AN MBA GRADUATE, CERTIFIED PUBLIC
MANAGER, SEASONED LEADER, EXPERIENCED COMMUNICATOR AND MARKETER.
A 2021 Master in Business graduate with distinction and an experienced leader and learner that’s entrepreneurially driven. Fascinated, passionate and knowledgable with organizational development, Human-Centered Design (Design Thinking), service improvements, user experience, customer journeys, community and staff equity, operational management, strategic operations, organizational culture, communication arts, community engagement, leadership development, learning organizations, mentoring, operations, modernisation and innovation. Nick’s skills and leadership have been in the disciplines of advertising, marketing, creative technologies, languages access services, program administration, new business development, government, public sector, and graphic arts.
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SKILL HIGHLIGHTS AND RELATED PROJECTS
ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Learning Together explores findings from interviews, a depth of learning assessment, meeting observations, supplemental questionnaires, literary review and an extensive evaluation of six case studies from organisations that have established learning culture behaviours along with others that have failed. From this analysis, barriers and enablers were identified to inform the analysis throughout the report. The subsequent recommendations were used to accelerating a comprehensive plan.
STRATEGIC
OPERATIONS
Public sector analysis and investigation of a service areas strategic operations and operations strategy that supports two large government agencies with achieving their vision, mission and priorities. The report explores opportunities and threats, customer needs (the want), how the operation performs, what it is doing now. It also provides suggestions to improve and modernize its operations to better align with the agencies they support. Recommendations adopted and being put into practice.
LATEST PROJECT
Learning Together -
Consultancy Project
An investigative consultation conducted by Nicholas Kern that explores the current methods and frameworks used for the Oregon Department of Human Services C-Suite to leadership employee development planning and how it is integral to foster an organisational culture of learning.
I have pointed to Nick as the model for leadership in a large dynamic organization. He has always welcomed continuous improvement efforts taken on by our organization and has been a valued colleague to many of its members. He leads by example both from a peer perspective and by a manager perspective.
Jeremy Emerson, Oregon Director Department of Human Services Deputy Director Retired
