How Bowens nailed hardware home delivery
Family owned Bowens’ Uber inspiration has shaken up the staid world of hardware delivery and it’s all thanks to a chance conversation with the former boss of electronics chain JB Hi-Fi.
Leadership
Directors don’t trust Canberra, concerns growing
Company directors are increasingly distrustful of the federal government and are being worn down by new regulation, the results of an industry survey show.
How letting go augments Stevens’ reality
It has taken more than a decade and a half for Angus Stevens to summon the courage to talk publicly about the horror of the day he came close to death while fulfilling a dream of flying.
Genocide survivor rallies support for Rwandans’ future
Thirty years after Jean Nepomuscene Sibomana escaped the massacre of his family, the Rwandan has sought Australian support for his country in a speech to business leaders.
Create ‘world you want to see’ through investments
A third-generation member of the billionaire Besen family has issued a rallying call to wealthy Australians to be more thoughtful about where they invest their money.
At 55, he started the world’s most important company
Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded a business that’s indispensable to the global economy. What can other middle-aged entrepreneurs learn from him?
The wine dynasty departure which moulded a mental health crusade
Pip Brown was born into a winemaking dynasty but childhood anguish led her in a different direction – and she’s channelled that pain, and technology, to help fill a need in the mental health field.
Westpac CEO walks a costly path out of tech wilderness
Bank tech overhauls are dangerously complex, eye-wateringly expensive and are never delivered on time. So why move now?
Solomon Lew’s retail revolution: behind the three-way split
The billionaire retailer is again turning convention on its head, with the path to getting bigger could be by going smaller.
‘I lost $13bn’: How NAB’s boss reset banking
After four decades running banks across the world, there’s one thing that stands out for Ross McEwan.
Star casino boss takes on ultimate highwire act
The next six months represent a make-or-break moment for the fallen casino operator.
Chiefs now forced to face growing number of issues
The gender pay gap is the latest of many items on the agenda the modern chief executive has to confront.
Female-focused companies ‘among worst’ in gender pay
Companies and brands that are marketed toward women have some of the biggest gender pay gaps in the country, according to the landmark government report.
No Rokt launch as Coles veteran stays
Terry Bowen will stay on the Coles board after deciding against retirement and a senior executive role with US-based technology unicorn Rokt.
‘Hangman’s choice’: CEOs forced to take a stand
Former CBA boss David Murray says regulation and boards adopting ‘ESG woke agendas’ are making the job of the modern CEO impossible.
Forrest blames green move for executive exodus
Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has blamed an exodus of senior bosses on the transition from a ‘fossil fuel-burning company to a green energy company’.
This will be AI’s year of big impact: Telstra boss
Investor interest in AI is white-hot. US chip designer Nvidia broke through a $3 trillion valuation last week. Australians companies seek to capitalise.
‘Forget cupcakes’: business on notice
The most senior Liberal woman has put corporate Australia on notice ahead of the first set of private sector employer gender pay gaps that will be released on Tuesday.
Brusque Bansal: The man driving Stokes’ Boral takeover
Half of Boral’s senior execs have left since Vik Bansal became boss, but the polarising CEO has doubled profits and drawn a $3.1bn takeover offer from the Stokes family.
Retainers and robots ‘the future for smart people’
There is lot of money to be lost in AI, warns tech rich lister Adrian Di Marco, but the next ‘quantum leap’ in the sector will see people paid very differently.
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