Digital skills fall short

Australia is facing a major digital skills-shortage. A new study suggests Australian employers are under-investing in the skills development of current employees, as well as struggling to find new digital talent. With the growing importance of digital in today’s...

Snakes and Ladders or Game of Thrones?

As significant as the Iron Age and the Industrial Revolution, the Technology Age has heralded complexities into business environments. Likewise the emergence of new management disciplines, constantly evolving business models and other destabilising challenges to the...

Shooting myself in the foot

I have a big birthday coming up and it’s not my 50th.  Well and truly a Baby Boomer, the world @work in 2020 is not going to feature me because the immediate future lies with Gen X. I’ve got five Gen Xers leading our individual business units and they run...

Selling your authentic self

Does authenticity equal results? I was recently invited to two events – sales presentations by experts in their fields. One presenter was American, the other an Australian. I decided to attend both speakers as I thought it would be interesting to hear the contrasts in...

Who said the young are apathetic?

A certain Miss Tatiana Farley, 24 years of age, resident in Sydney, previously of Melbourne, sends out a Thought of The Day by 9.00am every day; a virtual early morning gift to nearly 1000 recipients. Some are straight up hilarious: “If you want to really know...

Boards overboard and other broader debates

Is overboarding (being on too many Boards or holding too many Chair positions) an issue? Everyone seems to be joining the debate about Board Directors lately. Journalists, analysts, shareholders, as well as the corporate governance industry, are all jumping on the NED...