One of our more popular articles in Strictly Boardroom this year was on the psychology of exploration management, specifically giving teams autonomy. Let's be honest, we all know this, and there are multiple examples of why it should be done and how it works (we cite an academic experiment and an exploration company example in this piece), nonetheless, it is… Read this post →
Lats week, I was invited to speak on "The current investment landscape for mining, exploration and mineral sands" at the 19th Australian Mineral Sands Conference here in Perth. The presentation explored three broad, global trends and their high-level impact on mining and exploration, with some further specific thoughts on mineral sands, in line with the conference theme. The three trends… Read this post →
For the final Strictly Boardroom article of 2017 we pondered whether taking on tasks classified as 'labours of love' (which describes much of our work) is worth it? We drew some inspiration from psychologist Daniel Kahneman, management theorist Elliot Jaques, philosopher Thomas Kuhn, and economists Tim Harford and John Kay. Our thoughts and conclusions are still available to MiningNews.net subscribers… Read this post →
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 →
