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SEPTEMBER 2008
AUGUST 2008
This is an edited transcript of the Hear it From the BOSS forum in Sydney
on August 28, 2008.
The panellists were Andrew Mohl, director Commonwealth Bank and former
CEO of AMP; Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, director of the Museum of Contemporary
Art; Pat Grier, director and former CEO of Ramsay Health Care; Rebecca
Huntley, Australian director of ipsos.com; and Ahmed Fahour, CEO of
NAB´s Australian operations. The ABC´s Adam Spencer moderated the event. Read the full transcript
This is an edited transcript of the Hear it From the BOSS forum in Melbourne on August 26, 2008.
The panellists were Owen Hegarty, a non-executive director of Oz Minerals (the successor to Oxiana); Liz Harman, vice president and chancellor of Victoria University; John Denton, partner and CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Paul Gardner, Australian group chairman of Grey Global Group; Ninotschka Titchkosky, principal of Bligh Voller Nield. The ABC’s Geraldine Doogue moderated the event. Read the full transcript
JUNE 2008
Business philosopher Paul Hawken envisages a new age for corporations – one that sees the rise of customers and NGOs as a powerful force in business. He speaks to Paddy Manning. Read the full transcript
FRIDAY, 25 JULY 2007
NARELLE HOOPER: Good evening. Welcome to tonight's AFR BOSS Club event. I'm Narelle Hooper.
Tonight we have two speakers to make it doubly worth your while coming along. We have Ross Honeywill and Monique Talbot.
Ross is a consumer behaviorist and executive director of the consumer think tank, The Centre for Customer Strategy. He is also the boss of Neo Group. He is formerly with KPMG and before that he did some very interesting things on the brand front. Ross is literally talking his own book tonight, actually his book and Verity Bythe's book. He is co-author with Verity of "Neo Power: How the New Economic Order is Changing the Way We Live, Work and Play"... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2007
Leadership has become an overused word but as a business imperative it is only growing in importance. Recent research by Hewitt Associates and RBL Group examined the practices of more than 563 companies around the world. TheTop Companies for Leaders list ultimately included the li... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 17 APRIL 2007
Speaker:
GRAEME WOOD
This is an edited transcript of an AFR BOSS Club held in Brisbane on April 17, 2007. It featured Graeme Wood, founder of Wotif.com.
GRAEME WOOD: Well, good evening, and thank you very much for coming along. I wanted ... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH 2007
This is an edited transcript of the Hear it From the BOSS forum in Sydney on March 21, 2007.
The panellists were TERRY DAVIS, chief executive, Coca-Cola; Naomi Milgrom, CEO Sussan Group; Brett Godfrey, CEO Virgin Blue; Kate Vale, Australasian Head of Sales and Operations... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 27 MARCH 2007
This is an edited transcript of the Hear it From the BOSS forum in Melbourne on March 27, 2007.
The panelists were Nik Karalis, one of Australia’s most prominent designers, the global design director of Woods Bagot; Harold Mitchell AO, head of M... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2007
FROM THE TOP
Leadership has become an overused word but as a business imperative it is only growing in importance. Recent research by Hewitt Associates and RBL Group examined the practices of more than 563 companies around the world. TheTop Companies for Leaders list ult... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2007
FROM THE TOP
Leadership has become an overused word but as a business imperative it is only growing in importance. Recent research by Hewitt Associates and RBL Group examined the practices of more than 563 companies around the world. TheTop Companies for Leaders list ult... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2006
Speaker:
Naomi Milgrom, EXECUTIVE CHAIR & CEO, SUSSAN GROUP
This is an edited transcript of the address given at AFR BOSS Club in Melbourne on November 21, 2006.
The speaker was NAOMI MILGROM, EXECUTIVE CHAIR & CEO, SUSSAN GROUP
NAOMI MILGROM: Good evening, ladies and gentle... Read the full transcript
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MONDAY, 30 October 2006
Speaker:
Stephen Bevan and Marian Baird
This is an edited transcript of an AFR BOSS Club held in Sydney on October 30, 2006.
It featured, Dr Marian Baird, of the University of Sydney and Mr Stephen Bevan, research director, The Work Foundation.
MARIAN BAIRD: Good evening everyone. As Helen ... Read the full transcript
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FRIDAY, 7 July 2006
Speaker:
Steven Lowy
This is an edited transcript of an interview conducted at the University of NSW on May 29, 2006, with Steven Lowy, group managing director, Westfield. The interviewer was Helen Trinca, editor of AFR BOSS.
