Buying To Borrowing: The Benefits Of The Latest Retail Trend
By: Michael McQueen
The age of minimalism and Marie Kondo is well and truly upon us and the latest disruption in the retail industry reveals its efforts to keep up. Read more
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5 Signs You’ve Become a Victim of Your Own Success
By: Michael McQueen
The unprecedented success of the iPhone is a globally recognised fact. It is known to have broken profitability records, dominated its competition and overwhelmed the market. It is likely that you are reading this article through the screen of an iPhone, and it is equally as likely that if you glance around you will see several more similar to yours in the hands of commuters or crowds or co-workers.
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How To Engage The Millennial Market
By: Michael McQueen
Raised in an age of media and advertising, Millennials are highly attuned to the old techniques of marketers. The strategies that once stood as tried-and-true have aged into transparent tricks in the eyes of the younger cohort.
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5 Ways to maximise your next brainstorming session
By: Michael McQueen
While the notion of brainstorming is far from unfamiliar, the reality is that many corporate brainstorming sessions are far from effective.
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Enjoying Downtime Without Experiencing a Downturn
By: Michael McQueen
As we draw to the end of another year, if you’re anything like me you’re looking forward to downing tools, closing up the laptop and switching off from all things work. Read more
5 Megatrends That Will Dominate the next Decade
By: Michael McQueen
Any experienced surfer knows how important it is to keep one eye fixed on the horizon. While a wave is still forming a long way off, that is the time to start paddling, to get into position and get ready. Leave it too long or fail to move at all, and you’ll be wiped out as the wave crashes you. Read more
5 Ways Dyson Australia Tripled Their Business in 5 Years
By: Michael McQueen
I’ve been a Dyson fan for many years. I vividly remember the day my wife and I purchased one of their iconic bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaners shortly after we got married. It was amazing. Everything from the packaging to the product design and performance were impossible to fault. Read more
5 Ways Bureaucracy Will Kill Your Business
By: Michael McQueen
When German political economist Max Weber first devised the bureaucratic theory of management in the late 19th century, his intention was to combat the nepotism and unproductiveness rife in the family-run businesses of the day. Read more
The 7 Tests of True Mastery
By: Michael McQueen
It appears we have never had so many experts roaming the planet than in our modern age.
As I trawl through the LinkedIn profiles of my contacts, everyone it seems is a ‘specialist’, ‘sought-after authority’ or ‘expert’ at something – some even manage to specialise in pretty much everything! Read more
5 Truths School Leavers Need to Be Told
By: Michael McQueen
With the next crop of school leavers about to flood into the ‘real world’, here are 5 truths they must be told (and may not have learned at school). Read more