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At about 6 am one winter morning in 2021 at our local coffee shop, I was asked, "what precisely do you do?" I stumbled in my response,...

There is a lot of movement in the market as people take on new challenges after a couple of years of stagnation. Many people are moving...

This year I have met and presented to a range of organisations on how to create a Cyber strategy. Here are some thoughts on cybersecurity...

The majority of people have returned to the office for some of their working week, and organisations are now looking at longer-term...

Covid visited our home this week, like many others this year. We are all ok. The isolation served me well. I roamed in the front of the...

Last week I ran a workshop with eighty of Coupa’s most senior client executives from North America. We spent two and half hours during...

Google completed a study on effective teams several years ago and found these five factors contribute significantly to a team's success....

Almost every week, I am contacted by someone experiencing a role change imposed on them, considering changing roles, or would like to be...

Tesla has changed the automotive industry, and some competitors are catching up. Telsa proved that electric cars could be for everyone....

In December 2021, changes were made to Australian Directors Standards, requiring clear stepping stones that demonstrate an ongoing uplift...

My wife and I wake on most mornings at six am and visit our favourite coffee shop, as do many other people. Over the past three years,...

As we open up, events are moving back in person, and my workshops are too. Here are some reflections on switching from on-screen to...

Here are some reflections from a range of conversations with leaders over the past couple of months as they looked into a new year....

The implication for Australian company directors is they now appear more cyber-liable. Directors can no longer turn a blind eye or cite...

Last week, an organisation contacted me enquiring about what technology would enhance their customers' experience. It is similar to...

In March 2022, CNA Financial in the US paid a record $40 million in ransomware for a cyber-attack due to malware linked to a Russian...

There is so much going on and here is some of what I am thinking about. CYBER IQ Cyber-attacks continue to increase, “cyber partisans”...

As my close friends refer to him, my dad, BIG John, passed away on Friday the 21 January 2022 at 9.49 pm. Dad was born in 1938 at Benella...

Season greetings... while working at Microsoft within International IT, I learned how the Gates Foundation through education was ending...

Cyber-attacks are asymmetric in nature, with hackers having low risk, defenders high risks and an impossibly large surface area to...