Vale Dick Smith Foods

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Industry Disruption

Founder Declares Business Model  Dead After 19 years Dick Smith has announced the closure of his Eponymous food brand. Mr Smith is quoted as saying in AFR (27/7/18)  “this is terrible on a personal level….I’ve failed, I’ve failed” as he held back tears.  Why?  His...

Shock & Orr

by | Mar 27, 2018 | Industry Disruption

    The New Wonder Women “Shock & Orr” It’s always a special time when a new super hero is born.  After two week of intense testimony and questioning Australia has found a new Super Hero. This has come in the form of the mild mannered “senior...

Is This a Joke?

by | Mar 7, 2018 | Industry Disruption

  Episode 3: Is this a Joke? 80% of Bank Profits Go Back to Ordinary Australians? It is fair to say that up to 80% of bank profits go back to the big four banks shareholders. It does not take too much deduction to work out that this is not the same as 80% of profits...

Daddy’s Very Sad

by | Feb 27, 2018 | Industry Disruption

  Episode 2:Daddy’s Very Sad! I thought when I started with my Batman motif on misconduct and corruption in the financial services industry I would have to leverage a lot of poetic licence!  But as I read Patrick Durkin’ article in the AFR (26th Feb18) they are...