In 2001, CSIRO's future looked shaky. The Australian government had
announced a big increase in public funding for science, but had
pointedly left the iconic national research agency out when it came
to distributing the cash. Facing the threat of funding cuts and
loss of reputation, CSIRO set about reinventing itself through what
became known as its National Flagship Initiative. This book is the
story of that program, told by Ron Sandland who led the initiative
and Graham Thompson who designed its systems and processes. To
achieve the changes that were necessary for its survival, CSIRO had
to wrestle with almost every aspect of its identity and culture. A
new way of doing science was in the making, one designed to bring
together the nation's best minds to tackle some of its biggest
challenges - including water, energy and the future of food. The
result: the biggest shakeup in the history of CSIRO. And it paid
off - the agency received extra funding and won the highest
accolade at the 2008 Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in
Public Sector Management. Frank and unflinching about the internal
conflict and soul-searching that gripped the organisation as it
struggled to find its way in a changing political and financial
environment, Icon in Crisis charts in detail CSIRO's dramatic and
successful transformation.
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