Authors: Chuck Hemann and Ken Burbary Why hasn’t all that data delivered a whopping competitive advantage? Because you’ve barely begun to use it, that’s why! Good news: neither have your competitors. It’s hard! But digital marketing analytics is 100% doable, it offers colossal opportunities, and all of the data is accessible to you. Chuck Hemann … Read more
Author: Anne Miltenburg In a perfect world, great changemaking ventures would grow purely based on their own merit. In the real world, we have to be creative and strategic about how we brand our initiatives and get the support we need to help them grow into effective, sustainable organisations. Creating a strong brand is crucial … Read more
Authors: James Rubin and Barie Carmichael As consumers, our access to—and appetite for—information about what and how we buy continues to grow. Powered by social media, increasingly we look at the companies behind the products and are disappointed when their actions do not meet our expectations. With engaged citizens acting as 24/7 auditors of corporate … Read more
Author: Judith Humphrey Impromptu shows leaders how to think on their feet and respond eloquently in every situation. Never have there been so many opportunities to inspire and influence in everyday situations — elevator chats, corridor conversations, networking gatherings, meetings, and ceremonial events. Indeed, today the most iconic leadership moments are spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment events that … Read more
Author: Kim Krisco This book provides a clear, transformational framework for managers to take advantage of their innate leadership style. Kim Krisco encourages authenticity above all else, rather than operating according to rules which may be more suited for different personality types. He describes four distinct personalities and shows how they apply to ten common … Read more
The New Year is nearly upon us, promising millions of dollars — perhaps even billions —invested into technologies untold. This year has been one of fintech, drones and Software-as-a-Service, as well as one that saw a brief but powerful blockchain movement and a swathe of substantial ICOs, before Bitcoin took a tumble, dragging the cryptocurrency markets down with it. But 2019 brings with … Read more
It’s been a huge year for capital raising in Australia, with record-breaking raises galore and the creation of a new Aussie unicorn. The past 12 months has seen three startups raise more than $100 million, and an additional five that have raised more than $50 million. By comparison, the biggest capital raise on our list in … Read more
Most ‘out-of-office’ auto-responders are a good remedy for insomnia. They read something along the lines of: ‘I am travelling for work until December 15. During this time, I will have limited access to email. If you need something urgently, please contact Gertrude on the administration team. I will respond to this email upon my return.’ … Read more
Food platform startup Foodbomb took home the first-ever StartupSmart Award in this year’s SmartCompany Smart50 awards, and according to founder Paul Tory, the only way from here is up. Founded in 2015, and born out of Tory’s previous meat sales platform startup Butcherman, Foodbomb aggregates food suppliers onto a single platform. It means cafes and restaurants can order produce from … Read more
Author: Jerry Z. Muller Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we’ve gone from measuring performance to fixating on … Read more
