Expert opinion: When do you trust your gut over data?
When should leaders trust instinct over analytics? We asked professionals across industries when they follow their gut – and why the best decisions rarely rely on data alone. We are often told to...
View ArticleExpert opinion: What’s a professional hill you’re willing to die on, even if...
From innovation and creativity to leadership and employability, here are the workplace principles these professionals refuse to compromise on. The most interesting professional convictions are rarely...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Where are SMEs going wrong when using AI?
Nine experts share where SMEs are going wrong with AI adoption, from weak prompting and generic content to poor strategy, governance risks, and over-reliance on automation. Most SMEs are already...
View ArticleExpert opinion: One small decision that changed everything for these businesses
Six business owners share the seemingly small decisions that transformed the direction of their businesses. Small decisions rarely feel significant in the moment. But as these six founders and...
View ArticleMiss Manhattan: I opened a bar at 40. The hard part wasn’t the nights. It was...
Control isn’t about tightening your grip. It’s about building something that doesn’t fall apart the moment you let go. When I started out in my twenties, success in hospitality looked like being...
View ArticleExpert opinion: How the fragile ceasefire with Iran is impacting clients, and...
As conflict continues to devastate lives across Iran and the region, business leaders elsewhere reflect on the uncertainty of a fragile ceasefire, and the secondary costs shaping their operations and...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Measuring progress when results take months to show
Five perspectives on measuring invisible progress, emphasising momentum, habit, strategy, and the signals that matter before results arrive. When results take months to materialise, progress can feel...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Rebuilding trust after something goes wrong, with clients or...
Four industry perspectives on rebuilding trust, exploring how rupture can become a foundation for even stronger team and client relationships. Whether it’s within a team or between a business and its...
View ArticleExpert opinion: What culture fit really means in a complex world
Culture fit isn’t about fitting in. Diverse perspectives, shared values, and inclusive thinking are what redefine what culture really means. “Culture fit” is often treated as something to evaluate....
View ArticleExpert opinion: Redefining culture fit at work by hiring for values, not vibes
Culture fit doesn’t have to mean sameness. These leaders define it through shared values that build stronger, more diverse teams. The idea of “culture fit” has long shaped how organisations hire and...
View ArticleExpert opinion: When human connection, context, and expression matter more...
From empathy to advice, leaders explain why the most meaningful work interactions still need a human touch in a world of automation. With automation becoming more and more embedded in how we work,...
View ArticleExpert opinion: One manual task you’d never automate, and why
When to automate, and when to not: leaders on judgement, accountability, and why humans remain the final decision-makers in high-stakes work. Automation excels at speed, scale, and consistency, but...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Motivation, not incentivisation, and why passion still drives...
What drives motivation when pay rises and promotions aren’t on offer? Four leaders from creative and community sectors share how belief, creativity, purpose, and contribution keep people engaged....
View ArticleExpert opinion: Creativity, identity, and the new motivators at work
These leaders share how they inspire when money or promotions aren’t available, revealing that purpose, autonomy, recognition, and trust often work as stronger motivators than traditional incentives....
View ArticleExpert opinion: Managing transparency with work-from-home clients in 2026
Business leaders share how to maintain transparency with clients in a work-from-home world, with practical insights from various industries. With remote and hybrid work arrangements continuing to...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Clear rules, steady ground
Keeping trust intact, keeping processes clean, and keeping perspective when the pressure mounts. These boundaries are the quiet disciplines that make lasting leadership possible. When asked about the...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Alignment, integrity, and the values we live by
Leadership with neither integrity nor alignment with our values isn’t sustainable. These leaders draw their lines not to close doors, but to keep their work, their people, and their principles grounded...
View ArticleExpert opinion: Values first, boundaries always
Different fields, different stories, but the shared commitment is clear: leadership without values isn’t leadership at all. Asked where they’ve drawn a line in the sand when it comes to how they work...
View ArticleFrom Silicon Valley to Sydney Harbour: OpenAI’s big move
OpenAI’s move into Sydney recognises the strategic and functional role Australia holds in not only assisting the future of AI, but shaping it. Sydney’s about to get a shiny new tenant. According to...
View ArticleSoftware for a hot planet: Allen Fan on fixing carbon markets from the inside
In the latest instalment of Redraft, co-founder of CarbonHQ, Allen Fan, sheds light on how his team is helping carbon project developers fix the messy backend of climate action. Redraft: The New...
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