1. Moving with the times to make a difference
Empowerment and Success Conference
October 2017
Purpose of the session – a vision can be a powerful and living communication tool for an organization.
How could we make Ara Taiohi’s vision more powerful and more useful?

2. What’s in a name? NZ Federation of Sheltered Workshops
NZ Federation of Enterprise and Achievement
NZ Federation of Vocational and Support Services
Inclusive NZ
Our name is a potted history of the disability sector
In 1982 sheltered workshops were the way we provided employment supports for disabled people but change was already in the air.
Organisations already moving away from sheltered work and looking at other ways of providing supports and services
In 2007 NZ signed UNCRPD and passed legislation that removed
UNCRPD – allied organization
Social model – it’s the environment that is disabling, not a person’s impairments
Members were working to build inclusive communities so that disabled people could participate fully and this fundamentally changed our role. Inclusion can’t happen in a vacuum and we needed to support our members work by moving out of the disability sector and

3. An organisation in two boxes
Our name is a potted history of the disability sector
In 1982 sheltered workshops were the way we provided employment supports for disabled people but change was already in the air.
Organisations already moving away from sheltered work and looking at other ways of providing supports and services
In 2007 NZ signed UNCRPD and passed legislation that changed

4. Community Infrastructure Coherency Thinking Information Leadership
The Work
Thinking
Information
From the research we’ve developed the Enabling Conditions of Learning Organisations to help organisations think about how they can design themselves for on-going learning, change and development.
The Work is at the centre because in a learning organisation all the conditions are aligned to what they are there to do.
Community – the organisation recognises itself as, and behaves as, a community
Thinking – the organisation is able to learn from itself and others
Infrastructure – organisational systems support the work of the organisation
Coherency – the organisation is driven by its social purpose
Leadership – the organisation has effective leadership at all levels
Information – the organisation has the information it needs to carry out its work effectively
Leadership
Enabling Conditions for Learning Organisations

5. Our name is a potted history of the disability sector
In 1982 sheltered workshops were the way we provided employment supports for disabled people but change was already in the air.
Organisations already moving away from sheltered work and looking at other ways of providing supports and services
In 2007 NZ signed UNCRPD and passed legislation that changed