by chriscurnow | Oct 19, 2005 | Uncategorized
Catherine Fox, in this month’s BOSS magazine reviews Anne Manne’s book Motherhood. I’m saddened by her undoubtably accurate observation: I’m happy to agree with Manne’s conclusion that our obsession with work has gone too far –...
by chriscurnow | Sep 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
I have had several conversations lately regarding the loneliness of leadership. Most of these have involved people struggling to get a new business idea off the ground. You look around and you see new, seemingly successful businesses springing up everywhere. Quite...
by chriscurnow | Aug 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
The Australian federal education minister, Brendan Nelson has embarked on an exercise in populist political power by demanding all schools in Australia issue reports ranking students against their class mates. There is no doubt parents find it hard to understand...
by chriscurnow | Aug 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
Tracee Hutchinson writing in The Age last Saturday (Infidelity is just not cricket, Shane) rightly points out that Australian criketer Shane Warne’s off field behaviour has seriously affected many womens’ ability to enjoy the games in which he is involved....
by chriscurnow | Aug 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
Muslim cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika has stirred up a hornets nest with his reported statements that Islamic law must, for him, take precedence over Ausralian law. Hmm? Surely all major religions take the same view. Indeed you don’t even have to be religious to...
