Productivity: creating a government of ‘doers’ not ‘gunnas’

Too much time is spent on discussing, researching and strategising projects and not enough emphasis is placed on implementation. Peter

Managing an ageing workforce

Ahead of the Global Access Partners conference on Productive Ageing Peter Fritz asks some important questions in regard to working

Recognising the world changes but issues remain the same

“If we want things to stay as they are things will have to change.” - Prince Tancredi Falconeri in The

How the weak win deals: A theory of asymmetric negotiation

Negotiations tend to favour the powerful.

This is never clearer than in war and battle. We expect the strong army

A thought on business development

I just watched The Social Network. I enjoyed the film thoroughly, and unsurprisingly, it got me thinking about successful businesses.

There

The Pacioli-Fritz accounting system: bringing intangibles to light

Since the so-called father of accounting, Luca Pacioli published his book Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalitain Venice in

New time calls for new rules – First 5000 puts the individual back in business

When I was a child I must have hated authority. It might have been because I was brought up in

Finding the First 5000

This blog was originally published at www.openforum.com.au in 2009. It is republished here as it describes some of 

How I Became a Chocolate Merchant

I like chocolate. Twelve years ago I landed in Brussels airport on a stopover and treated myself to a small box