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The first weekend of Oct was a long weekend for us. So, we took the opportunity for a family get away, making full use of the fabulous spring weather. The drive was about 3.5hrs – easy cruising. We tend to use the drive time for family chats and games – the old-fashioned ones like ‘I […]

There’s a new Motorway (M8) in Sydney which makes my trips to the airport even faster. In a recent trip, I had an early morning domestic flight (6:30am) and I was keen to catch the earlier 6am flight to get to my destination even earlier. I left home early enough and was making good progress

During a recent flight, I was asked a question by a flight attendant that certainly got my attention. On a 6:30am domestic flight after the breakfast service I was asked, “Tea, coffee or anything from the bar?” The person next to me did – he has been travelling from the US for a holiday. I

We just returned from a short family holiday at the Gold Coast (to our international readers, it is a popular beach-side holiday destination). One morning, I was walking on the beach with my younger son watching the sunrise when I noticed that he was drifting towards me as he walked along. I had also noticed

I try to streamline all processes associated with domestic business air travel. It helps to reserve my energy for more important things during the day. Pre-booking airport parking is one of those activities. I normally take a printout of the booking (yes, still a bit old-fashioned with certain things) and save the booking into my

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring a simplified framework on how to improve productivity in our personal lives. We’ve adopted tools, techniques and concepts that have helped the manufacturing sector to shift performance and productivity, for decades. Having explored how to identify opportunities first, then effectively prioritising initiatives to work on, today

We are familiar with the four stages of developing a new competency: unconsciously unaware; consciously unaware; consciously aware; and unconsciously aware. I’m living through this theory right now with my older son who recently got his learner driver’s licence – the L Plates. After about five hours into coaching him, I’ve gained two valuable insights:

I seem to have hit a patch of bad luck with my recent interstate travels: the flights that I’m on are frequently getting cancelled or delayed. It is even more frustrating especially on a Friday evening when I look forward to getting home to my family. Friday nights are often pizza nights, and my wife

One morning recently, I was in a queue for a coffee. I was observing the process and noticed that they had systemised it quite well. They had two extra people to help the barista – one before and one after. The person in front of the barista was taking the orders and placing the cups

If there is ever a need to improve our shopfloor team engagement, it’s now!  Why? In my conversations with Supply Chain leaders every week, I’ve heard the following to be what’s holding back businesses right now: Shortage of skilled labour. In fact, finding labour in general is tough now.Teams are constantly running with less people