This presentation examines principles and processes for developing a successful team culture for research projects. It focuses on developing a vision, values and principles for creating a productive team.

1. Building a Team Culture
USQ Research Day
November 25, 2013
Professor Mike Keppell
Executive Director
Australian Digital Futures Institute
Director, Digital Futures - CRN

2. Overview
n Begin with the vision
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Develop values
Role of project
director/leader
How teams can work

3. Vision
nTransforming
the
knowledge and
skills of society
through fostering
digital literacies

4. Mission
nTo
innovate,
research and
collaborate to
explore and
influence digital
literacies that
impact society.

10. Digital
Classroom
Six Regional
Universities
NATA
Five Tertiary
Education
Associations
ADFI
Improving
access to
Higher
Education
DF-CRN
90 Staff

11. ADFI Values
n Innovative
n Transformative
n Inclusive
n Collaborative
n Connected
n Evidence-based
n Impact
n Open

12. NATA - Guiding principles
n Collaborative
Advantage: Partners
create/co-design new value together as
opposed to mere exchange through their
involvement in the NATA project.
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n Strategic
Alignment & Communication

13. NATA
nIntegrity:
Partners work with each
other in the spirit of mutual trust and
respect…
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Sustainability: The NATA will
contribute to integrated,
generative and future-focused
strategies….

14. Set Clear
Expectations
Start with the
end in mind
Think winwin
Maintain
Project
Leader
Enlist diverse
team
members
Trust
Never
Compromise
quality
Be consistent

15. Scaffold

16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

17. The Digital Rural Futures Conference 2014
Hosted by the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
25 – 27 June 2014
Regional Futures - maintaining healthy, resilient and vibrant regional
communities.
Agricultural Futures - increasing productivity, sustainable use of resources and
embracing digital technologies to optimise Australia’s farming future.
Digital Futures – building capacity to design and utilise emerging digital
technologies and embrace their opportunities
The conference is a Regional Universities Network (RUN) initiative
For more information now, visit: http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-crn/drf-conference
Official Conference Website: (Go Live from December 2013)
http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-rural-futures/