Sian Powell

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Sian Powell

Practice management software company Cliniko operates on a 30-hour week, which company co-founder Joel Friedlaender says is a substantial benefit for employees, but also a considered management decision. “It’s good for us to be able to recruit better people when we can offer a perk like that,” he says. “And in my experience, if you’ve got 30 good hours of work done in a week, that’s a lot. And I mean really quality hours, where you get in the zone and you work well.”Loading...

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Sian Powell

Co-founder of telehealth platform Updoc Dylan Coyne says he and his business partner Clifton Hodgkinson have made a point of hiring “really smart, bright, intelligent people” and giving them a large measure of autonomy. “We empower them,” Coyne says. “They can make decisions. They can work collaboratively with others. They can really do what they enjoy and they’re passionate about it. We provide the structure and opportunities for them to connect, for feedback, for assistance, for help.”Loading...

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Mar 25, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australian companies are fostering internal “cultural resilience” with extensive training, by testing staff on potential outage scenarios, and by using past incidents as learning opportunities.

1 month ago | afr.com | Lap Phan |Sian Powell

Mar 25, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australian finance sector organisations will soon have to demonstrate oversight of their service providers’ risk management practices, providing a level of transparency now considered critical in an increasingly technologically complex and digitally interconnected world.

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Sian Powell

Artificial intelligence can control increasingly sophisticated uncrewed aircraft and submersibles, changing the nature of warfare and raising questions about the many millions of dollars Australia is now spending on buying and developing crewed aircraft and submarines. Dominant on the frontlines in Ukraine, large-scale swarms of AI drones can overwhelm almost any opponent, says University of NSW Scientia professor of artificial intelligence Toby Walsh.