WA Leaders Podcast with Richard Kain
Born in New Zealand, Richard Kain grew up loving science at school, moving on to medical school. From there he worked all around the land of the long white cloud, and then over to the National Health Service in the UK, before landing in Fremantle, WA in 1993. By 2006, he was up in Karratha, where he set up Complete Corporate Health. Read More…
WA Leaders Podcast with Dawn Russell from The Heartware Group
Dawn Russell is on a mission to make sure every business fits the right people into the right roles, to maximise their happiness and success at work. Established in 2010, her company The Heartware Group has access to an exclusive system to make this happen. Read More…
The Future of Leadership: Data-Driven, Human-Centered, and Evolved
The question isn’t whether leadership is evolving. It already has. The future of leadership isn’t about choosing between data or
intuition—it’s about using both to build stronger teams, drive better performance, and create more engaged workplaces.
Why the Next Generation of Leaders Must Master Both People AND Data.
Leadership is evolving. Instinct alone is no longer enough. The best leaders of the future will be those who
seamlessly blend human insight with behavioural data to drive performance, engagement, and innovation.
The old leadership model: gut-feeling decisions, rigid hierarchies, and one-size-fits-all management is dead.
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Host your Festive Work Party with Juniper Wines
Looking for ideas to host your Festive Work party?
Why not try a wine blending experience? Juniper Wines will transform your boardroom into "The Blending Room." In this interactive
experience, teams of 4–5 will craft a red wine from three individual batches to create their own unique blend. Once complete, the
competition begins. You'll pitch your creation, and your colleagues will judge. Only one team will claim the bragging rights. A lively
and engaging experience perfect for office celebrations, fostering connection, creativity, and a festive spirit.
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Unlocking Growth: How SMEs Can Unlock Growth With A Four-Person Offshore Hub
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the challenge of growth is rarely a lack of opportunity—it is the constraint of resources.
Building capacity in sales, marketing, finance, and administration is essential to scale, yet domestic labour costs make this difficult to
achieve quickly. Establishing an offshore hub provides a structural solution: it enables SMEs to expand capability without inflating
overheads, unlocking commercial value by freeing capital for growth.
A simple but powerful example involves four key support roles—sales support, digital marketing, accounts administration, and executive
assistance. In Australia, employing this combination of staff would typically exceed $300,000 annually in wages and on-costs. Through an
offshore hub, the same four roles can be secured for $36,000 each per annum, fully employed and integrated, representing a total investment
of around $145,000. This cost differential transforms the economics of scale.
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WA Leaders Podcast with Paul Mulroney from Logical Developments
Originally from Queensland, where his parents were in market gardening, Paul Mulroney moved with his family to Western Australia when he was
14, meeting his future wife Caroline at school.
Playing in a band in the early 1990s, a fellow band member had a customised software development business but suffered from chronic fatigue
syndrome. With money that had been set aside to buy their first house, Paul and his wife bought over the business and have been running it
ever since.
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WA Leaders Podcast with Tony Friday from Brainbox
Set up 8 years ago, Brainbox employs 200 staff in the Philippines working for Brainbox clients. Not your normal outsourcing business, every staff member is embedded into their clients' business, and works for them exclusively. Before establishing this business, Tony worked as a maths teacher, then in IT before consulting, and then as a CEO of a regional council. His top tip for business leaders is to be kind. Read More…
Your Personal Brand: Now Your Business’s Biggest Asset
In today’s business landscape, growing a strong personal brand and reputation is more important than ever – even more important than it used to be.
ation is more important than ever – even more important than it used to be. A dramatic example comes from Silicon Valley: former
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati recently raised a staggering $2 billion for her six-month-old startup Thinking
Machines Lab, at a valuation of $10 billion. Here’s the kicker:
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