Trehan Stenton
Hold people accountable with courage and good intentions
On a leadership panel, Trehan Stenton explains why honest, supportive conversations and visible intentions keep good people in a small business.
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Leading the conversation
Shannon Harvey
Physics and budget: why previs is pulling lighting and video together
At a PLASA 2017 panel on video as light, Shannon Harvey explained why simulation, real-time content and mixed teams matter more than any single tool.
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Mark Mills
Mark Mills on Why the Business Model Decides What Growth Is Worth
The Cardpoint founder explains how a £1.50 fee, a contrarian site strategy and borrowed cash turned three cash machines into a network of 6,500.
Read article →#BusinessGrowth
Kevin Kennon
Why construction projects are won or lost at the start line
Architect Kevin Kennon argues that the setup of a building project, from who sits at the first table to how change orders are paid, decides its outcome long before the last trade leaves site.
Read article →#Construction
Theodore Hicks
Survive the Hand First: Theodore Hicks on Guardrails Before Growth
Two market crashes taught wealth manager Theodore Hicks that avoiding a large loss matters more than chasing the next gain, and that a clear process beats a gut feeling.
Read article →#Investing
Ted Lanzaro
Ted Lanzaro on the accounting mistakes new real estate investors make
A CPA and longtime investor explains why mixed bank accounts, missed administrative deductions and slow offers quietly cost new landlords money.
Read article →#RealEstateInvesting
Barry Levine
Why Debt Settlement and Consolidation Can Leave You Worse Off
Bankruptcy attorney Barry Levine explains why settlement fees, consolidation loans and forgiven-debt tax bills often cost more than the bankruptcy people are trying to avoid.
Read article →#DebtAndBankruptcy
Adeline Tiah
Adeline Tiah on reinventing a career one upgrade at a time
The coach and author explains why reinvention works like a run of version upgrades, and which habits help professionals stay relevant through disruption.
Read article →#CareerReinvention
David Horne
Why a CFO needs relationships as much as numbers to help a business scale
David Horne explains how fundraising, acquisitions and a cautious investor market all reward the finance leader who builds trust across the business first.
Read article →#FinanceAndGrowth
Guinevere Ellis
Guinevere Ellis on redefining success as freedom, not sacrifice
Guinevere Ellis explains why success built on stress is the wrong model, and how beliefs, self-image and identity shape what people earn and how they live.
Read article →#MindsetAndSuccess
Julian Reeve
Why beating burnout takes both the person and the organization
Julian Reeve argues that burnout is chronic workplace stress left unmanaged, and that high achievers and their employers each own half of the fix.
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Georgina Woodley
Georgina Woodley on Why Customers and Staff Are One System
In a webinar with Karen Dean of the Joy Institute, Georgina Woodley argued that customer experience programmes measure outcomes while missing the human capacity and old memories that drive them.
Read article →#CustomerExperience
Garth Delikan
Why doing more than you are paid for wins hearts and minds
Garth Delikan, the Lifestyle Guy, explains how leading by example and giving unasked value built loyal teams, a close kickboxing class and a national workshop booking.
Read article →#Leadership
Jim Allenby
Jim Allenby on Finding ESG Value Beyond Compliance
Box ticking still matters, but the real return comes from capital, people and confident conversations with investors, starting with awareness and a clear roadmap.
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Jeff Deskovic
Why a DNA Mismatch Did Not Stop Jeff Deskovic's Wrongful Conviction
On Long Island Backstory, Jeff Deskovic traces how a coerced confession, a failed defense and a pressured jury combined to send a 16-year-old to prison for 16 years.
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Crispin Thompson
Why Indecision Costs Leaders More Than a Wrong Decision
A World War II bombing raid, and one airman pushed from a burning plane, show why waiting for perfect conditions is the riskiest choice a leader can make.
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Chris Maduri
Chris Maduri on why retirement planning has to include your marriage
Retirement planner Chris Maduri explains why couples should talk through time, health, care and purpose long before the last paycheck arrives.
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Graham Brown
Early retirement starts with redefining what retirement means
Graham Brown argues that retirement should mean freedom from the need to work, built on passive income that covers living costs, rather than a fixed age chosen by someone else.
Read article →#Entrepreneurship
Hugo Brooks
Hugo Brooks on Why Founders Need People Who Will Challenge Them
The serial entrepreneur explains how unchecked ambition and early success cost him a thriving agency, and why a support team built for perspective is the safeguard many founders skip.
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Lisa Arrigo
Lisa Arrigo on coming back after relapse without drowning in shame
A 2022 cocaine relapse after long-term recovery taught trauma therapist Lisa Arrigo that shame, not the substance, is what keeps people from finding their way back.
