On Tuesday (28/6) the Australian Financial Review ran a series of articles on the Centro Group situation. A story on page 7 by Hannah Low about the need for company directors to have financial literacy demonstrated to me why my membership of The Executive Connection (TEC) is so important. TEC for me is about what… [Read more…]
June 27, 2011
Mid last month the Australian Financial Review via their Boss mid week column ran an article discussing the value of references and recommendations (I’d link to the article but Fairfax (the publisher) tucks all their content behind a Fort Knox pay wall). What intrigued me about the article was that it touched on an issue… [Read more…]
June 24, 2011
There was an interesting story in the Australian Financial Review this week about the issues many in the residential real estate market are having with the dominant online listing services – primarily Domain and realestate.com.au – specifically around how they are using data and intelligence generated by the agents (As the AFR puts their online… [Read more…]
June 21, 2011
I’m currently one of thousands of Australian’s and New Zealanders affected by the Chilean volcano ash cloud (check out the hashtag #ashcloud on Twitter for background). It’s not too serious for me, a bit of inconvenience, a few more dollars spent (at a nice hotel). Being a keen social media observer I’ve been watching a… [Read more…]
June 15, 2011
A recent Australian study has highlighted an interesting disconnect between Australia’s four largest banks and the engine room of the Australian economy – small business. What’s interesting about the study is the gap between what the banks feel they are doing and delivering (highly valuable engagement, expert advice, timely and efficient service) and what small… [Read more…]
June 29, 2011
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