Author Archives: macroedgo

But you need to be honest with yourself above all else I think it is only natural that people want to believe that they are good contributors to humanity. But what to do when humanity appears to ‘turn on you’, once working for an employer and/or doing a role which you perceived many around youContinue reading “It Is Possible to Work in Oil and Gas and Not Carry Deep Guilt that You Are a Part of Stuffing Up the World”

To those who argue schools should not have closed – with full hindsight of what happened through the COVID pandemic rather than in the heat of moment not yet having a clear indication of the infection fatality rate (IFR), nor lifestage susceptibility variances, let alone long term implications from single or multiple infection, which weContinue reading “Carrying Over False Narratives From The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Hurt Vulnerable People In The Next Pandemic”

A 20 year perspective In my “Open to Offers” post I gave credit to Jeremy Grantham of GMO for much of my understanding of bubbles. While accurate, absent context this gives a false impression of my own evolution. The truth is I have always been naturally contrarian. In reality I think all authentic contrarians areContinue reading “[RESET]> The ‘Great’ Australian House Price Bubble”

Those truly seeking productive workforces need to fit a bell curve to work tasks – not workers – to eradicate value-destroying, demoralising work There has been much talk recently of how organisations still adhere to the Jack Welch strategy of fitting a bell curve to performance of a workforce to pressure employees to increase productivity.Continue reading “The Unity Bell”

Although written tongue-in-cheek, this is not at all a joke and I am being entirely sincere. I am pleased to inform all fellow leaders that for the first time in two decades I am interviewing potential candidates for the opportunity to employ me. I can assure you that I will not be a Quiet Quitter.Continue reading “Open To Offers”

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. — Vittorio Alfieri This past week it appeared that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) aimed to distinguish their actions through the pandemic from those of the wicked. Dr. Lowe’s contrition did not exercise my thoughts, however, in partContinue reading “Guardians Of The Gulf Between Virtuous And Wicked”

In recent decades Australian politicians have been delinquent in their leadership* and this means that the Australian public has been slow to understand the myriad issues surrounding the energy transition even if recent election results show that concern over the climate crisis is growing rapidly.  Perhaps the most critical aspect of the energy transition is thatContinue reading “Australian Gas Asset Ownership Through The Energy Transition”

The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your whole life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life Katsumoto from the motion picture ‘The Last Samurai’​ from Warner Bros I am not the writer who coined the term ‘the Great Resignation’. More significantly, I am the writer who sortContinue reading “The Great Reset Era At Work”

In latter years I have occasionally wondered at how in some ways my life has resembled Forrest Gump’s, though at a lower profile, and I have never bared my rump to a national leader on television. 🙂 I have found myself at the cross-roads of many of the important social trends of our times, andContinue reading “Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates”