Recently spoke with one of the founders of Ployme a newish site for managing casual work for people around Australia (for now). Very cool idea and very clever way of dealing with this space. I am sure there are a bunch of businesses in hospitality and other areas that will...
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A Beacon that lights the way for Australian Youth
22 Nov
Today I was privileged enough to speak at the Beacon Foundation’s QLD State Conference. The Beacon Foundation http://www.beaconfoundation.net/ has a very simple strategy for youth in Australia. They work directly with schools to educate / help students get into further education but ultimately real jobs. Their NO Dole program is...
Do they really care?
14 Nov
Do people actually care out there? Are we all so busy that pride, focus, detail don’t matter any more? I know i have better days than others at taking care of the important details but the more places I look the more I see less attention to detail not more....
As my mother always told me, it’s the little things that count!
02 Oct
How often do we hear phrases / cliches like this and not give it another thought? Lots. Most people have statements like this brush off them without any consideration of the origins of such statements. I have been in hospital recently having a full on leg operation which has left...
Terminal Chaos aka human collaboration at its worst
21 Aug
Been traveling again this week. And it always amazes me when you are waiting for your bags how crazy we all are and completely self interested, which ultimately leads to the most inefficient system I have seen. Basically the turntable of bags is getting ready to roll the bags around...
The unknown places we go…
29 May
Australia is a pretty wide and wondrous country, as we that live here know, and it has been some years since I had (read: made) the time to just go to places just because they exist. Generally these days I need to know it exists before I go there, and...
sweet and sour
05 Feb
While on the annual holiday this year camping at the beach we met some great people from western Queensland, out in the wild dry west where life works in completely different ways. I love the people you meet in any form of camping, and the things you learn about how...
does price matter?
22 Dec
well of course. and any owner of a business feels each price issue personally. but it is important to put price in perspective on what it is you are evaluating the price for. there are always two sides to a price question, the price you charge for your services and...
You have to love your staff!
22 Dec
Hey we love good humour here and we love great technology so I had to laugh hard and long when Yun our head Web Designer sent this through to me – yes me as an ELF – Merry...
Cover you mean Printed, then that's a rule... 22 days ago