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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.
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Great in one job, awful in another: why great talent doesn’t always transfer
Warren Kennaugh | October 28, 2015For too long we have been chasing the concept of ‘talent’ down the yellow brick road thinking that it’s going to lead us to the pot of gold.
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Creating a profitable future for Australia
Grant Wardell-Johnson | October 21, 2015Australia needs more multi-national companies based here, argues KPMG’s Grant Wardell-Johnson, and their focus needs to be squarely on Asia.
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Leadership is learnable
Corrinne Armour | October 14, 2015Leaders are born and not made. Right? Wrong!
Neural pathways in the brain reorganise in response to thoughts, experiences, behaviours and learning new skills. Scientific studies undertaken since the 1970s have established ‘neuroplasticity’ of the brain – the brain’s capacity to rewire and change throughout life.
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Why the customer (experience) comes first
Andrew Thornton | October 12, 2015Do you care about your customers? No, really, do you? Do you care about the kind of experience they have with your business? This is why you should.
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Would your business know what to do in a social media crisis?
Gerry McCusker | October 8, 2015Recently, 60% of global companies admitted they didn’t actually harness social media in the event of an online crisis. Yet if every ‘global company’ is as honest as, say, Volkswagen, we might surmise the actual figure is a fair bit higher.
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How Augmented Reality will transform customer engagement
Steve Thakur | October 1, 2015You may have seen it in science fiction films, but now Augmented Reality (AR) is coming soon to a mobile phone near you.
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Why medium enterprises are better at marketing
Phoebe Netto | September 24, 2015Flashy marketing campaigns have a lot in common with a defective Ferrari. They look slick and they’re hard to miss, with coverage enviably ‘everywhere’. These campaigns look great, but under the hood the brands behind them don’t quite get what they pay for. What’s going wrong?