Last November, to assist with the MBA course at UWA we were teaching on 'Strategic Analysis and Consulting' we prepared an A to Z of 'must-know' subjects in the area of strategy and management in the minerals sector. How many do you know? Analysis, Alliances and Adhocracy; Behavioural economics, Biases and heuristics, the Boston Box (or the growth-share matrix), Big… Read this post →
Earlier in the year, I was asked to present at the TARGET Conference (focused on exploration geoscience) in Perth, Australia on the subject of the 'business of greenfields exploration' - one of my favourite subjects. A brief abstract and the presentation can be found below, whilst the extended abstract can be found on Researchgate: https://www.slideshare.net/JohnSykes/business-of-greenfields-exploration-sykes-trench-apr-2017-centre-for-exploration-targeting "The minerals exploration sector is… Read this post →
I am delighted to be assisting on the 'Advanced Thinking Skills' workshop, this Thursday and Friday (4-5 May), run by Tim Craske of Geowidom and Thinkercafe. The workshop is a fantastic way of developing your basic and advanced thinking processes for better learning, memory, planning and decision making. It covers theoretical, conceptual and practical ways to increase the focus, quality… Read this post →
In the winter edition of WA Director, the members' magazine of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Allan Trench and I were privileged to be able to submit a piece on our book: "Strictly (Mining) Boardroom - Volume II: A Practitioner's Guide for Next Generation Directors". The article took the format of an interview,… Read this post →
