Leaders are waking up to stakeholder demands for responsible corporate action. The new generation of leaders will prioritize purpose over profit. Implementing this can help identify unexpected spheres of action.
Greta Thunberg addressed the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, calling for urgent action and stressing the need for 'real zero' emissions.
Two recent train procurement processes demonstrate the importance of early consultation. Victoria ended up with happy stakeholders while Queensland is retrofitting vehicles after breaking its own disability laws.
We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if you’re a bit highfalutin, deconstruction. These so-called spreadsheet towers populate every major city. They signalled modernity and provided huge profits for those who built them. But these […]
The latest release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Prisoners in Australia data provides a surprising change: for the first time in seven years, the national imprisonment rate has not increased. In fact, it has decreased by 1%. The female imprisonment rate decreased by 5%, breaking the trend of a vastly increasing number of women […]
Every day, roughly 60 percent of all market trades are made by computer. When the market turns volatile, this can climb to as high as 90 percent. Robo-advisors are increasingly making this process available to the consumer, saving them time and money as a result. With humans no longer in the transaction chain, fees are slashed. […]
The role of leader is prone to more upheavals than others. Allianz SE has identified four key characteristics of successful leaders. Businesses can’t control external trends, but with astute leadership, they can control how they react to them. Business models, the nature of work and the composition of workforces are changing radically. Only companies that […]
To grasp how primary tropical forests can make or break our future, consider three interwoven dynamics. First, forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people, more than the population of any country on earth. Second, each year, a few dozen tropical countries collectively raze and convert primary forests the size of Belgium – up to […]
We’re one step closer to having the charging infrastructure to allow us to drive from the bottom of Victoria to the top of Queensland. Victoria Draudins looks at what's the latest in fostering a local market for zero emission vehicles as part of ambitious emission reduction targets.
When Australians pay their income tax, they assume the money is going to areas of the community that need it, rather than being used by the government to shore up votes for the next election. This is why the findings of the Australian National Audit Office into the awarding of community sporting grants by cabinet […]
A push for social procurement, better data linkage for users of multiple services, improving place-based service capability, and working more closely with public housing tenants: DPC deputy secretary Lill Healy outlines the state's work on entrenched disadvantage.
What led Victoria's Labor party to pair up with the Victorian Nats to get the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam to Melbourne? Was it state interests, friendship, a love of sport, or just raw politics? Traces of all these elements are present in the backstory of a historic investment and a showcase event that now enjoys overwhelming public support.
With start-ups and new business models disrupting traditional educational institutions and operating models, skills — not degrees — may be the reality of the future, write futurists Simon Fuglsang Østergaard and Adam Graafland Nordlund.
Plenty of organisations talk about boosting psychological safety, but actually putting it into practice is difficult. Being open about your own fallibility and asking lots of questions are a good start.
Many of the solutions to the climate change crisis are about infrastructure choices, as infrastructure development can either advance our progress in addressing climate change or damage it.