Read article →#AddictionAndRecovery
Csaba Toth
Your team's biggest cultural divides are not about nationality
Csaba Toth explains why country, gender and generation predict so little about how people work, and why leaders should measure the mindset gap instead.
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Nick Jonsson
Why Executive Loneliness Hides Behind the Fear of Seeing a Therapist
In a keynote for EuroCham Singapore, Nick Jonsson explains how stigma keeps leaders away from counselling, and the steps that helped him recover from depression and isolation.
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Dr. Maria-Elena Lukeides
The Three Fears That Quietly Sabotage Our Relationships
A Sydney clinical psychologist explains the three fears that drive self-sabotage in love, and how small, careful steps toward honesty rebuild trust.
Read article →#Relationships
Sahil Nijhawan
How Kept Relationships Rebuilt a Business After Losing Everything
Sahil Nijhawan lost four Melbourne travel stores to COVID. The relationships he kept warm through the lockdowns, and a new habit of planning for the worst case, carried the rebuild.
Read article →#Entrepreneurship
Nadine Richardson
Why so much birth trauma is preventable, and how preparation helps
Doula and educator Nadine Richardson explains why fear around birth is rising, what the numbers in Australia show, and how knowledge, tools and a prepared birth team change the outcome.
Read article →#Wellness
Lisa Harris
Why the right skincare ingredient matters more than the brand
Skin specialist Lisa Harris explains why a consultation, a simple routine and the right active ingredients do more for your skin than any famous label.
Read article →#Skincare
Chris Turton
How to Rank on Amazon by Putting the Customer First
Chris Turton explains why Amazon rankings follow the customer, and which listing factors matter most for sellers who want to climb.
Read article →#Ecommerce
Mercedas Taaffe-Cooper
Why Teenagers Calm Their Minds by Moving Their Bodies
A psychologist and boxing coach explains why moving the body is often the fastest way to settle a stressed teenager's mind.
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Dr. Sasha Rutnam
Why dental patients say no to treatment, and why it is rarely the fee
A Sydney dentist argues that most refused treatment plans fail in the conversation rather than on price, and explains what dentists and their teams can change.
Read article →#PatientCommunication
Carlota Montoro
Carlota Montoro on Hiring Leaders for Teams They Will Never See
An HR consultant who builds people functions for international companies explains why remote leadership hires fail on trust, not skills, and why honest hiring starts with self-knowledge.
Read article →#RemoteWork
Dana Gambrill
Dana Gambrill on Why Authenticity at Work Makes People More Effective
A year after coming out at work, Dana Gambrill explains why removing the effort of hiding brought him more clarity, and what employers can learn from it.
Read article →#WorkplaceCulture
Jennifer White
How Writing Helped Jennifer White Rebuild Her Mind After a Coma
A former ICU nurse explains how short writing sessions after brain surgery helped her recover memories, rebuild her identity and start a second career as an author.
Read article →#HealthAndRecovery
Michele Mattiuzzi
Why Composure Beats Size When a Business Is Scaling Fast
Lessons from counter-terrorism, television and a fast-growing retail division on composure, momentum, relationships and the real cost of running flat out.
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Anne Paphitis
Anne Paphitis on Why Midlife Change Starts by Taking Things Out
Before you add the journal or the yoga class, decide what can go. Anne Paphitis explains why real self-care makes room in a full life instead of filling it further.
Read article →#PersonalReinvention
Ran Aroussi
Agent Infrastructure, Silent Failures and the Open Source Gap
Ran Aroussi explains why AI agents should run on server-style infrastructure, where agent systems fail without warning, and why open source licensing has not caught up with the cloud.
Read article →#Technology
Max Dunn
The Hard Lessons Behind Growing a Software Company From Two People
Max Dunn explains how pricing on value, building for parallel work and learning to delegate turned two programmers into a lasting software business.
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Joe Cramond
How Bodybuilding Discipline Turns Into Business Focus
Joe Cramond explains why the structure behind a competition prep, not willpower, is what carries over to founders and leaders.
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Cassie Welford
Rebuilding confidence after a career that crushed it
Cassie Welford walked away from a stable banking job, took a cleaning role she feared she was not good enough for, and slowly turned her own story into a business and a run of books.
Read article →#ConfidenceAndCareerChange
Mike Parsons
Why a Better Jacket Will Not Keep You Warm and Dry on Its Own
Outdoor Gear Coach's Mike Parsons explains why staying warm and dry depends on how you layer, ventilate and fuel yourself, not on the price of a single garment.
Read article →#OutdoorGear
Dr James Goolnik
Dr James Goolnik on Why Patient Trust Comes Before the Sale
The London dentist and author explains why listening, honest options and a first visit that delivers what the patient asked for build a practice that patients stay with.
