by Bronwyn | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Doing Business Better, 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 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 11, 2022 | Blog, Risk Management, Small Biz Tips
I have always argued that, in the end, it would be the insurance industry that would drag governments, probably kicking and screaming, to the climate change table. There’s an end to calling our (and the insurance industry’s) bluff and pretending there’s not a problem....
by Bronwyn | Jun 3, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Blog, Business Ethics, News, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships
In the lead-up to the 2022 Federal Election, there were, as always, many vox pop interviews along the lines of, “How will you be voting?” As always, there were are number of “I don’t know, I don’t take any interest in politics” type answers. That attitude may be okay...
by Bronwyn | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog, Doing Business Better, News
One of the few upsides of having to face up to a pandemic is that we have been forced, as a society, to face up to the issue of mental health in the workplace. It’s been a hidden cost centre for our country – to the tune of almost $11 billion every year...