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Terryel Hu, Ph.D.

Strategy and Performance at Insight Bay

Australia, Australia

Terryel Hu is an advisor on workforce and organizational transformation. He has designed programs for companies, universities, and governments, reaching more than 100,000 employees and driving double-digit performance improvements. Terryel has also taught at universities in Australia and the US, bridging academic research with industry.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting
Travels From: Australia
Speaking Topics: Future of Work, Transformation

Terryel Hu, Ph.D. Points
Academic 120
Author 84
Influencer 16
Speaker 5
Entrepreneur 50
Total 275

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Service Provider
Minimum Project Size: $5,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $300+
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: 2023

Areas of Expertise

Agentic AI
Agile
AI 30.12
AI Governance 30.85
Analytics
Business Strategy 32.67
Change Management 31.70
Culture 30.02
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation 30.67
Education 30.24
Future of Work 30.24
HR
Innovation 31.07
Leadership 32.21
Management 40.83
Mergers and Acquisitions 30.58
Smart Cities 30.31
Transformation 30.09

Industry Experience

Consumer Products
Engineering & Construction
Federal & Public Sector
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Industrial Machinery & Components
Insurance
Manufacturing
Professional Services
Real Estate
Retail

Publications & Experience

1 Academic Award
Dean's Award
University of Rochester
January 08, 2012

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Tags: Management

3 Academic Certifications
Learn to Lead with UNSW 2024
University of New South Wales
October 29, 2024

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Tags: Future of Work, Leadership, Management

Graduate Certificate in Educational Research
Monash University
May 18, 2015

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Tags: Change Management, Management

Master of Education (Leadership, Policy and Change Management)
Monash University
May 02, 2013

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

2 Adjunct Professors
Hong Kong Baptist University
University of Canberra
July 10, 2017
Lectured course topics in management and marketing at Hong Kong Baptist University.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Management, Marketing

University of Canberra
University of Canberra
February 13, 2017
Lecturer at Canberra Business School and managed courses across its national partnerships. Delivered courses in marketing, management and planning.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Management, Marketing

1 Analyst Report
The SECI model and external sources of knowledge: a field study on the distribution of search routines
Doctoral Thesis/ UNSWorks
April 20, 2020

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Management

45 Article/Blogs
Culture In Process Excellence: The Advantage You Can’t Reverse Engineer
Process Excellence Network
January 01, 2026
Reverse engineering something as intangible as culture is almost impossible. Culture is meant to be difficult. It is not meant to be easily copied and pasted like an Excel formula. This is precisely why culture can become an advantage.
Reverse engineering something as intangible as culture is almost impossible. Culture is meant to be difficult. It is not meant to be easily copied and pasted like an Excel formula. This is precisely why culture can become an advantage.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Embracing Uncertainty In Business Transformation
Process Excellence Network
November 21, 2025
Instead of selling the image of certainty, business transformation leaders should treat learning as a series of probes into the unknown.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Leading Transformation Without The Perfect Solution: Why Experimentation Is The Strategy
Process Excellence Network
October 15, 2025
Too often, transformation leaders chase perfection as if it’s achievable. But as Dr Hu argues, this mindset overlooks a fundamental truth: the world is inherently uncertain. The real skill lies not in finding flawless solutions, but in embracing experimentation — testing, learning, and adapting as conditions change.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

The Great Misalignment In Business Transformation
Process Excellence Network
October 09, 2025
Companies are noticing. More and more, business leaders are asking tough questions about the relevance of certain roles. If the business can run profitably without them, were they ever essential in the first place?

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Tags: AI Governance, Digital Transformation, Management

Approaching Uncertainty and Risk without Spiralling Out of Control
Linkedin
September 29, 2025
Why do companies treat risk as if it’s objective? Risk isn’t objective—it’s subjective. A rainy day can be a risk for a sporting event, but a blessing for farmers in drought. So why do we only see the consequences—the risks—rather than the opportunities?

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

Why AI M&A Deals Fail: 3 questions Every Buyer Must Ask
Data and Analytics Network
August 29, 2025
In this article, I’ll explore three questions to ask when acquiring new capabilities.

