by Bronwyn | Feb 9, 2024 | Australian Small Business, Blog, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Small Biz Tips, Supply Chains
Does your 2024 include a journey through the complex world of supply chain partnerships? Do you have a large company in your sights as a potential new customer? How do you communicate with an organisation such as this? This is a common scenario for many small...
by Bronwyn | Nov 15, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Doing Business Better, Supply Chains, Tenders
Lately, I have been writing and speaking a lot about the massive opportunities for SMEs in Government purchasing. All levels of Government have now set targets for how much of their purchasing money they will spend with SMEs. Yes, there are huge opportunities...
by Bronwyn | Oct 19, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Doing Business Better, Small Biz Tips
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of months, the fact that PwC has absolutely trashed its own brand won’t be news. The paragraph above is an exact copy of the opening paragraph of my LinkedIn article of October 14, 2015. I have simply...
by Bronwyn | Feb 28, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Small Biz Tips
Starting a business can be an exciting and optimistic journey, filled with hope and the promise of freedom. However, as the business grows and expands, the challenges start to emerge, and the reality of managing a team and juggling multiple roles sets in. You seem to...
by Bronwyn | Dec 9, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Risk Management, Small Biz Tips
The underlying premise of my book, Small Company Big Crisis, is that business crises are a recurring and inevitable part of being in business. And yet, every time another business crisis faces us, we are surprised. We treat the good times as ‘normal’ and the bad times...
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...
