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Super-recognisers can identify faces even if they are flipped upside-down or presented at a different angle.

Are you a super-recogniser? The science of superior facial processing

People’s ability to recall faces is a crucial skill in business. But it also falls within a spectrum – from those with relative blindness to outperformers.

February

Jacques Greeff with brother Frank, who is a ex-chef and young rich lister, are on a mission to meet all the founders in Australia making more than $10m a year.  He has been cooking lunches at his Northern Beaches home for founders.

The hottest VC ticket in Sydney is an invite to this founder’s brunch

No plus ones, no alcohol, and no hard sales pitches. There is a 230-person waiting list for Frank and Jacques Greeff’s invite-only founders’ table.

October 2024

LinkedIn has pushed for more engaging content for years, luring influencer-types while encouraging people to post more often.

Reddit’s ‘LinkedIn Lunatics’ shames the platform’s creepiest posts

On the subreddit, 670,000 members lament the rise of “insufferable” content on the Microsoft-owned professional networking site.

September 2024

Jodie Haydon and Anthony Albanese take pride of place next to Andrew Dillon at the commissioner’s lunch in the Olympic Room at the MCG on Saturday.

Albo keeps it in the family at the AFL commissioner’s lunch

You can’t buy a ticket to Aussie rules’ most exclusive grand final function, so there are few better tests of relevance than trying to score an invitation.

August 2024

Making a place: The Pillars cofounders (excluding Jonathan Lui), from left Bradley Delamare, Cherryl Mack, Matthew Browne, Emma Bloomfield, and Steve Grace.

The faces behind Sydney’s new $10m members’ club

For $20,000 a year, members of Australia’s new tech and funding community club can take an ice bath, or breastfeed, in a space of their own.

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July 2024

Paris is ready for the Olympics.

‘Bleisure’ travel boom gives these fans the best of both worlds

Corporate travel spending is tightening up, but the Olympics is one invitation people won’t say ‘no’ to.

February 2024

Inside the London premises of 67 Pall Mall.

How this banker supersized his wine-bar dream

There’s a new club in town. 67 Pall Mall started in London, went to Switzerland and Singapore and is about to cut concrete in Melbourne.

January 2024

The only groups that are acceptable are the ones that exist purely for filthy, appalling and frankly unacceptable jokes.

There’s only one thing worse than WhatsApp – and that’s a WhatsApp group

Instant messaging services have now made the very idea of just calling someone unacceptable.

December 2023

Seen here in Singapore, now coming to Melbourne: 67 Pall Mall Club is a private members’ club for wine lovers.

Australia’s first venue for exclusive London wine club’s about to open

Developer Ross Pelligra is counting on the country’s inaugural 67 Pall Mall to invigorate his closed 85 Spring Street office building in Melbourne’s CBD.

Soho House is coming: here’s the type of member they have in mind

Markus Anderson is a master connector with friends in high places and is helping to bring the elite members-only club for creatives to Australia.

November 2023

Walker Wayland, the previous auditors, told the board in March they should seek “safe-harbour” provisions

Exclusive Sydney car club faces collapse as it posts $770,000 loss

The warning comes after eight directors resigned this year from the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and its prior auditors, Walker Wayland, quit.

August 2023

How to get onto an elite arts or sports board, the ultimate power move

It’s the golden ticket to the in-crowd. But joining the decision-making team of a top-tier not-for-profit isn’t easy. Here’s the way to jump the queue.

August 2022

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This simple trick will make networking less stressful

Hate that feeling of walking into a large conference hall and seeing a sea of people you don’t know? Here are two strategies to help you to start networking.

July 2022

LinkedIn

Hacks to make your LinkedIn profile safe

LinkedIn has dozens of data, privacy and advertising settings you can control. Where to start? This guide takes you through the most important ones.

June 2022

Mark Bouris, Daniel Hakim and Kirsten Carriol at a new club which welcomes women - Club of United Business (CUB) - which has opened a new Sydney venue above Louis Vuitton in the CBD

Mark Bouris’ new venture aims to kill off the old boys’ clubs

Yellow Brick Road’s executive chairman Mark Bouris has acquired a major stake in the Club of United Business as it takes advantage of the demise of male-only clubs.

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March 2022

Royal Sydney Golf Course has announced plans to modify its proposal to remove 569 trees.

Rob Priestley puts best foot forward for Royal Sydney

For those willing to brave the fiendishness of getting accepted, membership grants entry into one of Sydney’s most exquisite networking opportunities.

June 2021

CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin: “I thought I had turned off the Zoom call.”

Chief legal analyst returns to CNN after Zoom masturbation incident

Jeffrey Toobin apologised for his ‘moronic’ behaviour seven months after exposing himself to his former New Yorker colleagues.

May 2021

Tim Fung, the CEO of Airtasker,  has breakfast with Sally Patten at Bowery Lane in Sydney.

At Airtasker, the coffee is on CEO Tim Fung

The company has set up tabs at nearby cafes to encourage staff to collaborate and network over a beverage.

March 2021

Tigerhall’s mentoring app has just launched in Australia.

Need a career mentor? There’s an app for that

There’s a new online start-up connecting workers with business leaders and sports stars, one aimed at capitalising on remote employees’ growing demand for coaching.

How do you go about changing careers in a pandemic?

How to change jobs in a pandemic

Job seekers have been forced to get creative and experts agree there are opportunities out there for those prepared to go to market. Here are their top five tips on changing careers in a pandemic.

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