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Mid-sized companies still overlooked
Rene Sugo | February 2, 2016Innovation is often seen as the province of agile start-ups or, at the other extreme, global corporations.
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Why industry needs to team up with researchers
Scott Middleton | February 1, 2016Australia’s low levels of collaboration between industry and researchers have been much discussed.
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The 6 key trends for the sharing economy in Australia for 2016
Michael Rosenbaum | January 13, 2016Surprised by the take-up and acceptance of sharing economy services in Australia? I see six key trends coming up this year for the sharing economy.
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Make a decision
Adam O’Donnell | January 11, 2016Your business decisions are having a different outcome to what you expected? So what, writes Adam O’Donnell, it’s better than making no decision at all.
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First 5000’s Top 12 Blogs of 2015
Roulla Yiacoumi | December 16, 2015Thank you to all of our contributors, members, and readers for making First 5000 the platform of choice for Australia’s top medium-sized enterprises. As yet another year gets away from us, we take a look at the most-clicked stories of the year.
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3 holiday season business blunders to avoid
Mikki Silverman | December 15, 2015The pressure is on this time of year. So if you’ve left everything to the last minute, here are some tips to keep your business running smoothly while you take a break.
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Innovation for business: are you up to speed?
Catherine Livingstone | December 9, 2015Policies and programs related to innovation need to be part of a stable national innovation strategy. Catherine Livingstone AO, President of the Business Council of Australia, takes a look at what a culture of innovation means to Australian business.
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Drowning in worthless data
First 5000 | December 1, 2015Companies everywhere are drowning in data. They are collecting more of it, and at an accelerated pace, while at the same time depending on it more than they have before.
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How rubbish managers affect your performance
Anna-Lucia Mackay | November 24, 2015In today’s world, it seems technical competence is a given, not a competitive edge. What differentiates outstanding businesses from average ones now is the degree to which leaders in the business understand what makes people tick.
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How the CEO gets paid
Michael Vincent | November 18, 2015The employee compensation practices of publicly listed companies are of great interest to employees, investors, business media and researchers alike.
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We don’t trust you: the real reason you can’t work from home
Roulla Yiacoumi | November 15, 2015Plenty of Australians have decent broadband speeds and computers in the home, so what’s stopping more of us from working from home?
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Why brain training doesn’t work
Jenny Brockis | November 13, 2015Brain training your way to genius is a lovely thought, says Dr Jenny Brockis. Too bad it’s not possible.
Does brain training work? Wouldn’t it be good if it did? The idea of using brain training as a means to boost our mental capacities, keep us sharp and one step ahead of the pack is highly appealing.
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When the cyber security threat comes from within
Simon Howe | November 9, 2015As cyber attacks are appearing more regularly in news reports, organisations are slowly coming around to the fact that it has become a case of when they will be targeted, not if.
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If you don’t have a good intern program, you’re screwed: the current state of play of mid-sized businesses in Australia
Roulla Yiacoumi | November 4, 2015As the editor of First 5000, the only website dedicated to mid-sized business* in Australia, one of the best parts of my job is getting out and speaking to the people who run these enterprises.
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Can Australian industry adapt fast enough?
Graham Winter | November 2, 2015Australia has crept up a step in terms of its global competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum, but remains outside the top 20 and is poorly armed to tackle innovation.