Read article →#DentalPractice
Scott Ayscough
Why Transformations Fail When Organisations Lose Control
Scott Ayscough argues that most large technology programmes stall because the environment around capable people breaks down, not because the technology or the team is wrong.
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Dr. Srini Pillay
Why Daydreaming Feels Like Guilt and Why the Brain Needs It
Focus alone wears the brain out. The unease people feel when their minds drift may say more about their relationship with freedom than with productivity.
Read article →#Neuroscience
Bruce Randall
Bruce Randall on Why AI Can Mimic Thinking but Not Consciousness
The former Oracle and AT&T leader, who is also a Reiki master, explains why AI remains a trained database and how people can use it without losing touch with themselves.
Read article →#ArtificialIntelligence
Alfina Lofaro
Why Better Relationships Start With the One You Have With Yourself
Kinesiologist and author Alfina Lofaro explains why people who come to her wanting to fix everyone else usually find the real work is inside.
Read article →#Relationships
Saul Cohen
Why a Business That Runs on Its Owner Sells for Less
Saul Cohen explains why buyers pay for future cash flow and discount for risk, and why owner dependency is the risk that most often drags the price down.
Read article →#ExitPlanning
Amar Dhall
Why High Achievers Mistake Trauma for Personality
Amar Dhall, a trained lawyer turned trauma therapist, explains why lawyers and leaders need to be trauma-wise, not just trauma-informed.
Read article →#Leadership
Masati
Masati on Making Everyday Life the Meditation
In a short guided meditation, Masati teaches a breathing and body awareness practice designed to carry presence out of the session and into ordinary tasks.
Read article →#Mindfulness
Marvin Mikle
Why Starting a Good Habit Beats Fighting a Bad One
Coach Marvin Mikle explains why putting your energy into one new habit works better than trying to quit an old one through willpower alone.
Read article →#PersonalGrowth
Deri Llewellyn-Davies
Certainty Over Hope: Deri Llewellyn-Davies on Property Strategy
Deri Llewellyn-Davies explains why property investors should trade hope for certainty, read the whole economic cycle, and choose a business model they can survive.
Read article →#PropertyStrategy
Nikki Langman
Nikki Langman on Self-Leadership, Early Warning Signs and Safe People at Work
Leading others starts with an honest look at yourself, and with people you trust enough to tell you what you cannot see.
Read article →#Leadership
Leanne Sheargold
What Leanne Sheargold Learned When Childhood Memories Returned at 52
Brief memories of childhood trauma surfaced in her early 30s, then returned almost daily at 52. Leanne Sheargold explains how her body led the way.
Read article →#Wellness
Dr Hussein Rifai
Why the 40-40 model of building wealth no longer works
Dr Hussein Rifai explains why the classic Australian path to wealth no longer holds, and how AI, longer lives and continuous learning change the plan.
Read article →#FutureOfWork
Jodie Herbert
Why Workplace Adjustments Fail After the Yes
Jodie Herbert argues that most employers will agree to support neurodivergent staff, but the gap between approving an adjustment and living with it on Monday morning is where inclusion breaks down.
Read article →#WorkplaceInclusion
Brooke Hargraves
Brooke Hargraves on Speaking Up Before Everything Is Perfect
The media strategist and former political adviser explains why confidence comes from being real, not from getting every word right.
Read article →#LeadershipCommunication
Russell Harvey
Russell Harvey on Why Resilience Means Springing Forward, Not Bouncing Back
The resilience coach argues that returning to how things were wastes the lesson, and offers a wheel and ten habits for growing through change instead.
Read article →#Resilience
Duncan Brand
Duncan Brand on Why People-First Leadership Beats Employee-Centric Management
The leadership advisor explains why slogans fail, why annual reviews backfire, and why the wrong promotions create a circle of misery.
Read article →#Leadership
Heather Hansen
Unmuted Leadership: How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Inspire Action
Communication framework that combines conscious, confident, and connected approaches to unmute voices across cultures and teams.
Read article →#LeadershipCommunication
Alexis Sikorsky
How founders make their companies sellable before buyers arrive
Practical steps for founders to remove dependency, build systems, and prepare for a private equity exit.
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Dr. Ron Camacho
How leaders build trust with clear expectations and honest conversations
Dr. Ron Camacho explains why clear expectations, respectful challenge and visible leadership are the practical foundations of trust in a high-pressure organisation.
Read article →#Leadership#Accountability
Amie Fox
When agreement is not a decision
Amie Fox explains why a room full of nodding heads can produce no action, and the disciplines that make a decision survive the week.
Read article →#LeadershipDevelopment#MeetingExecution