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Now, I'm not about to say that McKinsey & Co. doesn't have some of the best problem solvers in the world, they absolutely do. But is a McKinsey-led strategy as effective as an Advisory Board? I think not. Like a classically trained violinist, to play in the national...

Early in the Banking Royal Commission, two dramatic events unfolded, AMP got caught red handed charging service fees for no-service wealth products, and evidence unfolded that CommBank was charging dead people for financial products. Both inexcusable acts need to...

Dear Startup Founder, Yes, I've failed. And I'm damn right proud of it, I wasn't proud at the time but now I reflect, it was a great thing and more importantly, it taught me the lessons learned. Did you know 87% of companies fail in their 1st year?* But did you know,...

It's 2018 and we are immersed in what is the New Economy, with the changes across the global economy occurring faster than the speed of light, although Elon Musk would prefer us say faster than his SpaceX rockets. There are two major trends we need to inject into our...

Last week I spoke at the Responsible Investment conference in Sydney and what amazes me is that while I’m in a room of 300 investors who understand ESG, but even the savvy investors don’t comprehend the pace of DISRUPTION. We are all too entrenched in our own...

Dated: 24 / 2 / 2017 xxxx xxxxx, Non-Executive Director, Address of certain bank, grocery supplier, brown coal asset manager etc. (via email), often in written letter signed with real ink. (You get the drift, nearly every director on the ASX has either thrown my...

The traditional industries of yesterday are fading away and technology and disruptive problem solving industries are the future, and Australia's top 6 companies, the four banks and two miners make up 47% of the total ASX200 'market cap'. Our fossil fuels are not as...

An interesting write-up in QANTAS magazine this month about "What makes the Perfect Board"? Read the article - scroll one page down (page 100-108) by the refreshing Narelle Hooper, but you must read between the lines too, I believe it's far from rosy. The question we...

No, there was one too many *#% for it to spell that. Quite simply, Futurists are fuelled for success. In this ever changing, rapidly transforming economy where the traditional conservative “protect my patch” economy meets the disruptive market entrants, it is game on...