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Protected: The productivity roundtable came out with some ideas that could further stall productivity, rather than boost it
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Informal Talk: real conversations can close the gap between executive expectations and employee performance
People are complex, and they are not machines. If you want to lead effectively, learn to do small talk and big listening.
The Individual Brings Strategy to Life
Every business has a strategy, but using the strategy to drive results is both hard work and very rewarding.
In Praise of Small & Medium Business
Big business is absolutely necessary for many of our basic economic functions. However, big business has a problem with its social dislocation and the subsequent narrowing of the business mission to serve money sources rather than customers.
Smart Culture – PhD’s in Australian Industry
To reach a business-driven PhD culture will take a systemic change and the obvious place to start is the tax system – it should start by supporting innovation, not making it too difficult.
Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing – The AI World
AI has many strengths that we can use in our manufacturing and our R&D operations. But AI is not the same as a thinking human brain. It is a tool for the humans, but it does not replace them.
Trump Tarrifs – The Impact On Australian Manufacturing
The Australian government has a job to do: to decide not just how we deal with President Trump’s intended tariff regime, but what we do with the responses to those tariffs from major manufacturing territories such as India, China, ASEAN and the EU.
Harrison Manufacturing is three quarters of a century old and the lessons of its history are still relevant today
In the 75 years since HMC was founded, it is now Australia’s largest independent grease-maker. But the company is much more than grease.