The Class of 2030 Hasn’t Started
Australian trade apprenticeship commencements fell for a third year while completions hit records. Only one of those numbers tells you anything about 2030.
When Trust Breaks Down in Organisations, It’s Never the Trust That Broke
AUSTRAC found the same names across unrelated loan files. When trust breaks down in organisations it’s never the trust that broke. It’s the layer nobody checks.
The World’s Fastest-Growing Megacities Are Now in Africa, and the Ripple Effects Are Already Here
Of today’s 100 largest cities, only 24 will still be growing by 2100. Twelve are in Africa. Morris Misel on the ripple effects of the world’s urban gravity shift, and what it means for Australian organisations.
PTFA: Past Trauma, Future Anxiety. Why Organisations Get Stuck
When the past runs the room and the future feels threatening, organisations cannot learn or prepare. PTFA names the pattern, and that is how you begin to move through it.
Inhabitable Futures: The Framework for Building Futures People Can Actually Live In
The measure of a good future is not whether it is efficient or technologically impressive. It is whether the people living inside it can trust it, navigate it, and retain their dignity.
Yeah Nah, We’ve Always Known This
The Oxford English Dictionary added 12 Australian English new words in June 2026: yeah nah, donkey vote, dooligah, and nine more. Here is what they tell us about how culture actually moves, and why the dictionary is always a forecast, not just an archive.