Q: Stephen Lowy, welcome. I want to start tonight by talking about success.... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 26 July 2006
Speaker:
Eric von Hippel
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THIS IS AN EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF A BOSS CLUB ADDRESS GIVEN BY PROFESSOR ERIC VON
HIPPEL OF THE SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AT MIT. THE ADDRESS WAS GIVEN
ON JULY 26, 2006 There's a ...
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the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 3 May 2006
GERALDINE DOOGUE: Ladies and gentlemen, could you welcome Don Argus, Alison Watkins, Warwick Negus, Amanda Sinclair and Alan Joyce, our panellists tonight. We are going to talk about leadership. Napoleon said a leader was a broker in hope. Plato believed the desire to power virtuall... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 11 April 2006
This is an edited transcript of HEAR IT FROM THE BOSS "THE LEADERSHIP QUESTION", held at Angel Place, Sydney on April 11, 2006. The panel discussion was moderated by Adam Spencer with John Mulcahy, CEO, Suncorp; Alison Watkins, Executive chairman, Mrs Crockett's Kitchen; Ross Fowler, Managing direct... Read the full transcript
THURSDAY, 14 April 2005
This is an edited transcript of the panel discussion on Big Ideas held at the City Recital Hall, Sydney on April 14, 2005.
ADAM SPENCER: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Fantastic sight - 1100 people crammed into the City Recital Hall for the first AFR BOSS forum of the... Read the full transcript
THURSDAY, 10 March 2005
Speaker:
Adam Spencer
MR ADAM SPENCER: Ladies and gentlemen, hello and welcome to the inaugural Melbourne AFR BOSS Forum on Big Ideas in Business.
Today we look at the big ideas and ask the big questions about business in Australia in 2005 and beyond.
Our five panellists this evening: seated closes... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 14 February 2005
Speaker:
Richard Florida
Richard Florida at BOSS Club, Sydney, February 14, 2005
This is an edited transcript of the talk given by Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class.
I was looking at the latest BOSS magazine and I saw my good friend Malcolm Gladwell. I ... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 22 September 2004
Speaker:
Teresa Gattung
This is an edited transcript of the address given by THERESA GATTUNG, CEO of Telecom NZ, to the AFR BOSS Club in Sydney on September 22, 2004
THERESA GATTUNG:
I thought I would traverse a few things: the last five years of being Telecom's CEO, some of the lessons I've learnt; a little about m... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 21 June 2004
Speaker:
Janine Allis
This is an edited transcript of the address given by Janine Allis, CEO, Boost Juice, to AFR BOSS CLUB in Melbourne on June 21, 2004
I'm not here tonight to talk to you as a guru of business. I'm simply telling you what I've learnt in the last four years and my experiences in creating a business... Read the full transcript
THURSDAY, 13 May 2004
Speaker:
How do you measure the creativity of your company?
THIS IS AN EDITED TRASNCRIPT OF HEAR IT FROM THE BOSS, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL, ANGEL PLACE, SYDNEY ON MAY 13.
ADAM SPENCER: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, thanks so much for coming along to “Hear it from the Boss”, as distinct from Who's the Boss, the Tony Danza situation comedy of t... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 19 April 2004
Speaker:
Jo Horgan
This is an edited extract of the address given by Jo Horgan CEO of Mecca Cosmetica to AFR BOSS Club in Melbourne on April 19, 2004.
Since you chose to come this evening, I’m assuming most of you know what Mecca Cosmetica is, and I’m hoping some of you may even be customers.
For those of you w... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 8 March 2004
Speaker:
John McGrath
Here are edited extracts from an address given to the AFR BOSS Club in Sydney on MONDAY March 8, 2004, by Mr John McGrath, CEO, McGrath Estate Agents
YOUR MARKET will be hot, on fire, you’ll be in demand, if you’re doing the right things. I think it doesn’t have a lot to do with interest rates, ... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 20 October 2003
Speaker:
sass & bide Founders H. Middleton & S. Clarke
This is an edited transcript of the Q & A sessions with the founders of sass& bide, Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke and CEO Josh Sparks at the AFR BOSS Club in Sydney on October 20
Q. I have a question about the marketing approach that you've taken, which is really often, in a sense, about ... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 21 July 2003
Speaker:
John O'Neill, CEO, Australia Rugby Union
This is an edited transcript of the address by Mr John O’Neill, managing director and CEO of the Australian Rugby Union, to the AFR BOSS Club on July 21, 2003.
