Hyve Australia 2024

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Avondale is proud to be partnering with a number of Chrisian enterprises to being you Hyve Australia 2024. Building on the initial Hyve held earlier in 2023 (Click here to watch a short report of Hyve 2023), the call is out to all business professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators to register …

Book Review: Right Kind of Wrong

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Is there a right way to fail? And a right kind of wrong? Amy Edmonson certainly believes so and makes her case in her recently released book Right kind of wrong: Why learning to fail can teach us to thrive (2023, Cornerstone Press). Amy Edmonson, a professor at Harvard Business …

I’m Not Ok

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

I’ve recently noticed an increase in the number of colleagues expressing feelings of exhaustion and burnout. Apparently, it is much more common that I thought. A June 2023 report by Deloitte Insights [READ IT HERE] finds that most employees are struggling. Based on a survey of 2150 people across the …

Outcomes Not Outputs

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

It is no surprise to us to hear the workplace has changed, especially given the rate of technological innovation being introduced and that we are still yet to face. Many of us are still trying to make sense of it all. A recent online article from Deloitte Insights (READ IT …

Strategic Minds

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

A recent article by Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson, published online in INSEAD (READ IT HERE) advocates strongly for strengthening the link between strategy-making and governance. They note that boards are often comprised of directors with skills, knowledge, and experience, but who frequently lack a strategic mindset. But when such …

Boards and AI

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

While managers manage and boards govern, the board does retain ultimate responsibility for the organisation and its performance. Most recently this includes responsibility for the role of generative AI in the organization, noting that generative AI is developing at lighting speed and is being rapidly adopted across all industries. A …