Have facts passed their use-by?
The only antidote to the increasing level of cynical distrust of our institutions, particularly politics and politicians, is a combination of truth, accountability and transparency.
The 3-step meeting productivity generator
Too often meetings become social and political timewasters.
Sucked in by the ‘Colesworth’ magic price pudding.
Oligopilies are not subject to market conditions
FMCG Success Demands Category Creation. Now More Than Ever.
The supermarket retailer’s distribution chokehold drives their behaviour, and the oligopoly drives profitability.
While we all cry for innovation as a strategic antidote, the suppliers have become as risk averse as the retailers, preferring to survive today rather than investing for tomorrow.
Should energy sovereignty be the driver of energy policy?
Should energy policy focus on soveriengty?
‘Customer centricity’ is the snake-oil of average marketers.
Customers don’t hand you the truth, they tell you what they can describe.
3 questions to accelerate creativity
Creativity does not emerge from the ether. It comes from asking better questions
A marketer’s explanation of ‘Tobin’s Q ratio’.
‘How much is my business worth’ is a very common question
Australia Day 2026: Can we escape old ideas to rebuild the foundation?
Australia is trapped in outdated political and economic habits.
Our task as parents is to escape these old ideas, so out kids ejnoy the standards we have enjoyed.
The most important ‘To Do’ list you will ever write.
Do you account for the ‘information debt’ you are owed?