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During a business trip to New York in June 1940, Elliott stopped over in Washington to stay with his parents in the White House. Over breakfast Elliott pressed his Dad about business taxes, but for both men their minds were really on other business. The American press had speculated all through Spring on whether FDRContinue reading ““Reset”: Chapter 2 – Rementar”

The timeline commences in the late 1930s, as America and the rest of the world struggle to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression, and is told through the eyes of Elliott Roosevelt, the son of perhaps the greatest American President in Franklin Delano Roosevelt immortalised simply as ‘FDR’. “The country needs and, unlessContinue reading ““Reset”: Chapter 1 – Rücksetzen”

“Reset” uses a retelling of post-WWII history contrasted with two alternate histories to highlight the choices that humanity has made to arrive at a moment where regionally and globally humanity lacks the cohesion to address the serious issues that we together confront. By highlighting these divergences, told predominantly through the perspective of Elliott Roosevelt, theContinue reading ““Reset”: Introduction”

For me this story took root when I bought from Amazon “Speeches That Changed The World” (compiled by Owen Collins, Westminster John Knox Press, 1999) while I was living in Europe in 2001-02. I remember being awestruck especially by the First Inaugural speech by President Washington and his humility, integrity, and authenticity stuck with me.Continue reading ““Reset”: Preface and Acknowledgements”

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”

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”