Greg McKenna
The Chainsaw
Forster, NSW, Australia
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Here's what Australia's most innovative companies are doing to stay competitive
In the fast-paced world of change, the need for business improvements and innovation has never been greater. → Read More
Leadership and workplace culture are the keys to a successful digital transformation
One of the big hurdles to bridging the digital divide is that traditional business models and their management structures have embedded in their culture, a fear of failure. → Read More
As technology advances and populations boom, global cities grow and change – here’s what the future holds
Over thousands of years, cities have been the central point of interaction for commerce, science, art and culture – and finding a way to sustain our cities in the coming decades is integral to the success of our future. → Read More
How digitalisation drove sustainability and financial performance for Norwegian energy giant Equinor
Equinor, Norway’s energy giant formally known as Statoil, is majority-owned by the Norwegian government and has operations in thirty-six countries around the world. It offers an excellent case study for the journey of digital transformation and what it can achieve in terms of a company transformation. → Read More
How to be a great leader by recognising and adapting to change
It’s widely recognised that the customer is at the heart of business sustainability in the digital age. Arguably, no business has executed on that strategy better, nor harnessed the tools of technology more effectively, than Jeff Bezos’ Amazon. → Read More
These are the 7 rules you must follow for undergoing digital transformation in business
It’s probable that Steve Jobs and his team never anticipated the impact that combining a phone, a music player, an email server, and a Rolodex into one tiny handheld device would have on global commerce and consumers. → Read More
Tech is the means to an end, it is not the end – here's what 'going digital' really means
So many industries have now been disrupted in significant. There’s video rentals, bricks and mortar retail, advertising and media, data storage, the taxi industry, restaurant delivery, hotels and so many others. The disruption has all been possible because technology, which has empowered improved processes and created a focus on the customer’s needs, wants, and behaviours. → Read More
Cyber risk is growing rapidly – here's how you can help protect your business
Running a business is as much the management of risk as the accessing of opportunity. → Read More
Friendship and hope – not fear – might be a key factor in driving startup success
Startups create a lot of excitement: around the idea, the disruption, the funding, and inevitable hopes of the race toward a real and viable long-term business — maybe even unicorn status one day. → Read More
These 5 skills are crucial for you to become an effective and inspiring leader
In the early part of your career it’s often your task-based ability and your effectiveness at getting the job done that helps build a resume with your employer that makes you worthy of promotion. → Read More
Australian fintechs urged to look at the super apps of China to take their business to the next level
Australia’s banking regulator APRA has started licensing banking disruptors like Volt and Judo. It’s a sign that the ecosystem for Australian fintech is growing and taking on an importance in the local financial sector that will only grow through time. → Read More
Megatrends are reshaping the globe, here's what your business can do to ride the wave
Change is constantly remaking the society in which we live. But the ability to identify these changes as they happen is essential to getting in front of the wave. → Read More
Innovation in Australian business is being driven by these factors
This article has been prepared by Business Insider in partnership with The Commonwealth Bank of Australia. → Read More
Half of Australian workers say their employer doesn't make full use of their skills
This article has been prepared by Business Insider in partnership with The Commonwealth Bank of Australia. → Read More
7 ways Australian business can stop dragging its feet and adapt to disruption
If there is one thing that has changed about digitisation and disruption over the past couple of years it is that what seemed a choice previously is now table stakes when it comes to the daily operations of Australian businesses of all sizes. → Read More
These are the skills Australia’s innovative companies want from employees
With a changing economy comes evolving demands from companies seeking new skills from their workforce. → Read More
These 10 forces are changing the face of residential housing
Australia may be in the grip of a house price funk with price falls across the major capital cities continuing, but there is little doubt that once prices settle – whenever that may be – the nation’s love affair with housing as a family’s most important asset and investment is unlikely to change anytime soon. → Read More
Technology will displace millions of workers worldwide
It’s not news that the global economy is changing and with it the jobs market. Nor is it news that technology is likely to displace millions of workers in the years ahead. → Read More
Why management skills in a digital world are becoming more relevant, not less
If there is one mantra which seems consistent across the literature and experience of running a company in the new economy (and as companies make more effort to digitise themselves) it’s that technology is just the enabler. → Read More
Australian business knows it needs a digital transformation
New research of 505 medium to large Australian businesses – commissioned by Microsoft Austalia and conducted by Colmar Brunton – shows the vast majority know they need to digitally transform their businesses and believe they have a digital transformation strategy, yet less than a third “have a company wide strategy for sharing data”. → Read More