Category: Insight Edge

By ‘any Australian business’ Mak points especially to those that are data-rich or dependent on data as part of their core activities. He points to real estate businesses, professional services firms, hospital and healthcare providers, utilities and essential services. To put cyber risk where it belongs, front of mind, Mak says companies need four things: […]

On going it alone 7 Risks Every Entrepreneur Must Take, Jayson Demers, Entrepreneur.com How to take smart risks as an entrepreneur, Forbes Magazine Why entrepreneurs are the most risk-averse people on the planet, Paul B Brown, inc.com On cybersecurity 2015 Global Cybersecurity Status Report, ISACA Cybersecurity: The new business priority, PWC Consulting SMEs and Cyber […]

Focusing only on reducing the ‘danger’ reduces the potential for upside. And the upside of risk is opportunity, innovation and new possibilities. On the other hand, chasing opportunity without an honest understanding of the downside and managing for it, can increase the danger of bad things happening, and leave organisations poorly prepared when they do. […]

In this month’s Insight Edge we examine risk: What can we learn in business and life about risk? What does it mean for Australian business leaders today? Has it become a dirty word, that paralyses creative problem solving and stifles innovation? Is there work that leaders can be doing in the space before risk management […]

When Peter Hall founded Hunter Hall in 1993, his was one of only two ethical investment funds in Australia. He launched his first fund in 1994 managing $1 million. Australian Ethical held $60 million. Today, the company is one of Australia’s largest dedicated ethical funds in a sector worth over $629.5 billion. Half of the […]

Money. It’s the reason most of us turn up to work. But once the money is right (and the gender pay gap is closed) it is rarely how much we are paid that keeps us focused or encourages us to excel at the work we are paid for. This is good news for employers because pay […]

Running a successful business is not just about making money. You have to manage it right. Ashley McGuirk, Director of Business and Management Advisers, Core Business, gives his eight steps to build the financial health of your organisation. BY KIRSTEN LEES We asked Ashley Mcguire to share his insights on what business leaders must do […]

We ask AIM Members a few tricky questions about themselves and their businesses. Charlie Elliot, new AIMbassador CHARLIE ELLIOTT, STUDENT AIMBASSADOR, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Charlie is the second Student AIMbassador who will spread the insights, knowledge and value that Membership of AIM, Australia’s top leadership organisation, can offer at any stage of your career.   WHAT IS […]

BY KIRSTEN LEES While we were researching ethics for this month’s Insight Edge we found these talks, papers and opinion pieces that are too good not to share. ON ETHICAL LEADERSHIP Five traits of an ethical leader. What are the qualities of an ethical leader and how might someone with those qualities think and act? (The Conversation) […]

Andrew Hill, writing in the Financial Times. New developments in technology mean we can observe brain activity and identify brain patterns real time and in response to different stimuli. Neuroscientists have experimented with what happens in the brain when a person is faced with an ethical or moral dilemma. If we can observe and measure ethical […]