Tag: Opinion
Can a successful business be moral?
G’day Anthillians! Is it really possible to be a successful business person and a paragon of moral virtue? Resident Antagonist Ray Beatty looks back...
Ant Bytes — AA25
CREATIVE ESPRESSO
By Stephen Sammartino
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Scouta hits the tube
Richard Giles, CEO, Scouta
Remember Scouta, the Perth-based intuitive...
Ant Bytes — AA24
CREATIVE ESPRESSO
By Stephen Sammartino
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Facebook costing Australia $5b
There was a time when, if someone was huddled over...
R&D commercialisation under siege?
Surely the commercialisation of our world-class R&D is in the public interest. So why do we circle warily around the intellectual property that is...
R&D commercialisation under siege?
Surely the commercialisation of our world-class R&D is in the public interest. So why do we circle warily around the intellectual property that is...
Think funky or be defunked
More than ever before, our success as individuals and as a society is defined by our capacity for dynamic thinking. Anders Sorman-Nilsson wants to...
From the tea room to the boardroom
The art of a good story isn’t confined to water-cooler gossip. It’s emerging as a point of difference for leaders in successful organisations of...
User-generated innovation
Know what your customers are thinking. In this hyper-connected world, it’s not difficult. So what’s the problem?
If there is a statement that is beginning...
Maccas goes down the drain
G’day Anthillians! Crafting a compelling advertising message is hard enough without the bleeding-heart regulators tut-tutting over your shoulder. But as Antagoniser extraordinaire Ray Beatty...
Ant Bytes — AA23
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
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CREATIVE ESPRESSO
By Stephen Sammartino
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Ties and lab coats
When it comes to collaborative commercialisation in Australia, researchers have a vital role to play outside the laboratory, says Rowan Gilmore.
Work with researchers? “Why...
How the money flies by
When will large corporations understand that stinging customers for every cent through gotcha technicalities is commercial idiocy? Ray Beatty wants to know. Now.
Last week...
How hungry are you?
In the hyper-competitive global village, each advantage local entrepreneurs wrangle is another brick in the road to prosperity. Rohini Kapur shares some useful cultural...
From Aussie battlers to dollar dazzlers
Do you find the soaring Aussie dollar depressing? Don’t despair. Austrade’s chief economist Tim Harcourt reveals some silver lining for Australian exporters.
The Australian dollar...
Boomtown
So what is your business doing to prepare for the recession?
Seems like an odd question, given the current buoyancy that is permeating almost every...