Can the company reproduce it? Product demos can only showcase marketing capabilities. They say very little about the actual technology. The real test is whether AI capabilities can be replicated within the acquiring company’s infrastructure.

Can they sustain it? AI has become such a broad term that it’s often unclear whether it refers to a genuine in-house technology. No matter how flashy it looks, it must still be sustainable.

Can they keep building new capabilities in the newly merged environment? Companies need to demonstrate that they can develop new capabilities to respond to unanticipated changes.

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Tags: AI Governance, Management, Mergers and Acquisitions

Data Capability Must Be Defined: What Does It Actually Do?
Linkedin
August 15, 2025
Everyone agrees that data is important. But few can agree on what, exactly, it’s supposed to do. Is data meant to predict the future? Drive better branding? Help us look sophisticated? Ironically, no dataset can answer that. These are strategic questions. Not outputs from a model.

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

Business Transformation: Leading With Vision, Delivering Through Experimentation
Process Excellence Network
August 07, 2025
The majority of leaders are keenly aware that new technology, in itself, is no silver bullet. It’s worth returning to a well-worn cliché: transformation starts with a vision.

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Transformation

AI is Winning Against Call Centers Yet Human Drivers Remain Essential
SwissCognitive
August 05, 2025
AI is rapidly automating call centers, aiming for full replacement, not just efficiency. While AI excels at data processing, human insight remains crucial. Leaders still need nuanced judgment and experiential knowledge that current AI tools lack for effective decision-making, despite early automation successes.

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Management

On Leadership: Balancing a Healthy Dose of Ego and “Winning at All Costs”
Medium
July 31, 2025
Vulnerability, doubt, embarrassment can bring a level of discomfort. However, they are also opportunities for growth. To say that we don't feel these natural responses is delusional. The most effective leaders aren't those who try to "win at all costs", but those who question the rules of the game and whether that "game" is worth playing - if not for themselves, then at least for the team.

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Management

Australia’s Future Depends on Improving Its Core Industries - AI Comes Later
Linkedin
July 29, 2025
If Australia wants to make real progress with AI, we need to start by modernising the sectors that matter most: resources, agriculture, finance, healthcare, and construction. This isn’t about becoming the next OpenAI. It’s about fixing the inefficiencies that already hold us back—and then layering AI on top when it adds value.

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Smart Cities

5 Ways Business Transformation Leaders Can Avoid Innovation Theater
Process Excellence Network
July 24, 2025
Most companies will realize that creating genuinely new products is difficult and decide that rebranding existing ones might be more realistic. Innovation facilitators may have filled the walls with posters, sticky notes and colorful drawings, but their business impact remains questionable. When innovation becomes so detached from business outcomes, it amounts to little more than theater.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Management

Business Transformation Leaders and Laggards: Separated by Centuries, Not Decades
Process Excellence Network
July 16, 2025
Leaders who work in digital strategy, innovation and other forward-thinking roles tend to see transformation as a catch-up strategy. They often comment on how companies are stuck in the 1980s, when the gap between early adopters and laggards is not a few decades, but a few centuries.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Before You Innovate, Try Looking Out the Window First
Linkedin
July 14, 2025
Too often, innovation is not linked to business outcomes. The problem runs deeper than a lack of business results. Looking for answers inside a company might be a dead end. It's time to 'look out the window', learning from others and discovering what's actually available.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Management

The Missed Potential of AI: Finding Problems Worth Solving with Agentic AI
SwissCognitive
June 17, 2025
We keep showing off chatbots and assistants, yet the biggest problems on our balance sheets remain untouched. A quick look at how Agentic AI is being used—and misused—across software, healthcare, and finance reveals why most projects boost convenience, not competitiveness. The real upside lies elsewhere.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Management

Why Acquisitions Are Only the Beginning of Business Transformation
Process Excellence Network
June 10, 2025
Acquisitions are only the beginning of your business transformation strategy. Companies always have their sights on acquiring a new capability. As the excitement builds, they believe that possessing something new equates to a competitive advantage.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Management, Mergers and Acquisitions

On Leadership: The Unexpected Danger of “Winning at All Costs”
Linkedin
June 02, 2025
For some leaders, dysfunctional behaviors have become both a source of frustration and survival. They are not always concerned with being effective, but with “playing the game” to avoid psychological discomfort. These games are more prominent than we realize.

