Acuity Podcast

Show Notes: Episode 13 There’s a continent of consumers coming your way, are you ready? 1st September 2017 China is expected to boast 850 million new middle-class consumers by 2030. It’s as if a new continent was emerging in the Asia-Pacific, but is the region ready to handle the growing demand for goods and services? Is there a downside? Are we about to lose access to our own resources? The Honourable Bob Carr, former premier of New South Wales and Australian foreign minister, is the director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology in Sydney. He joins hosts Mike Lynch and Kylie Kwong in the studio to talk about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Guest Co-host: Kylie Kwong Guests: Honourable Bob Carr   Links: https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/bob.carr   Sponsor: Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services

Show Notes: Episode 12 Big Data is a Weapon of Math Destruction 15 August 2017   Big data is bandied around as the silver bullet to countless problems. From helping us make smarter business decisions through to choosing which suburb we should live in, big data the catch cry heard around the world. Mix in a little artificial intelligence, and Bob’s your uncle, right? Not necessarily. Cathy O’Neil, an American mathematician, Data Scientist, Ted Talk Speaker, and author, her latest book, Weapons of Math Destruction, argues big data contains more human bias than we care to admit, and that’s leading to a toxic cocktail for our very democracy.   More information: Host: Mike Lynch Guest Co-host: Andy McLean Guests: Cathy O'Neil Links: Weapons of Math Destruction https://mathbabe.org/ Tech Bootcamp Online Conference: Are you prepared for the future of finance? Discover the possibilities that data and technology can bring to your business.   Sponsor: Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services

Show Notes: Episode 11 Don’t Pull the Trigger Until You Red Team It 1 August 2017 We make important decisions daily, in business, and some of those decisions have a high dollar value. Executing a new strategy naturally comes with risk, but have you considered all the possible outcomes? Is there a way to mitigate potential failures and losses to your business? Bryce Hoffman, author of the book Red Teaming: Transform Your Business by Thinking Like the Enemy, joins hosts Mike Lynch and Leigh Sujanto to discuss a new way businesses can begin to make better decisions. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Guest Co-host: Leigh Sujanto Guests: Bryce Hoffman Links: http://brycehoffman.com/books/red-teaming/ Sponsor: Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services

Show Notes: Episode 10 When it comes to retirement...you should get excited! 15 July 2017 Retirement is considered, by most of us, as something that just happens at the end of our working life...but it doesn’t have to be. It can be a time of living by the seaside, travelling the world, or ticking items off your bucket list, it’s all up to you.  A little preparation and planning now can make all the difference. Claire MacKay, Director and Head of Advice at Quantum Financial, talks with Mike Lynch and co-host Kylie Kwong about how retirement can be the most exciting and fulfilling time in your life. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Guest Co-host: Kylie Kwong Guests: Claire MacKay Links: http://www.quantumfinancial.com.au/ Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services Be a leader of the superannuation transformation. Join Tony and the rest of our premier line-up at our National SMSF Conference 2017:  Click Here To Find Out More

Show Notes: Episode 9 Need A Business Advisor...There's An App For That 01 July 2017 In this episode, we talk with award-winning technology entrepreneur, speaker, and author, Dale Beaumont, who has spent the past decade helping small to medium enterprises become more prosperous. His latest venture...BRiN…a mobile app, powered by artificial intelligence, takes his quest to help sme’s to the next level. Dale also tackles some of BRiN's more popular questions that the app receives from its subscribers.bscribers. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Co-host: Leigh Sujanto Guests: Dale Beaumont Links: Brin.ai Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services Chartered Accountants ANZ, Future Inc. Paper:  The Future of Work

Show Notes: Episode 8 Keep it Simple for Success 15 June 2017 He’s the guy who put the “i” in iPhone. Ken Segall is the Former Creative Director at Apple...working side by side with Steve Jobs for almost 12 years...and he’s also the author of the best-selling books “Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success” and “Think Simple: How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity” At the recent World Business Forum held in Sydney...Former CEO of Chartered Accountants ANZ...Lee White...sat down with Ken Segall...in a private members session…to discuss his reflections on working at Apple...and how important keeping it simple leads to success. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Co-host: Leigh Sujanto Guest-host: Lee White Guests: Ken Segall Links: Ken Segall Ken Segall on the simplicity of success Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services Chartered Accountants ANZ, Future Inc. Paper:  The Future of Work

