She Is Not the Person She Is Before She Walks In
Record crowds filled the MCG while malls fill with people who will not buy. Same instinct, opposite outcomes, and small retailers are the ones paying for it.
The Map in Your Head Is Out of Date
The UN voted 164 to 1 for a world map showing countries at their true size. The harder question for leaders is which picture they are still deciding from.
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.
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.
