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Business | Leadership & Communication
Game-Storming – “Play to get ideas”
Game storming can lead to serious business results: I used game storming in an energy company to bring people to work together and remove communication barriers. Teaming is great and with the right simulation I managed to draw engagements and participation from all levels in meetings and discussions. The biggest problem is not playing the…
6 Sep 2018, by Informa InsightsBusiness | Leadership & Communication
Are you a Disruptor?
Be a disruptor and not be disrupted: Disruptive innovators are constantly creating new values and additional improvements after the repeated iterations of its product or service. So, how has your company been affected by disruptive innovation? According to business thought leaders, executives must be aware of disruptive innovation so as to anticipate innovations that could…
6 Sep 2018, by Informa InsightsBusiness | Leadership & Communication
Why you think the way you do?
Different preferences in solving problems: We as individuals or groups are often called upon to solve challenges, make decisions and think creatively. Are you or your group required to do the following? Build innovative teams Increase collaboration and communication Develop leaders Train thinking and creativity skills Coach executives, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs If the answer is…
6 Sep 2018, by Informa InsightsBusiness | Leadership & Communication
Lessons from an ICT strategy meeting veteran
When it comes to presenting in board and executive meetings, ISACA USA's Tim Mason admits he has made every mistake in the book. “Trust me when I say when I’ve graduated from the ‘school of hard knocks’”, says Tim, ahead of Oceania CACS 2018. The ICT strategy meeting veteran says he took years to find…
30 Aug 2018, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Leadership & Communication | Transport & Logistics
The yoga of rail
In an industry defined by rules, rigor and regulation it is often difficult to challenge the corporate traditions of rail. Much like train tracks, the sector is notoriously linear and logical; with objective decision-making and short-term operational demands often taking precedence over more transformative leadership efforts. On top of that, the high degree of multi-tasking…
22 May 2018, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Healthcare | Leadership & Communication
Become more charismatic and watch your aesthetic business grow
“Aesthetic clinicians with charisma have more clients, can charge higher consultation fees and are more likely to be referred to friends, even in spite of average service”, according to Nicole Montgomery of Trusted Surgeons. The sales catchphrase, ‘people buy people, not products’ appears to be even more emphasized in the cosmetic industry – customers justifiably…
14 May 2018, by Amy SarcevicEducation | Leadership & Communication | Technology
Lifting Australia’s innovation performance
For the last two and a half decades Australia has enjoyed sustained economic growth, booming employment and favourable living standards. But in more recent years, the country’s high labour costs have forced many companies to source products and services overseas, leading to a slump in Australian productivity. With increasingly tough competition from developing nations this…
21 Aug 2017, by Informa InsightsLeadership & Communication | Occupational Health & Safety
Looking into the future of Safety Leadership and Culture
"Health & Safety shouldn’t be seen as an overhead for the business" At the upcoming Safety In Action Conference in Melbourne, Wayne Richards, General Manager Group HSEQ at Transdev will present a case study on how Transdev has reassessed their safety structure and will outline the steps that they plan to take to improve their…
29 May 2017, by Informa InsightsLeadership & Communication
Getting to know your inner-psychopath – why it’s hard to be good with money
Can we have too much of a good thing? When it comes to money, the answer in the Psychology community is increasingly ‘yes’. Psychologists have amassed considerable evidence for a causal link between money and self-interested behavior. Well-off people are statistically more likely to cheat in a game, less likely to help a passerby and,…
25 May 2017, by Informa InsightsLeadership & Communication
The language of finance – is it skewing our moral compass?
The language used within the banking and finance sector - whether it be in a company's annual report or face-to-face during a business transaction - is becoming increasingly technical, abstract, and morally and ethically neutral. Terms like Collateralized Debt Obligation and Global Financial Crisis are more frequently referred to by their acronyms CDO and GFC,…
8 May 2017, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