Show Notes: Episode 7 Get out of the box and apply wisdom 1 June 2017 In this episode of the Acuity podcast, host Mike Lynch and co-host Leigh Sujanto speak with Ricardo Semler the CEO of Brazilian company Semco Partners about why he refuses to have an organisational chart, why “terminal days” are so important and how staying in the box is stifling innovation. More information: Host: Mike Lynch Co-host: Leigh Sujanto Guests: Ricardo Semler Links: Business Forum 2017: Purpose Beyond Profit How to run a company with no rules Ricardo Semler on why idleness is good for business Managing without managers By Ricardo Semler Why “participation age” leaders will beat old-school managers, every time Who's in charge here? No one Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services Chartered Accountants ANZ, Future Inc. Paper:  The Future of Work

Big Data and AI are part of our everyday lexicon. We're inundated with so many stories about how our lives will be changed for the better, and at the same time, we're told that big data and AI will adversely affect and threaten our very livelihood. The mixed messages in the media are confusing, to say the least. Many industries and professions alike are predicted to be non-existent or shrink into irrelevancy in the next decade. Sounds pretty bleak, right? In this episode, Ted Talk Speaker and Author, Tim Leberecht, joins Hosts Lee Sujanto and Mike Lynch to discuss how romance is the key to winning and succeeding in the era of new technology. Show Notes:   Hosts: Mike Lynch Lee Sujanto Guest: Tim Leberecht Links: http://timleberecht.com/ Accountancy Insurance Australia: https://www.accountancyinsurance.com.au/products-services/audit-shield Accountancy Insurance New Zealand: https://www.accountancyinsurance.co.nz/products-services Chartered Accountants ANZ, Future Inc. Paper:  The Future of Work

Show Notes: Can SMB's take on larger companies in the online marketplace? In this episode, Acuity Magazine Publisher, Andy McLean, and Host Mike Lynch speak with Michiel Heijmans, COO and Partner of the renowned Search Engine Optimisation Company YOAST, about how businesses can use SEO to drive traffic and compete successfully on the internet. Host:  Mike Lynch Co-Host: Andy McLean Guest: Michiel Heijmans Twitter: @michielheijmans http://michielheijmans.nl/ Links: Yoast Sponsor: Accountancy Insurance Australia Accountancy Insurance New Zealand

Show Notes: Are you doing the right thing by your customers and employees? In this episode of the Acuity Podcast, hosts Mike Lynch and Jennifer Black talk with John Neil, Co-Head Advice and Education at the Ethics Centre in Sydney, about the importance of business ethics and how doing the right thing can add to your bottom line. Host: Mike Lynch Co-host: Jennifer Black Guests: John Neil Links: The Ethics Centre Twitter: @ethics_center Chartered Accountants ANZ [future inc.] Whitepaper on A Question of Ethics Acuity Articles on Ethics

In this episode of the Acuity podcast, host Mike Lynch is joined by Acuity publishing supervisor Leigh Sujanto. [01m:36s] They chat with Tonya Garcia from Market Watch, [19m:59s] and the CEO of the Australian National Online Retailers Association (NORA) , Paul Greenberg about the possible ramifications for retailers and consumers when Amazon sets up shop in Australia and New Zealand. [powerpress channel="acuity-podcast"]

In episode 2 of Acuity podcast, host Mike Lynch is joined by Acuity publisher Leigh Sujanto and they speak with Adam Creighton from The Australian about his time on secondment at The Wall Street Journal and his thoughts on US and French nationalism. PC Magazine’s Assistant Business Editor, Rob Marvin discusses the future of blockchain, and AVCAL CEO Yasser El-Ansary talks about venture capital funding and why it might, or might not, be the answer for your business. [powerpress channel="acuity-podcast"]

In the first episode of Acuity podcast, host Mike Lynch is joined by Acuity publisher Andy McLean and they speak with President of industry analyst firm Intellyx, Jason Bloomberg about the surge of fake news and their flow-on effect in social media, politics and business. The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) president Rachel Grimes FCA drops in to talk to us about the ethics of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), and we catch up with Dr Patricia Ranald, professor of political economy at the University of Sydney and coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, to discuss the potential demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). [powerpress channel="acuity-podcast"]