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Six reasons Aussies don’t do minerals PhDs

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Management, Media, Mining, PhD, Publications, Research

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Last October in the Strictly Boardroom column we considered the problem of why more Australian's don't do minerals industry PhDs, with a particular focus on geoscience in this case. Though initially this may seem a somewhat niche question, many key figures in the domestic exploration industry are PhDs (though you may not realise it). There is more to this than…
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Advanced thinking skills for explorers and geoscientists

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Courses, Management, Recommended, Strategy

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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…
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Re-thinking the mining industry

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Management, Strategy

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This week we've been re-thinking the mining industry, more specifically whether a change from linear modes of thinking to more systemic ways of thinking will help. In the Strictly Boardroom article on MiningNews.net we use the re-thinking of Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' into an inter-related set of needs as inspiration to try this style of thinking in the mining sector.…
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The X-Files on mineral exploration: Building the perfect team (MiningNewsPremium.net)

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Exploration, Publications, Strategy

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As a fan of 90s sci-fi show the X-Files, I'm obviously excited about the new series due to air in the next few weeks. This therefore gave me the opportunity to mix my like of X-Files with another passion - minerals exploration. The result is a series of articles to go out in the Strictly Boardroom column of MiningNewsPremium.net over…
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