This month an article co-written with Nick Gardiner (Curtin University) on the minerals exploration potential of Myanmar was published in the AusIMM Bulletin. The article is entitled "Is Myanmar about to experience an exploration boom?". The piece covers recent political events, such as the victorious election of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) party; the history of the country… Read this post →
This week’s Strictly Boardroom article takes a counter-view as to why technological advancement may not take your job as soon as is predicted by considering the ways in which technology and bureaucracy interact. Technology is not the future, it is simply part of the future, and always has been. Those that work with technology thrive, those that work against it do… Read this post →
This week's Strictly Boardroom article draws from a recent scenario planning workshop (part of my PhD research), with colleagues at the Centre for Exploration Targeting looking at the future of minerals exploration. The team consisted of Prof. Allan Trench, Prof. Campbell McCuaig and PhD students: Jon Bell, Jeremie Giraud, Constanza Jara, Ahmad Saleem, Dave Stevenson and Jan Tunjic. The team… Read this post →
This weeks Strictly Boardroom column is co-authored by Sam Ulrich, Principal Consultant Geologist at Ravensgate Mining Industry Consultants, and now a PhD student at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia. Sam will be researching the link between gold mining costs and the geological characteristics of gold deposits. Previous research has highlighted that the link between costs and… Read this post →
Yesterday's Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net, with Allan Trench, is one for aspiring and practicing management consultants: "The snakes and ladders of management consulting" about how to avoid the common pitfalls in assignments (snakes) and find serious points of leverage (ladders). For keen followers of the Strictly Boardroom column, you will pleased to know that our new book is out!… Read this post →
