I was listening to an episode of The Signal podcast recently about the life and achievements of Bob Hawke and realised that there was so little about him that I actually knew. When I arrived in Australia almost 30 years ago, Bob Hawke was nearing the end of his tenure and my most vivid memory…
Working all hours won’t deliver success If you’re in the communications or marketing industry you will most likely have come across the story of Roxy Jacenko and her lazy team. Working all hours won’t deliver success, but that was the attitude delivered by Jacenko to her team via a recent media interview. If you haven’t…
The Purpose Problem It seems that purpose is the word on everybody’s lips at the moment. You’ll find it very prominently on this website that we do PR on Purpose and, being part of the Conscious Capitalism community I’m officially a card-carrying member of the purpose club. The other day I read an article that suggested our…
#straya As we head into another new business year (does anyone really work in January – in our defence it’s near impossible to sleep so functioning on all cylinders is a rare occurrence at this time of year), I have high hopes that this fine country is in the process of a brand identity renewal.…