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The hardest part of AI transition has nothing to do with AI

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Should you take a pay cut to work for a company with a better purpose or more aligned values?

The Future-Proof Talent Model – Final Post – Earn the right to a conversation

ChatGPT’s New Image Generator – next level!

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We need to redefine productivity

Last Sunday morning I found myself on my back patio, coffee in hand, Mount Elliot in the distance. And I’m working. I’ve got a big ...

How far in the future does this scenario play out?

Are we talking 5 years? 18 months? A week from Tuesday? Watch the video to find out. #AI #EmailAgents #DailyBriefs #Robots #CuteAustralianCattleDogs #WisprFlow #NotebookLM

Australia is waking up to AI – and beginning to panic

Are We Sleepwalking Into a Jobs Crisis? What Joe Hockey’s Warning Means for Your Career (Watch my Today Show segment in the clip above — ...

The hardest part of AI transition has nothing to do with AI

Everyone’s talking about the technology. But I’ve watched enough transitions to know: the tech is the easy part. The hard part is whether your people ...

What would you like me to cover next?

Something shifted in Australia a few months ago. It’s like the whole country woke up one morning, looked at AI, and said: “Right — I ...

Should you take a pay cut to work for a company with a better purpose or more aligned values?

I was on the Today Show last Saturday talking about exactly that – and the numbers might surprise you. According to the The Australian Financial ...

The Future-Proof Talent Model – Final Post – Earn the right to a conversation

This is the final post in my Future-Proofed Talent Model series, following the infographic above Last week I told you to fish where they swim, ...

ChatGPT’s New Image Generator – next level!

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I am all about Claude these days except when it comes to generating images. ...

How Great Leaders Change Lives and Build Extraordinary Teams

This woman changed my life in 1994. I was an absolutely miserable accountant, failing at every job I’d had, when I called my friend Deb ...

Fish Where the Fish Are

The best candidate for your open role may not be on SEEK. They’re probably not updating their LinkedIn profile because they’re not actively looking for ...

Must have AI Tools – Today Extra Appearance

In today’s EveryDay AI newsletter, I’m sharing this morning’s appearance on Today Extra. It was a challenge to talk about new AI tools, how they’re ...

Atlassian’s CPO/AI Move + The Communication That Still Hasn’t Happened

Atlassian Put AI Under the CPO. That Matters More Than the Layoffs. On 11 March 2026, Atlassian made global headlines for the wrong reasons. Six ...

Defining the Employee Archetype

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been refining the Future-Proof Talent Model. Not changing the thinking behind it — just honing it. Making it sharper, ...

ChatGPTs New Image Generator

If you’re like me, you’ve been frustrated with AI image generators. They get spellings wrong all the time. They are inconsistent in following the prompts. ...

Introducing The Future-Proof Talent Model

Tell me if this sounds familiar… Someone leaves. A manager panics. HR gets a brief. A job ad goes live. Or…we decide to add headcount ...

4 AI truths that should make every leader pay attention

I’ve spent most of the last month working and traveling across the U.S. It’s been brilliant. It’s also been busy. So I haven’t been able ...

Your Hiring Process Isn’t Outdated. It’s Broken

For years, I’ve said the same thing: Talent acquisition needs to be reimagined. Not tweaked Not “optimised.” Reimagined. And now, with AI accelerating change, organisations ...

The AI Blind Spots Holding Back Mortgage Brokers (and Most Businesses)

In March, I completed a 5-city roadshow with mortgage brokers through Connective, and three things became very clear. Most mortgage brokers are still experimenting with ...

NotebookLM Data Tables

I saved the worst for last! lol Seriously, my engineering and accounting friends may absolutely love this feature. You can tell in the video that ...

The Organisations Winning Talent in 2026 Are Designing Work Differently

I spent the long Easter weekend diving into the 2026 The Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Places to Work Awards. What stood out to me ...

The Ice Is Melting Whether You’re Ready or Not

Standing on the shore of Green Bay on Easter Monday, watching ice break apart on the water. I’d left Australia two weeks ago — heading ...

Easter Sunday Today Show: Global Conflict, Fuel Demand, Workplaces and What It Means for Australia

The Easter Sunday Today spot where we discussed:🔹 Impact of the Iranian conflict on Australia🔹 Workplace scenarios playing out overseas to reduce demand on fuel🔹 ...

NotebookLM’s Infographic Feature

Need something to play with over the Easter Weekend? Try NotebookLM’s Infographic feature. I warn you – it’s addictive! In fact, all of NotebookLM is ...

Adopt AI or you’re out!

PwC s CEO just told their partners, adopt AI or you’re out. Awkward timing. Because PwC’s own research, published just weeks earlier, found that 56% ...

Your prompts called – they want you back in 2022.

Recently I’ve been experimenting with leveling up my prompt engineering – and I have to say the difference in the thoroughness, competeness and quality has ...

Atlassian, AI and the End of Career Complacency

If you’re reading about Atlassian’s 1,600 layoffs thinking, “That couldn’t happen to me,” I’d gently push back. This was one of the most admired employer ...

The Smart Way to Use AI as a Professional Speaker (And Win More Opportunities)

Professional speakers: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. Right now, most speakers are ...

Claude Cowork – a Truly Useful Agentic AI!

This video demonstrates Claude Cowork, a new capability by Claude and a truly useful agentic AI. One of the many reasons I switched from ChatGPT ...

AI Strategies Every Professional Speaker Needs to Know in 2026

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀! According to the experts, we all have about 1 year to get our heads around how to use AI in our ...

AI Layoffs or Real Transformation? What Atlassian Reveals About the Future of Work

𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜. That’s the paradox at the centre of the biggest workforce ...

AI and the Future of Work: How to Stay Adaptable, Relevant, and In Demand

𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. Yesterday on Nine’s Today Extra, I shared my take on how to ...

The Atlassian Case Study: AI, Trust and the Future of Work & Leadership

What started as a high-profile layoff story has quickly become something much bigger: a real-time lesson in AI disruption, leadership under pressure, workforce trust, and ...

The Atlassian Layoffs: AI Disruption, Broken Values, and the CEO Survival Crisis

Why the Atlassian restructure is the defining case study of how companies are getting the AI transition wrong — and what the alternative looks like. ...

When Brands Lose Trust Consumers Vote With Their Feet — More on the ChatGPT Exodus

I caught myself referring to my AI as “him.” That’s when I realised this technology has stopped feeling like software and started feeling personal. Which ...

Where will your leadership pipeline come from in the Age of AI?

My first day as a new grad at KPMG in 1988, I was handed a 300-page inventory register and told to add it up. With ...

Are you ready to #QuitGPT? Here’s how.

Millions of people are leaving ChatGPT. Here’s why – and how to make the move without losing anything. Two things happened recently that crossed a ...
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