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From sand-papering cricketers to sandbagging bankers: why do good people do bad things?
WHY DO good people do bad things? Apparently a lot of people in Brisbane want to know.
Alistair Ping has spent the past six years researching this topic and says there’s no shortage of recent case studies – ranging from cricketers who tamper with balls to bankers behaving badly.
He did his PhD at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on the topic,…
Issue #93
Cover story: LEADING EDGE
Richard de Crespigny's logbook on leadership.
Better Business Technology
Is Australia really ready for 5G?
Special Report: Leadership
Lessons for business from averting an air disaster.
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership.
Latest Business News
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09 Dec, 2019Bitcoin strives to attain trust and access
Finance & InvestmentBy Leon Gettler >>
BITCOIN is expanding globally but the cryptocurrency still has to deal with issues of trust.
Bitcoin CEO Stefan Rust said the strategy for expansion, however, was going well.
He said Bitcoin’s strategy is to focus on two areas – payments and non-custodial financial services – with the Australian market for…
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08 Dec, 2019Workplaces are on the frontline in emerging Australian mental health crisis
ManagementAN EMERGING crisis in the mental health of Australia is costing the economy between $43 billion and $51 billion a year, according to a draft paper by the Federal Government’s Productivity Commission. Leading employee assistance program provider AccessEAP has outlined the role workplaces must play in reacting to the Australian…
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07 Dec, 2019Brisbane appoints BrandStory as South East Asian representative
Travel, Tourism & EventsBRISBANE MARKETING and Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) have appointed BrandStory in Singapore as their strategic marketing and travel representation agency in Southeast Asia.
Brisbane Marketing CEO, Brett Fraser said it was a momentous day for Brisbane’s tourism industry. He said the establishment of this consortium marked a…
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02 Dec, 2019Vloggi brings cheap (but good) video production to SMEs
Creative IndustriesBy Leon Gettler >>
HOW CAN a non-profit group or business make a cheap video? The answer lies in team work and crowdsourcing.
Sydney tech start-up Vloggi has developed the solution with a platform that allows marketers with no filming skills or experience to crowdsource video campaigns anywhere in the world. It allows them to…
Innovative Australian Companies
Bringing Australian bio-medical innovations to market: iQ Group Global
By Leon Gettler >>
AUSTRALIA has produced a number of innovations in the biotech space. Companies like Cochlear and Resmed have been global leaders.…
Advisory Board Centre builds a foundation for better business growth
By Mike Sullivan >>
IT TAKES a prescient vision to create a business that specialises in helping others to develop an innovation that made your own…
Nautech doubles down on innovation
NAUTECH Group is an organisation making giant strides forward ‘on the double’.
It seems as if Moore’s law – which refers to the power of…
Companies on the Move
Raw by Bek becomes the Australian fitness regime ‘to beat’
BRISBANE boutique fitness studio, Raw by Bek is giving the fitness industry itself a ‘workout’. Raw by Bek has developed unique, pre-choreographed…
People on the Move
Recruitment entrepreneur Steve Scanlan takes stake in Technology People
FRESH OFF the back of selling his remaining share in Recon Solutions, Steve Scanlan has announced he will join Sydney’s Technology People as director…
Innovation
Bringing Australian bio-medical innovations to market: iQ Group Global
By Leon Gettler >>
AUSTRALIA has produced a number of innovations in the biotech space. Companies like Cochlear and Resmed have been global…
Trade
QRC leads drive in US and Qld to highlight critical minerals potential globally and locally
THE Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is participating in high-level meetings in Washington DC and Mount Isa…
Asia-Pacific
Australian companies take note as Thailand legalises…
By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>
ONCE KNOWN as one of the world’s top growers of recreational marijuana,…
Digital Business
Pixevety helps families and schools manage photo privacy…
By Leon Gettler >>
COLIN ANSON created Pixevety, a photo management system designed to provide families and schools…
Editorial
Australia needs leadership now, not rulership
BUSINESS ACUMEN’s special report on leadership, in edition 93, could not be more timely. Or more poignant. Or better…
Management
Workplaces are on the frontline in emerging Australian mental health crisis
AN EMERGING crisis in the mental health of Australia is costing the economy between $43 billion and $51 billion a year, according to a draft paper by…
Opinion
We have to smarten more than MARTIN
By John Sheridan >>
TERRY MCCRANN made some interesting comments in The Australian this Saturday about the…
Business Travel & Events
Brisbane appoints BrandStory as South East Asian representative
In Brief
Sodexo wins safety-productivity double at Facilities Management Industry Awards for Excellence
SODEXO Australia has taken home two major awards in the facility management industry’s FM Industry Awards for…
Research & Books
CEPAR research shows taking a mortgage triggers superannuation link-up
A NEW industry report by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), has found that, for many…
News Feature
Dining, feasting, entertaining: Cuisine on Cue marks 25 years
Regional Economic Development
Sunshine Coast's international broadband cable landing station ready to connect in 2020
QUEENSLAND'S first direct international data and telecommunications connection to global markets came a step closer…
Manufacturing Acumen
Shadow Minister Brendan O’Connor addresses workforce capability and availability at National Manufacturing Summit
SHADOW Minister for Employment and Industry, Science and Small and Family Business, Brendan O’Connor, will address delegates at the National…
Aviation Acumen
Scoot lifts customer experiences with Dell Boomi-fuelled data analytics
INTERNATIONAL budget airline Scoot has implemented cloud-based integration from Dell Boomi to aggregate data from customers and internal applications, a move other budget carriers are sure to look closely at.