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Tags: Education, Leadership, Management

Leaders Can’t Afford to Wait Until Bureaucracy Stalls Progress
Process Excellence Network
May 19, 2025
How do you know if bureaucracy is evolving faster than your process excellence strategy? Growth is often seen as the ultimate sign of success for a company. However, the more it grows, the more layers of approvals, policies and committees it adds.

Ironically, companies can turn into the very thing they swore to disrupt – a bureaucracy. The very companies that valued being lean have become more bloated than the government departments they derided.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

How Risk Aversion Stalls Progress
Linkedin
May 01, 2025
Risk-averse individuals have a preference for certainty, but ironically, being risk-averse creates even more risks. This avoidant behavior results in failed launches, micromanagement and a “no-innovation policy” that demoralizes their team.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

The Perfect Solution Myth: Why ‘Good Enough’ Can Drive Digital Transformation
Process Excellence Network
April 25, 2025
The opportunities to acquire one innovative tool after another have led to messy expectations and untimely goals. While some companies have already introduced driverless cars and agentic artificial intelligence (AI), others may just be starting the journey. New technology will always be on the horizon. A strategy that’s considered ‘good enough’ may be more viable than chasing perfection.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Rethinking the Value of an MBA
Linkedin
April 07, 2025
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) was originally created to help engineers and technical professionals transition into management. It offered foundational training in finance, economics, operations, and leadership. While enrolments have declined over the past decade, the professional landscape remains saturated with MBAs. So outside of specific finance and consulting careers, what is the real value of an MBA today?

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Tags: Education, Leadership, Management

Avoiding Digital Chaos: How to Prevent Complexity from Killing Transformation
The Process Excellence Network
April 02, 2025
The excitement around artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation can lead to the belief that success lies in adding more features – especially if they are sophisticated. However, they can also introduce unnecessary complexity. When transformation efforts don’t go as planned, organizations tend to react by layering on even more outdated inefficiencies, expecting that all the sophistication will help to simplify the process.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Management, Mergers and Acquisitions

Does HR Have a Credibility Crisis?
Linkedin
March 31, 2025
Until HR shifts from manual processes and paperwork, to real business impact that can scale, it will remain a department that preaches leadership rather than being one. HR needs to go back to basics. Does HR know “What business problem are they solving?” How does HR improve the company’s top or core products? What percentage of their daily activities contribute to the sale, quality or distribution of these products? HR should discover when compliance tasks add value to the business and when it doesn’t.

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Management

Strengthening Critical Thinking for High Performance
Linkedin
March 26, 2025
My experience as an educator and consultant has shown that many professionals prefer structured learning environments, such as university programs (e.g. MBA, short courses) or executive coaching (e.g. Motivational speakers, mentorships), to improve their thinking. However, if critical thinking is about producing a “yes-no” response, then such education programs will be superficial and counterproductive.

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Tags: Education, Leadership, Management

Stop Using Excel for Everything: A Leadership Wake-Up Call
Medium
March 21, 2025
True leadership is about enabling innovation, not maintaining outdated habits. Instead of forcing Excel to handle tasks it wasn’t designed for, forward-thinking leaders recognize that change is needed and that it’s time to invest in their tools. A first step would be to stop using Excel for everything.

