by Bronwyn | Jan 30, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Everywhere you look at the moment you will see announcements and declarations by companies – large, small, and everywhere in between – that they intend to become carbon neutral. They are committing to net-zero emissions by some future date. Their promise is to take...
by Bronwyn | Nov 8, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
My businesses are based in regional Australia. Where I live, our agribusiness sector grows grain crops, citrus, grapes beef and a host of other produce. Our mining sector produces coal and sapphires, and we have gas projects underway. Solar energy plants produce...
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, 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 | 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 | Sep 30, 2021 | Australian Small Business, Risk Management, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
By now, it should be no surprise to you that regional Australia is having a purple patch. Families and young singles are heading for the regions. Regional house prices have jumped 22 per cent in just one year. The last ABS statistics are for 2019 – 2020, but there is...
