Some matters are best left to business, others to government. This is what makes a ‘mixed economy’ and defines most democratic nations. The only debate seems to be ‘how much government is good?’ or ‘does this particular thing need to be run by government?’. Private schools sit alongside (sometimes next door to) public schools. So too...Read More

[slideshare id=60707004&doc=bn-digtransformation-oppsforwomen-160410025407] Last week I delivered a talk to the WA public sector forum for women on the topic of whether digital disruption is delivering opportunities or threats to women in the workplace. The news is that it’s a mixed bag. You can view my slides here, (or if the embedding has worked on your device,...Read More

On Monday, I had the privilege to spend an hour with Marshall Goldsmith, one of the leading executive coaches on the planet and 3 times NYT best selling author. I was struck by his humility, sense of purpose and joyfulness. As someone once wrote about him, in the dictionary against the word ‘Joy’ is a...Read More

Many of us have been shaking our heads at the political ‘system’ and politicians for years now, and we’ve had more examples in recent days of how low things are sinking to. A front runner for Republican nomination for President of the USA has his rallies cancelled after inciting people to violence in previous rallies (“Get...Read More

It is a sad fact that today in 2016, you are more likely to meet a board chair called “Peter” than a female board chair. Only 22% of Board appointees are women, although this has increased from 9% a few years ago. In Australia, a recent report showed that men in full time jobs were paid...Read More

I have a philosophy on management which goes – if you notice the manager, then management has gone wrong. Good management should be invisible. It happens behind the scenes, allowing the parts to move together efficiently and the whole organisation to work effectively. Good managers select great people, self motivators, give them the tools to do the job...Read More

It’s been an interesting few weeks already in 2016, with celebrity deaths (Bowie, Rickman, Frey…), jittery stock markets (down 7% one week, up 5% the next, down 2%, up 3%…) and the worst heatwave in 80 years (heralding in the Chinese New Year of the Fire Monkey). And it’s only Feb 14th, Valentine’s Day. Where’s...Read More

There are loads of books out there about sales. I was fortunate last year to have breakfast with the author of the best selling sales book of all time, Jeff Gitomer, who wrote ‘The Little Red Book of Selling‘. Jeff has an awesome ego, as one might expect, and was wonderful company. He cooked me a...Read More

OK, I know I got the whole Chris Gayle sexism thing off my chest recently, but when one of my junior cricketers yesterday was telling me how good Gayle’s recent 12-ball 50 was (… hopefully his final innings at the Big Bash), I had to take issue. Did his team win that game, I asked? Err…...Read More

  On day one in the new job, a CEO finds 3 letters written by their predecessor on their desk. The first letter is clearly marked “Letter 1 – read this first!”.  The CEO opens the first letter… “Dear sir or madam” the letter read, “Many congratulations on your appointment. I wish you all the...Read More