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

16 Author Newsletters
Modernizing the Workforce: Some Ghettos Aren’t Meant to Be Gentrified
Medium
November 16, 2025
Many modernization programs are launched from outside the ghetto, by executives who rarely set foot there. They come in with slogans about agility and innovation, but neglect what the residents actually need. To these executives, the problem is aesthetic: the processes look outdated, and therefore must look modern.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Strategy Is Not About Forcing Everything Into a Box
Medium
November 08, 2025
When they face a complex problem, they end up simplifying the complexity into a checkbox. We should call it “management by check.” They believe that everything that uncertainty or complexity can be entirely eliminated by creating a checkbox and then ticking it.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

How We Misjudge Luck
Medium
November 01, 2025
Ever made a bet, lost, and then felt like you had a better chance of winning the next time? I conducted an interesting project on this issue many years ago. It examined control over luck and its influence on gambling behaviour.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Want to Lead Gen Z? Start With Principles, Not Ping Pong Tables
Medium
October 27, 2025
Popular leadership books have long encouraged people to climb the corporate ladder. But today, we’re hearing about people climbing down from it instead.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Archetypes Still Shape How We See Leaders
Medium
October 27, 2025
When you identify someone as a leader, you may be influenced by the archetype. The common leader archetypes are those of a warrior, problem solver, politician and teacher. These archetypes go beyond stereotypes. They have evolved over the course of history, but adapted to our ideals of today.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Managing Assumptions: The Hidden Barrier to Effective Learning
Medium
October 22, 2025
If you’ve ever noticed people have a “way of working” that looks outdated, then your suspicions may be right. Some practices are based on assumptions that have never been questioned.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Being Fast Isn’t the Same as Being Good
Medium
October 17, 2025
Every workplace has that one person who always looks busy. They succeed at ticking boxes, replying to emails in seconds, and finishing admin before anyone else. But speed isn’t the same as performance.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

3 Sources of Learning to Push Past Your Team’s Performance Plateau
Medium
October 15, 2025
If you’re team is working in a siloed environment, and on unique companies, it can feel like trial and error is all that’s left. Hang on, there are better ways!

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Tags: Leadership, Management

How Risk Aversion Stalls Progress
Medium
October 09, 2025
Ironically, risk aversion can stagnate a strategy so much that it creates more risks.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Australia’s Future Depends on Improving Its Core Industries, AI Comes Later
Medium
October 08, 2025
Stanford recently released its Global AI Vibrancy Tool to benchmark each country’s overall competitiveness in artificial intelligence. In 2023, Australia ranked near the bottom, 28th out of 36 countries. With such abysmal innovation, it’s no wonder Australians don’t see AI living up to its promise.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Planning Works Better When It’s a Team Sport
Medium
October 08, 2025
If we want initiatives to succeed, we must treat strategic planning not as a solo project, but as a team sport. After all, no one wins alone.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Approaching Uncertainty and Risk without Spiraling Out of Control
Medium
October 07, 2025
While there is uncertainty in the world, we must be reminded that risks are still very much subjective experiences. Forecasts rarely unfold as expected, yet the act of forecasting offers a comforting illusion of control.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

The Strategic Gamble: Ukraine’s Future Amid War and Peace
Medium
October 07, 2025
For Ukraine, the real test is not just surviving this physical war but identifying the sources of power that can be leveraged. The US, NATO, and even Russia are making calculations about resource control, including rare earth metals, which could shape future alliances and economic policies.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Elon Musk and First Principle-Thinking
Medium
October 06, 2025

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Can AI surpass human intelligence in a meaningful way?
Medium
August 06, 2025
At its current stage, AI can’t be described as a ‘game-changer’ or as a meaningful solution for businesses. The hype starts to fade away if we look closely at its capabilities and what it claims to do.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

AI is Impressive but Misguided
Medium
March 17, 2025
At its current stage, AI can’t be described as a ‘game-changer’ or as a meaningful solution for businesses. The hype starts to fade away if we look closely at its capabilities and what it claims to do.

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Tags: AI Governance, Management

1 Book Chapter
Case study: Rewarding Innovation
Employment Relations 2nd/ Cengage Australia
January 03, 2018
This is the second edition of the well-regarded local text, Employment Relations. This new edition takes an even more practical approach to a complex area, considering both the industrial regulation and human resources dimensions of the employment relationship. As well as providing a comprehensive guide to employment relations in Australia, the text also offers a selective international comparative view on the management of the employment relationship. The text explains and emphasises the real-world connections between the important theories of industrial relations and human resources, which are key components of the employment relations discipline. The overarching aim is for students to gain a deeper understanding of the 'World of Work', through the discipline of Employment Relations.