Automotive Acumen
Automotive industry disruptors Dealer Trade and CarRecord platforms up for sale
TWO AUSTRALIAN-BASED online platforms in the automotive industry, Dealer Trade Holdings Limited and CarRecord Limited and their subsidiaries, are being offered for sale. The founding shareholders…
Debt Recovery & Management
DG Institute warns on dangers of new credit file databases
THE new credit reporting laws will considerably affect the one in six Australians currently deep in debt, or anyone who has ever borrowed money in…
Legal
Super guarantee loophole closing six months earlier than originally planned
THE Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has commended the Federal Government for the Bill which will stamp out wage theft brought about by a…
Acumen Archives
Less pain and effort now it’s Ezy-As
For many, the arduous task of donning compression stockings can be frustrating. This is especially true if the wearer is living independently,…
Business Incubator: ACS Labs
Technology association ACS to overhaul governance, form as a company
ACS, the association for Australia’s technology profession, is set to become a company limited by guarantee, in the wake of a special general meeting…
Queensland Leaders
Advisory Board Centre builds a foundation for better business growth
By Mike Sullivan >>
IT TAKES a prescient vision to create a business that specialises in helping others to develop an innovation that made your own business a success.
Yet that is precisely what…
NSW Leaders
Ceramisphere technology goes global
By Mike Sullivan >>
CAN CERAMIC micro-encapsulation technology – a new materials process originally developed by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – change the world for the…
Victorian Leaders
From HR Gurus to Millennial who-do
South Australian Leaders
Clarke Energy changes the power game
CLARKE ENERGY is building a reputation for being one of the most agile and innovative power generation suppliers in the country as Australia transitions to multi-source power generation.
The…
Western Australian Leaders
CFO Centre gives companies a new analytical edge
Creative Industries
Vloggi brings cheap (but good) video production to SMEs
By Leon Gettler >>
HOW CAN a non-profit group or business make a cheap video? The answer lies in team work and crowdsourcing.
Sydney tech start-up…
Sports Business
First Asia-focused sports tech investment house launched by…
VARCIS Capital recently launched what it labels the world’s first Asia-focused sports technology investment and advisory house.
Headquartered in…
Indigenous Business
First Nations Foundation launches world-first Indigenous…
FIRST NATIONS Foundation (FNF) is today launching the world’s first digital financial literacy education program to…
Advertising & Marketing
CrowdMedia influences the Influencers
By Leon Gettler >>
HOW DO the big brands market themselves to millennials when the younger generation no longer watches TV or listens to…
Training & Careers
Small business satisfaction with VET system declines:…
THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell said vocational education and training (VET)…
Finance & Investment
Bitcoin strives to attain trust and access
By Leon Gettler >>
BITCOIN is expanding globally but the cryptocurrency still has to deal with issues of trust.
Bitcoin CEO…
Agribusiness
Medicinal cannabis: getting high … tech at Cannatrek
By Leon Gettler >>
TOMMY HUPPERT, the CEO of Cannatrek, believes medicinal cannabis will be the biggest cash crop in the country, and an export…
Community Business
OzHarvest Brisbane bakes 100 cakes to fund food
BRISBANE’S BEST chefs, bakers and cake makers are all set to create 100 birthday cakes with a difference, to help OzHarvest Brisbane celebrate its…
Better Business Technology
New 5G report helps Australian businesses ‘prepare to profit’
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