by Bronwyn | Aug 5, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Risk Management, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
I typed that question into an internet search engine, and got 589,000,000 answers. From the suggestions on just the first two pages of results, I created this ‘word cloud’. Of course, it shows all the usual answers – leadership, marketing, systems… I believe that...
by Bronwyn | Aug 1, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Systems, Case Studies
In previous posts, I have written about finding the “one-percenters” in your organisation – the things you can tweak in your business systems to make continual, small improvements. Hopefully you have already started identifying some of these. I know that some readers...
by Bronwyn | Jul 7, 2022 | Small Company Big Business
This saga – small business trying to get rid of unfair contracts imposed upon them by bigger, more powerful buyers – has reached another milestone. The slow and grinding legal process is reaching War and Peace proportions, but it’s important that we all stick with the...
by Bronwyn | Jul 3, 2022 | Small Company Big Business
I have been eagerly waiting for this payment times report. After a long and excruciating period of lobbying by small business interests, big businesses finally have to ‘fess up to their payment practices. The length of time that big organisations take to pay their SME...
by Bronwyn | Jun 29, 2022 | Small Company Big Business
Landing a contract with a big company is the stuff of dreams for many Small Business owners. At long last, there is a regular income from a big customer, and there is usually a quantum leap in turnover to go with it. What’s not to like? But, as I wrote in a post at...
by Bronwyn | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Small Biz Tips
This article was written for and first appeared on First5000.com.au on December 14 2021 First 5000 have been publishing a series of articles on The New Normal for several months. Expert commentators are reading the tea leaves, and passing on their analysis to you, the...
by Bronwyn | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Risk Management
It’s time to reconsider what ‘recovery’ and ‘resilience’ mean for businesses and communities Australia is again enduring a crippling natural disaster. Floodwaters have rolled southwards down the East coast, swallowing entire towns and businesses. Apart from the lives...
by Bronwyn | Jun 20, 2022 | Small Company Big Crisis
This article was written for and first appeared in Inside Small Business on April 5, 2022 Australians are cleaning up after yet another flood disaster. Huge sections of the East coast were subject to a ‘rain bomb’, a new term that is certain to enter our...
by Bronwyn | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Case Studies, Small Biz Tips, Supply Chains
This post was written by my friend and international business strategist, Cynthia Dearin. It first appeared in Smart Company on May 30th 2022. It reinforces the message I have been delivering to SME owners and managers throughout the global pandemic, and that advice...
by Bronwyn | Jun 14, 2022 | Business Ethics, Small Biz Tips
This article was written for and first appeared on First5000 on October 27, 2022 The main consequence of COVID 19 has been to expose cracks in our society and institutions. Where weaknesses existed previously, the strains of the pandemic have blown those cracks apart...
