There’s a long way to go before artificial intelligence can match the authenticity, let alone the sentience of humans.

Things to consider about commitment when you’re offered a position as a director on a not-for-profit board.

Volatility in investments has a fantastic habit of creating winners from sinners and losers from choosers.

The political right and left don’t matter anymore. The only thing that matters is what’s right.

Voters elected new independents in 2022 Australian who could redefine the shape of contemporary conservatism.

Australian election 2022 - the nation sleeps waiting for the big idea

Public donations at a local Grill’d burger joint might just be an indicator of the environmental priorities of the community.

Writing the board playbook for a micro-organisation is to walk across the jagged ridge line between between the established roles of board and management.

Your career path can take you to unexpected places. That’s good for you a good for new perspectives you can bring to a different field of work.

Greenwashing. The trick for not-for-profit boards will be to rinse off the soap to identify genuine partnership and shared commitment to a common purpose with corporate funders.

Sitting on the verandah watching the world go by is a sure way to go nuts in retirement. Planning and patience are the key to achieving fulfilment in your latter years.

Not-for-profits are purpose-built to elevate and deliver on the hopes and aspirations of even those who cannot afford to pay for it. They will always own purpose.

As a matter of life and death, the COVID pandemic has delivered some pretty tough lessons for those professional communicators who seek to change or influence human behaviour.

Reflections on Ageism Awareness Day and how it should broaden its narrow focus on discrimination against older people.

Politics point to the almost inevitability that Australia will commit to net zero carbon emissions at COP26. The Morrison government will want put COVID behind it and woo inner city electorates on climate.

Sovereignty is now linked to manufacturing. This makes the Abbott government’s decision to euthanase the Australian auto industry look pretty naive.

Will the demand for writing diminish to almost the point of irrelevance to a generation consuming podcasts, images, vlogs and acronyms?

Exploring the difference between a socially cool startup and the less glamorous endeavour of running a small business.

Retirement savings can be dented by paying for excess insurance in your super fund in late career.

Diversity of membership for merging super funds must focus not only on the ‘acquisition’ of new members so they’re ‘stapled’, but also having a large base of older and wealthier members for when the staples fall out.