How resilient is the Blue Mountains business community?

How resilient is the Blue Mountains business community?

The Blue Mountains Business Community Resilience Project has launched a disaster resilience survey, in partnership with leading international resilience expert Professor Daniel Aldrich, from Northeastern University in Boston, USA, and Katoomba-based Associate...
How well do you know your neighbours?

How well do you know your neighbours?

The Australia Talks National Survey 2021 found 38 per cent of Australians do not know many of their neighbours by name. Yet research consistently concludes that knowing your neighbours helps build community connection.  Plus if you’re a business owner, getting to know...
Could you operate your business with no internet?

Could you operate your business with no internet?

These days businesses and their customers are more connected than ever.  Most businesses rely heavily on fast, reliable internet to run their operations. For instance, it is generally required in order for EFTPOS machines to run, allows customers to purchase products...
Co-designing Solutions for Community Resilience

Co-designing Solutions for Community Resilience

No one knows a community like the people living and working within it. We strongly believe that local people and local knowledge should be the centre of every project we work on within communities. In fact, part of our social purpose commitment is about embedding...
Why You Need to Remove Yourself From Your Business

Why You Need to Remove Yourself From Your Business

Many small business owners start their business because they have a passion for what they do and they love their work.  And when business owners are starting out it’s very easy to get sucked into all aspects of the business and to feel like you have to be doing,...
Don’t let a disaster ruin your reputation

Don’t let a disaster ruin your reputation

A CEO that I was working with recently was concerned about a situation that could have potentially put them on the front page of the news or become a national media story.  As the conversation took place, the ground and the office I was in literally began shaking. We...