by Anna Ridgway | Nov 29, 2018 | blog, Business goals, Modern Slavery, SMEs, supply chains
ON FRIDAY Australia’s federal Parliament delivered landmark modern slavery legislation, which requires big businesses to act on slavery in their operations and supply chains. I was walking to the Collingwood Post Office as the Act was passed. En route, my eye...
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 14, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust, Managing across cultures
I had an opportunity to access a top-notch IT service provider for my business. If I hadn’t navigated successfully through some cultural differences, I might have lost it. It’s a common but avoidable occurrence: businesses torpedoing opportunities and...
by Anna Ridgway | Oct 5, 2015 | blog, Business goals
Do you have the right qualities to build a successful business in VET Training? Education, led by our vocational education and training (VET) sector, is Australia’s largest service export and its fourth export overall, worth $18.1 billion dollars in 2014-15. Even...
by Anna Ridgway | Aug 30, 2015 | blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust
Industry, government and training providers collaborating to build a future globally mobile workforce This week I attended the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) National Conference in Melbourne to see how our private vocational and higher...
by Anna Ridgway | May 6, 2015 | Adapting to change, blog, Business goals, Digital markets
It’s all about the MOOCs – realigning disruption with business and industry vision – edited extract from opening address to Churchill Club panel discussion 30 April Tonight’s forum grew out of one of those conversations at the bar – early last year,...
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 21, 2015 | blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust, Digital markets, Global dexterity, Marketing and social media, Social commentary
In this ‘digital trends around the world’ series, I’m sharing fascinating and useful insights into the world’s digital landscape, including how and why it’s evolved differently for different audiences and what this means for your business if...
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