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Management

2 Industry Awards
Feedspot "80 Best Digital Transformation Blogs and Websites in 2025"
Feedspot
October 05, 2025

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Tags: Digital Transformation

Number 2 Product of the Week
Tiny Launch
April 01, 2025
TinyLaunch is a platform for indie developers, makers, and entrepreneurs.

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Tags: Management

4 Industry Badges
Readiness Tracker - Featured on AlternativeTo
AlternativeTo
March 19, 2025

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, Management

Indie Hackers - Product Feature
Indie Hackers
March 18, 2025
Change Management Tool - Readiness Tracker - featured on a leading indie developer site.

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, Management

Readiness Tracker launched on Product Hunt
Product Hunt
March 18, 2025

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, Management

SaaSHub
SaaShub
February 20, 2025
Readiness Tracker verified on SaaSHub as a top alternative to WalkMe, Whatfix, and Pendo.

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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, Management

2 Industry Certifications
Prince 2 Project Management
Prince 2
August 31, 2023

Issued Aug, 2023 – Expires Oct, 2026

Credential ID GR656304148YH

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Tags: Project Management

Associate
The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
June 13, 2018
The Society can trace its roots to the founding of the (APA) in 1892, and by 1982, Division 14 of the APA incorporated as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Issued Jun, 2018 – Expired Jul, 2019

Credential ID 129852

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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Management

5 Influencer Awards
Thinkers360 Top Voices APAC - 2025
Thinkers360
October 21, 2025

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Tags: Management

Thinkers360 Top Voice 2025
Thinkers360
October 01, 2025

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Tags: Management

Thinkers360 Top 50 Thought Leader on Management 2025
Thinkers360
September 01, 2025

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Tags: Management

Top 50 (#17) Creators - Productivity & Personal Growth - Linkedin - Australia
Favikon
March 17, 2025

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Tags: Management

Top 200 (#186) Creator - Leadership and Management – Australia
Favikon
March 17, 2025

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Tags: Leadership

5 Influencer Newsletters
The Year’s Most Popular Articles from Thinkers360 Thought Leaders 2025
Thinkers360
December 24, 2025

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

This Year's Most Popular Articles from Thinkers360 (1H'25)
Thinkers360
June 24, 2025
Why Strategy Is a Continuous Learning Process

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Why Acquisitions Are Only the Beginning of Business Transformation
Thinkers360 Weekly Digest #108
June 19, 2025
Originally published in the Process Excellence Network

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Management, Mergers and Acquisitions

AI is Impressive but Misguided
Thinkers360 Weekly Digest #94
March 15, 2025

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

Cutting through the AI Hype: Focus on Capabilities That Truly Matter
Thinkers360 Weekly Digest #92
February 03, 2025

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Management

1 Instructor
Taught strategy, leadership and management at the Australia Defence Force Academy
University of New South Wales
June 13, 2016
This course explores the ways that organisations set their strategic objectives (strategy), organise themselves to achieve those objectives (management) and secure the willing support of people who can effect mission accomplishment (leadership). During their careers, ADF officers can expect to play important roles in the management of Defence, but they will also have to interact with business firms, government departments and volunteer organisations. This multi-sector 'mini-MBA' course prepares them for doing so, by developing a broad understanding of strategy, management and leadership in military, business, government and volunteer organisations.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

3 Journal Publications
Organizational strategy meets ecology: How agency and determinism can be brought together to improve organizational success
Strategic Direction
January 08, 2018
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.

Design/methodology/approach
This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

Findings
This review suggests the potential benefits of synthesizing the research concepts of organizational strategy and ecology through socio-ecological level analysis.

Originality/value
The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

Strategy and Ecology
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
July 10, 2017
Abstract
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Purpose

This article aims to synthesize the tension between agency notions inherent in strategy and deterministic notions inherent in ecology, and in doing so, develop a research agenda.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, emerging themes around the strategy-ecology literature will be analyzed and synthesized from a socio-ecological perspective.

Findings

The following propositions can be synthesized. First, the socio-ecological level of analysis is useful, because from this level, strategy and ecology are mutually exclusive, enabling resource-based views of competitive advantage. Second, the order of strategy and ecology is found to be changeable, given they are mutually exclusive. Here, ecological mechanisms and relationships in the ecosystem can provide information on a strategic choice.