... Read the full transcript
WEDNESDAY, 4 June 2003
Speaker:
Roger Corbett
Now, I’ve got to tell you the only trouble with that introduction is there’s a few people here that know me and they know that’s not quite true but nevertheless it was nice to hear. I’m really delighted to be here tonight and I’m thrilled there are so many people here. I know that, you know, on a... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 12 May 2003
Speaker:
Biotech revolution
MONDAY, May 12, 2003
Keith Williams is a scientist and the fouder and CEO of PROTEOME SYSTEMS, a biotech company based in North Ryde, NSW.
The big bucks in biotech are in the human health area. Agriculture is significant, but the really heavy lifting is in pharmaceuticals. In that spac... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 25 February 2003
Speaker:
Jan Stewart
This is a transcript of the address given to the AFR BOSS Club in Melbourne on February 25 by Jan Stewart, CEO of the Lotteries Commsision of WA.
A LOTTERY BRAND FOR THE NEW CENTURY - CONTRIBUTING TO THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY
Before I begin, I need to acknowledge my... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 11 November 2002
Speaker:
Peter Wilkinson
This is an edited transcript of the address given by PETER WILKINSON, the out-going CEO of David Jones to an AFR BOSS Club seminar in Sydney on November 11.
I joined David Jones in 1997, not that long after the IPO in 1995. It is a wonderful company. It¹s arguably the oldest Western department st... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 16 September 2002
Speaker:
Bill Ferris
This is an edited transcript of the presentation by Mr Bill Ferris, the executive chairman of Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners to the AFR BOSS Club seminar in Sydney on September 16, 2002.
I got into the venture capital business back in the early 70s here and I was sort of swimming a... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 12 August 2002
Speaker:
Ann Sherry, Bank of Melbourne
This is the address to the AFR BOSS Club in Melbourne on August 12. 2002
INTRODUCTION
It ís one of the great cliches of modern business life that we are all caught up in a whirl of constant and unremitting change -- and that people don't like it and want it to stop... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 13 May 2002
Speaker:
David Huttner, Virgin Blue
I am going to talk to you about breaking the rules – or at least breaking some of the assumptions about what an airline should be, and what we should be doing to serve the Australian travelling public.
The first assumption I can tell you is everyone here is wearing ties. We don’t really wear ties... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 11 March 2002
Speaker:
Graham Turner, CEO of Flight Centre
From a single bus in London in 1973 to an international chain of discount flight retailers, Graham Turner knows what it is like to experience decades of double-digit growth.
(This is an edited transcript of a talk given by Graham Turner, the CEO of Flight Centre, at the AFR BOSS Club seminar in S... Read the full transcript
TUESDAY, 13 November 2001
Speaker:
Fairfax CEO Fred Hilmer
Mr Fred Hilmer, the CEO of Fairfax, was the speaker at the AFR BOSS Second MONDAY seminar on MONDAY, November 13. The event was held at McKinsey & Company in Sydney.Here is an edited transcript of his speech and questions and answers.
I thought I would talk to you a little bit and try to be serio... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 12 November 2001
Speaker:
Hugh Mackay
It is the greatest of all cliches to say that Australian society is changing. It is a bit hard to talk about contemporary Australia
without mentioning the changes, but it is possible to resist the widespread temptation to assume that change inevitably
means degeneration.
Many of our demographi... Read the full transcript
Saturday, 16 June 2001
Speaker:
Robert Morgan
This is an edited transcript of the address given by Mr Robert Morgan, chairman of Clemenger Communications at the Melbourne BOSS Club on June 16.
Talking about the latest trends in our business and the marketing communication industry is a really worrying thing for me to be doing, because indeed... Read the full transcript
THURSDAY, 12 April 2001
Speaker:
Former ASIC chair Alan Cameron
I shall start by explaining what I'm doing now, because I think people are still having a little difficulty coming to grips with it, but then I thought I would go back and reflect upon what I learnt as what I like to call an accidental manager. I am, I have to tell you, an accidental manager. I was ... Read the full transcript
MONDAY, 12 February 2001
Speaker:
Professor Amanda Sinclair
Tonight I want to talk about leadership and management. Specifically I will argue that leadership as a concept and idea, has been captured by management and management theory. The result is an impoverished understanding of leadership.
Leadership is considered in more articles and citations than a... Read the full transcript
Sunday, 1 October 2000
Speaker:
Allen and Buckeridge's Roger Allen
I want to focus on building a globally competitive technology industry in this country.
By way of leading into that I've been asked a lot about what happens when the bubble bursts, or if the bubble has burst. Do we have an industry or was this a flash in the pan? I think the answer clearly is tha... Read the full transcript
