Sometimes, ‘everything I’m doing is wrong’, says this $13b company’s CEO

Ed Chung may run giant software business TechnologyOne, but he freely admits that sometimes he strays off course and needs to reset.

Ed Chung is in the gym by 5am every morning, having risen at 4.30am. “It’s a Brisbane thing,” he says. Louise Kennerley

Sally Patten and Mandy Coolen

Updated Jul 8, 2025 – 10.46am, first published at 5.00am

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One of Ed Chung’s productivity hacks is to be organised.

The chief executive of TechnologyOne, one of Australia’s largest enterprise software companies, says his calendar for the new financial year is already set, and it is detailed. Importantly, Chung builds flexibility into his calendar, including the ability to rip a whole day up entirely if he feels like he has strayed off course. He also sets aside “GSD” or “get shit done” times.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.