Decision sovereignty: Why good decisions fail to execute

On 1 June, Global Access Partners released a new monograph, “Decision Sovereignty: A Theory of Execution in Prediction-Rich Economies”, offering a fresh perspective for one of the most persistent puzzles in modern organisations: why good decisions so often fail to translate into successful outcomes.

Give us a job

If worrying about keeping your job has been keeping you up at night, you’re far from alone but despite the threats posed by AI and a potential recession, there are evidence-based things we can do at an individual, organisational and government level to manage job insecurity in uncertain times.

Designing for disruption

Designing for disruption is not about predicting the next crisis. It is about ensuring that when disruption arrives—as it increasingly does—Australia’s food and energy systems have room to manoeuvre.

The decline of the dollar

A number of factors have been eating away at the dominance of the American dollar over the past decade and will continue to do so.

The critical minerals trap

Australia’s critical minerals push is being sold as a strategic win, but it risks doubling down on a “dumb” commodity economy while locking Canberra deeper into U.S.-led geoeconomic rivalry.

Star Trek economics

It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know but could the venerable science fiction show Star Trek help us ‘live long and prosper’ by offering insights into the future of our own economy?

Back to 2011

Australians’ wages have roughly the same purchasing power now as they did back in 2011 – when the iPhone 4 was state-of-the-art and the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency was a comedian’s joke.

Green finance remains in the red

Little progress has been made despite a decade of momentum for sustainable finance and new approaches to finance are required to ensure our future is protected.

The war below

Whoever controls the production and processing of lithium, copper and other critical minerals could dominate the 21st century economy, much as producers of fossil fuels defined the 20th century.

Waiting for the bubble to burst

The global economy is afloat on a tide of cash that is lifting all boats, from gold to tech stocks and everything in between, but when both the hedge and the gamble rise together, the real risk may lie in the plumbing of liquidity itself.

Alpha and Omega

Three economists studying the role of innovation driven creation and destruction in the economy have won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Doughnut economics

A new update to an influential economic theory called “Doughnut Economics” shows a global economy on a collision course with nature.