Hi five!

‘Ebullient leadership’ can lift your workers out of the doldrums and increase productivity by making the office a ‘fun’ place to work.

You are being ripped off

Angry at covert pricing tactics? Blame inflation, a lack of competition and the insatiable greed of Australia’s supermarket duopoly.

Death by powerpoint

We’ve all sat through dreary powerpoint presentations which have distracted from, rather than complemented, the material being discussed, so how can it be done better?

Jobs for the boys?

Calls to ban the big accounting firms from auditing the companies they are also paid to consult sound sensible but could have unintended consequences.

Tourist traps

A decade after short-term tourist rentals debuted down under, the changes to tourist towns can be broken down to the good, the bad and the ugly.

Blockchain microcredit could boost international SMEs

A new blockchain approach to micro-credit transactions in Kenya could pave the way for its adoption in other developing nations – including the South Pacific.

Boosting indigenous employment

A new study from the Australian National University has found that Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia employ Indigenous staff at a rate 12 times higher than non-Indigenous-owned firms.

In the wash

The fashion industry faces huge sustainability challenges. But the bigger challenge is for consumers to work out who’s genuine and who’s not.

Supermarket sweep

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking legal action against the big supermarkets over their misleading pricing claims.

The managerial merry-go-round

Job-hopping senior managers can undermine the culture of the corporations they move between in their pursuit of professional advantage.

Will your face be your fortune?

You used to pay for everything by cash, then came cheques, credit cards and taps of a mobile phone, but would you be willing to pay for your supermarket trolley by just showing your face?

The high price of loyalty

Customers were once rewarded for loyalty to a firm’s products and services, but more unscrupulous operators now offer discounts to new consumers at the expense of long-standing ones.