I have been working with my friend and colleague Dr Andrew Pratley who is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Sydney Business School in statistics and has researched the world of KPIs in organisations quite extensively. We help organisations shift from KPIs that create unnecessary friction between silos to having teams fired up and
My last two blogs were about risk appetite and they got me thinking about a conversation I had back in 2001. I was in a corporate role and I was deciding between setting myself up as a consultant or taking a different path in corporate. Being a risk guy at the time I applied for
Last week I wrote about the publican’s risk appetite using a story from the summer holidays. This one is also from the holidays although I was not there in person when the “event” occurred. My friend (let’s call him Tony) is a dog owner. He and his family have a holiday home on the coast here in
I was “up the coast” this summer. A term well understood for those who live in Sydney and covers anywhere from the Central Coast to the Queensland border. As with most holidays you get a good story or three. One of mine is the quintessential Aussie story as well as a wonderful depiction of why
For my last blog of the year I thought I would provide you with a list of my top blogs for 2018. That is, the ones most liked on LinkedIn or to which I had the most personal response. I hope you enjoy them. Good vs Bad Surprises About the need to take risks. We’ve