From BHP’s $300 million nickel crisis to the reinvention of private banking, Geraldine Slattery and Susie Grehl reveal why the most dangerous move a leader can make in an era of rapid disruption is doing nothing at all. When Geraldine Slattery was making her way up through the ranks at BHP, her mentors encouraged her […]
Julie Inman Grant once taught “social media self-defence” to women in public life. Then came the online pile-on from Elon Musk’s followers – and she found herself taking her own advice. When eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant was branded Australia’s “censorship commissar” by Elon Musk in 2024, the fallout came fast: 75,000 posts in 24 […]
From a bruising family buyout to a sustainability revolution, Yalumba’s Hill-Smith family is playing the long game. Robert Hill-Smith doesn’t shy from the word “ambush” to describe what he did with his cousins – his friends – when he gathered them at a house in the Yalumba “Compound” to tell them he wanted to buy […]
Grace Forrest wants company directors and CEOs fined for failing to act on enslaved people in their supply chains. When you can buy a T-shirt for less than a sandwich, assume that slave labour has been used to make it, says Walk Free founder Grace Forrest. But even luxury goods should be presumed guilty, she […]
His daughter probably won’t vote for him. He won’t be premier, but if Jim Penman – the man behind Jim’s Mowing – can make his $10 million home worth less, he’ll be happy. Millionaire lawnmower Jim Penman says his house is worth too much and he wants to see the price come down. The Jim’s […]
Former Flamingo AI founder and Shark Tank shark Catriona Wallace says the fastest way to create better leaders isn’t business school – it’s psychedelics, ritual, and a conscious embrace of technology. When Catriona Wallace looked at the world’s most prominent leaders – think Trump, Putin, Netanyahu – she saw ego-driven boys, not elders. Her solution? […]
Scenic World and the Hammon family took on some of Australia’s wealthiest and won. Here’s how they grabbed the keys to BridgeClimb — and what they did next. When Anthea Hammon declared she wanted to be a mechanical engineer, her older brother David felt an enormous weight lift. He was off the hook. Anthea had […]
A decade after co-founding Pledge 1%, Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar is back at the helm—rallying unicorns and founders to bake giving into business from day one. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar is returning to lead the global philanthropic movement he helped launch a decade ago, becoming chair at Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% made the announcement today as […]
Coming out of the closet gave Talent CEO Mark Nielsen the courage to be a better businessman and the wisdom to know how to avoid the ‘Sunday Scaries’. From the time he was a child, Mark Nielsen knew he was different, but didn’t quite understand why. It would later turn out that a lot of […]
Growing up in Ireland, my dad often gave me puzzles to solve. I’d sit down to tackle them, and every time it was a familiar pattern: early progress, a rush of confidence, thinking I had the answer, and then – bam – a brick wall. This editor’s note first appeared in Issue 12 of Forbes […]