Pre-covid, a client of mine was approached by one of their clients seeking assistance with a repatriation of business operations of a family member in Barcelona back to Australia. They sought to merge some of their fashion and textiles operations in Spain back to...
Covid-19 means different things to different advisory firms. I believe this pandemic has identified at least four different types of firms. So far, at least. First, there are the “plodders”. Plodders These are ‘steady’ firms. They didn’t...
People don’t want more choices – they want to be more confident in the choices they make. Read NYU’s Professor Galloway’s musings? Easy read, makes sense, consistently clarifies some things for me. I’m presenting a model of advice in this blog. It’s for clients and...
Welcome 2020. A new decade for some. Regardless – every new year presents a possible milestone or waypoint for fresh starts. Waypoints are not just for new year’s or decades. They can be stabbed into our lives – such as our devastating bushfire season. Other...
When do you know you are going out of business – just before you do. Why? Framing Bias. Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman explained this years ago. Basically, when options are framed positively, most of us have a natural bias to favour that option. Whereas when options...