Research limitations/implications

These propositions contribute toward a research agenda. Nevertheless, evolutionary mechanisms will need to be more specific in addressing what is being selected.

Originality/value

By introducing the socio-ecological perspective as the way of synthesizing organizational strategy and ecology, new research ideas can foster

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

The Opportunities and Limits of Organizational Learning
Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management
September 16, 2016
This paper serves as a platform to encourage researchers and scholars to build upon triple-loop learning both as a concept and research program. The implications and limitations of double-loop learning are explored. From its notion of error detection and correction, double-loop learning represents a functional model that assumes that individuals already possess the knowledge and competency to deal with the problem at hand. However, not all problems have clear right or wrong answers. Learners do not always have the right knowledge bases to identify and solve the problem. Triple-loop learning is therefore seen to offer value since it deals with the question of" How do we decide what is right?" It provides an integrated awareness of the previous learning loops by recognizing the need for problem reframing.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

2 Panels
2026 Predictions for Artificial Intelligence
Thinkers360 Predictions Series – 2026 Predictions for Artificial Intelligence
January 01, 2026
For years, Responsible AI (RAI) has been the boardroom buzzword – long on talk, but short on traction. According to PwC’s latest RAI survey, while 60% of executives see AI as a catalyst for ROI and 55% credit it with boosting innovation, nearly half of organizations still struggle to bridge the gap between high-level ethics and daily operations.

The year 2026 marks the end of this “experimentation era.” As we transition from simple assistants to agentic workflows – where AI systems autonomously plan and execute complex tasks – the stakes have never been higher. The good news? The technology required to govern these systems is finally catching up. From automated red teaming to AI-enabled monitoring, the tools for continuous oversight are now within reach.

However, success in 2026 isn’t just about the software; it’s about a structural shift in leadership and architecture. To move beyond “check-the-box” compliance, organizations must integrate accountability and human-centric wisdom directly into their digital DNA. In this post, we’ve gathered insights from leading Thinkers360 experts to explore how 2026 will redefine the intersection of performance, trust, and autonomy.

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Tags: AI Governance, Management

RMIT Entrepreneurial Academics Network (REAN)
RMIT University
May 22, 2025
This networking event brings together entrepreneurial academics and industry partners to explore how entrepreneurial thinking can reshape academic work and drive impact across teaching, research, and engagement.

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Tags: Future of Work, Innovation, Management

2 Visiting Lecturers
Global Business College of Australia
Global Business Collage of Australia
February 11, 2018

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

Knowledge Creation and Innovation
UNSW
September 01, 2017
Guest lecture for ZGEN2801 Strategy, Leadership and Management at the University of New South Wales.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management

1 Workshop
Music Industry Roadshow
The Push
October 08, 2009
Presented workshops covering performance, sound engineering, recording, technical production, event and tour management, music business, band management, media, communications, marketing and publicity.

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Tags: Innovation, Management, Product Management

Thinkers360 Credentials

5 Badges

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3 Article/Blogs
Planning Works Better When It’s a Team Sport
Thinkers360
October 06, 2025

The surprising part of planning is when people do it in isolation. The more brilliant the plan appeared, the less they believed they would need validation from other teams. Did they forget that planning is a team sport?

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Management, Leadership

The Real AI Race: Rules, Not Tech
Thinkers360
April 02, 2025

Governments are banning DeepSeek, but it’s not about rivalry—it’s about AI regulation, security, and data privacy. As AI evolves, nations must set the rules of the game. How can policymakers balance innovation with risk? The future of AI depends on governance, not just technology.

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Tags: AI, Management, Leadership

Beyond the Plan: Why Strategy Is a Continuous Learning Process
Thinkers360
March 31, 2025

Strategy is a continuous learning process. In a fast-changing world, top organizations adapt by experimenting, refining, and discovering new ways to drive performance. Learn why fixed plans do not work and how learning organizations stay ahead.

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Tags: Innovation, Management, Leadership

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