What I learned in business (that didn't kill me!)

What I learned in business (that didn't kill me!)

What I learned in business (that didn't kill me!)

Show Notes

For 40 years I was a corporate undertaker. I buried businesses that failed and helped save those where there was still a pulse.

I was parachuted into some of corporate Australia’s biggest financial crisis, insolvencies and turnaround environments. I have been in Board rooms, Court rooms and on shop floors when all seems lost (and sometimes it was).

Over decades at the coal face of business (often in the most difficult circumstances), I have seen & heard stories that delighted and inspired me, as well as those which serve as a guide of the path not to take.

I also spent years in leadership roles at Ferrier Hodgson and KPMG Australia where I sat on the Board and was the National Consumer and Retail leader.

What I learned about Business (that didn’t kill me!) shares the stories behind some of the world's most interesting business situations, how they unfolded, how my guests dealt with them, and how those experiences changed them and the way they do business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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