The best time to start was a year ago. The second-best time is now. Of course, I'm paraphrasing the famous Chinese proverb about planting trees. But the sentiment is true whether you're talking trees, reading more, drinking less or adding value to your brand.So, start doing these simple things today...
A night spent on a cold, hard terminal floor in Dallas wasn’t a part of the trip to Sydney that 300 Qantas passengers expected. Frustrated, they tweeted: “There was a mechanical fault with the plane which of course needs to be addressed (!!) but there is apparently *no other plane* and *no...
Analogies to Google Inc becoming Alphabet abound amid recent speculation that Facebook Inc. is planning to change its name — not the ubiquitous ‘app’, but the corporate wrapper it shares with Instagram, Snapchat, Oculus and others. A better choice might be Phillip Morris, which, beset by bad press and yearning to cleanse itself...
The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos, has begun in a San Francisco courtroom. Holmes sits accused of defrauding patients, doctors, and investors of more than $700 million — charges which she denies but which may land her in jail for up to 20 years. It’s...
Breaking promises has consequences, and Crown Resorts and its Melbourne Casino are under the microscope because they chose to break theirs to the government about how they would run the casino. Not because there weren’t enough people keeping watch. It’s like a kid stealing from the cookie jar, and now they’ve...
The supermarket giant, and more broadly Woolworths Group, is the target of a #boycottwoolworths social media campaign this week, after announcing its sponsorship of the “Thanks a Million” campaign. The program is designed to “thank everyone who has gone the extra mile” during the hellish year of bushfires and pandemic. So far, so good. The...
Going from being a plucky startup to admired social business isn’t a leap many make. Back in 2012, Who Gives A Crap founders Simon Griffiths, Jehan Ratnatunga and Danny Alexander decided to try and help some of the 2.5 billion people across the world who don’t have access to a...
On May 24, Rio Tinto blew up 46,000-year-old Indigenous rock shelters. Then, despite decimating the site in full knowledge of its incalculable value, the company seemed wholly unprepared for what followed. In response to the backlash, Iron Ore for Rio Tinto chief executive Chris Salisbury went on radio to defend the...
Photos of people in North Face apparel posing in remote locations were uploaded to Wikipedia pages. If you visited the Wikipedia page for Guarita State Park in South America a few weeks ago, you would have seen a lovely photo of the location featuring North Face clothing. No, Wikipedia didn’t sell...
Beverly told her boss she was pregnant and was fired. She wasn’t the only one, and her employer Amazon is currently navigating a slew of lawsuits from people who met the same fate. A story of the retail giant treating an employee badly is hardly an isolated incident. In order to keep...