it up when he said that the workshops were providing him with greater focus and clarity of direction,” he says.
That is something which can be difficult for businesses to achieve on their own; sometimes you get so caught up in the day-to-day that it is difficult to take that step back, evaluate things objectively, and set a clear direction.”
The workshops follow on from an initial snapshot which provided key assessment information in broad terms about each participating business.
The PIAA’s new online benchmarking service formed part of the process, and is intended to continue as a standalone service.
PIAA chief executive Bill Healey says it provides valuable industry and sector-specific information to businesses to help them identify areas in which they could improve.
“It is a convenient online process which is completely confidential and is offered free of charge thanks to the generous sponsorship of Media Super, which has offered to underwrite the service,” he says.
Printers who are interested in joining the programme will have an opportunity to jump in early next year, with a second round of leadership briefings to be held in February.
Ryan says the information, resources and support available to businesses in the graphic communications sector through these workshops is unprecedented.
“When you look at the value these businesses are getting out of the programme and see the positive impact it is having on the people involved – and you consider that an opportunity to access this type of resource will most likely never be offered again – it is hard to see any good reason why you would not sign on and get involved,” he says.
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