by Bronwyn | Sep 27, 2022 | Business Ethics, Business Systems, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Every small-business book you read, or workshop you attend, will tell you that you must have good business systems. At that point, there is usually an audible groan. So, what are these magical ‘systems’ that seem to cause such angst? And why do you need them? Rather...
by Bronwyn | Aug 5, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Doing Business Better, 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 | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Tips
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 | 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...
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 | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog, Business Ethics, Events
Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. I believe that crorruption is the catalyst for most of what is wrong in our world. Have a look through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Corruption hinders progress on pretty much all of them. Corruption steals from...
