The Wesfarmer’s AGM has always had a liberal dose of royal show about it. The mum and dad (and increasingly grandmum and granddad) shareholders lap up the Coles sausage rolls, the Blackwoods chocolate toolkit and the Bunnings showbag as much as the chance to gain...
Every day, squads of analysts and experts are deployed in the unending pursuit of establishing toeholds of future insight so that Executives and Boards can do what they are paid to do – make decisions that best drive value creation. And what is everyone’s...
The ABC recently ran a story about the Australian discus thrower, Dani Stevens. The performance of all female discus athletes over time was displayed in the below chart. This image is a great example of turning data into information through graphics. Representing...
Why does your business exist? What is its purpose? It’s something I always ask clients as the answer provides the true north for all decisions, whether strategic or operational. A seemingly logical question yet it is not uncommon to find that the leadership of a...
A case study on the economics of premium food. In the late 1990’s, Scottish archaeologists unearthing the Vaults of Edinburgh discovered an interesting insight into the eating habits of the early 19th century inhabitants – thousands upon thousands of oyster shells. To...
