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Homeless multinationals and taxing decisions
The multi-national taxation minimisation issue is already monumental. Politicians of all stripes are going to need corporate scapegoats to deflect inevitable community anger. Now is the time for corporate leaders to rebalance the risks they are taking with their tax affairs.
22 May / Written by Rory Gregg / Leadership -
Big Data, Little Innovation
Fostering a culture of innovation within an organisation is a complex long term project. If there is little opportunity to quickly adapt products, change workflows, or respond to a weekly flow of insights, then there will be little return from a Big Data investment.
2 Apr / Written by Rory Gregg / Leadership -
Crowd collaboration drives innovation
In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, businesses need to learn to collaborate beyond their borders
1 Mar / Written by Ross Maher / Innovation! -
The demographic disaster facing public sector budgets
Providing services in remote regions of Australia is likely to become even more problematic as the population ages. Government needs to go through the same transition that banking did in the 80s and 90s, which saw the large scale closure of branches, and the shift to ATMs and online transactions. But it will be interesting to see whether politicians compromise their desire to improve public sector efficiency, when faced with the prospect of government job cuts within their own electorates.
28 Feb / Written by Rory Gregg / Leadership -
Customers and innovation: how to deliver the goods AND reduce marketing costs
Are customers really at the centre of your business model?
6 Feb / Written by Ross Maher / Innovation! -
Taking the lead on customer service
Leaders need to visibly walk the talk, and show they are serious about customer satisfaction.
21 Jan / Written by Rory Gregg / Leadership -
Why leaders aren't stimulating innovation
65% of senior executives are disappointed in their ability to stimulate innovation. Why?
6 Dec / Written by Ross Maher / Innovation! -
Are you innovating or are you waiting to die?
If you are a business owner, business leader, manager or just someone who cares about the work they are doing, stop and ask yourself: are we innovating or are we just waiting to die?
6 Dec / Written by Ross Maher / Innovation! -
Finding the right balance in public sector workplace reform
Developing programs to encourage service delivery innovation, update workforce skills, and adopt more teleworking should be high on the agenda for public sector leaders. While political wrangling is likely to make the task harder, budget realities will soon force stark choices for public sector leaders and politicians alike.
28 Nov / Written by Rory Gregg / Leadership -
Is Creating An Innovation Culture The Wrong Goal?
An innovative culture is not the goal we should be aiming for - it's an outcome of good projects
16 Nov / Written by Ross Maher / Innovation!
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Gee's Jive
Mike Gee is the managing editor of ARN. His career spans more than 30 years in daily and weekly newspapers. He was previously Night Editor of SMH Online for nearly five years. In his other life, he has spent 37 years interviewing musicians, reviewing albums and concerts, broadcasting on public radio and writing the odd book. He has won Australia's highest award for journalism, the Walkley, twice. He is a fanatical fisherman.
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Innovation!
In the modern economy with constantly evolving trends, technologies and ideas the companies that don't innovate will be overtaken. Innovation is no longer the domain of R&D, new product development or IT, but instead a core deliverable of every business unit and the foundation of success and profit.
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Leadership
Advice for leaders to help refine skills and provide direction and guidance to employees
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The Executive Coach
Peter Black is an Executive Coach who has been privileged to work with over 400 individuals from predominantly large blue chip and multinational organisations over the past 5 years on career transition, executive coaching and role onboarding programs. More recently, he has worked with members of The Executive Connection, an organisation dedicated to enhancing the lives and improving the effectiveness of CEOs. His blog is a reflection of the composite personal and professional experiences of his clients, particularly those at senior levels, and of his own reinvention having commenced a new career at the age of 48 after 26 years as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Mike Gee
Mike Gee is the managing editor of ARN. He has won Australia's highest award for journalism, the Walkley, twice; is a fanatical fisherman; has published two books and work from his 35 years writing about rock music - in his other universe - and has been anthologised three times. He only reads sci-fi and fantasy and is becoming an ornery old bastard.
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Ross Maher
Ross Maher is the director of Build21c, an innovation project planning and research company that helps companies innovate. His specialities include project definition and set up, and he believes the best innovation occurs through a conversation with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. Learn more at www.build21c.com.au
Smart Cloud Provisioning: Low Cost and highly Scalable Entry Point into Cloud Computing
While many organisations need the flexibility, security and control that a private cloud offers, they don’t want the complexity and expenses that come with many cloud implementations. This whitepaper looks into how IBM SmartCloud Provisioning can provide a low-cost, highly scalable entry point into cloud computing that enables organisations to increase business agility and optimise virtualisation.
iAsset is a channel management ecosystem that automates all major aspects of the entire sales,marketing and service process, including data tracking, integrated learning, knowledge management and product lifecycle management.
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