Knowledge Centre
Items on this page are a taste only of the thousands of articles, podcasts, and videos housed in our Knowledge CentrePlease login for full access. If your organisation is a Centre member and you do not have log in details, please email thecentre@accpa.com.au. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it here.
Is it time to get real on Australia’s 2030 climate targets?
Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ben Potter, Australian Financial Review, 26 July 2023Senior reporter Angela Macdonald-Smith and senior writer Ben Potter on the mammoth task ahead to re-engineer the country’s power system, why we are unlikely to meet those 2030 climate targets and how we can get back on track to reach-net zero by 2050.
socio political environment
The religious and spiritual ethics of wokeness
Andrew West (Presenter), Anita Barraud (Producer), Roi Huberman, (Sound Engineer), 26 July 2023Throwing yourself at the mercy of a higher power, seeking forgiveness, committing to a strict doctrine of behaviour and even thought. Once upon a time, you would think immediately of religion. But today, it’s the social justice movement that demands very public repentance.
geo political environment
The best leaders are also technical experts
Anne Saini, Ian Fox, and Hannah Bates, Harvard Business Review, 19 July 2023Being a great manager isn’t enough to lead others to success. You also need to deeply understand your organisation’s core business.
Amanda Goodall studies the relationship between leaders and organisational performance. She argues that the best leaders are technical experts — for example, doctors who head...
adaptive leadership
leadership communications
The cybersecurity reputation challenge
Luke Botting, The Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 18 July 2023In this episode of the Centre’s Very Public Affairs Podcast, Assistant Professor Dr Bruce Baer Arnold, who teaches privacy, health, intellectual property, and consumer protection law at the University of Canberra, discusses how organisations can improve their cyber security. He...
socio political environment
Communicating effectively when you’re running on empty
Amy Bernstein and Amy Gallo, Harvard Business Review, 04 July 2023Communicating clearly and persuasively sets you up to have the impact and influence you’re after. But what if you’re running on empty? Expressing your ideas and giving direction when you’re sleep-deprived, burned out, grieving, or in perimenopausal brain fog…can feel nearly impossible. So, what...
managing yourself
Understanding the geopolitical state of affairs in the Indo-Pacific with Dr Michael Green
Very Public Affairs Podcast, The Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 24 April 2023In this episode of the Centre’s Very Public Affairs Podcast, Analyst Cameron Chu interviews Dr Michael Green, CEO of the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre and a former adviser at the US National Security Council, who discusses his analysis of the state of geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific,...
socio political environment
How can business prepare for the next disaster?
Lizzie O’leary and Ayesha Hazarika, Strategy+Business a pwc publication, 17 November 2022Cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, hurricanes, and pandemics: the list of things that can go wrong for a company is long, and it is growing. So, how can business prepare for the unknown?
socio political environment
Why stakeholder capitalism has taken the spotlight
Lizzie O’Leary, Strategy+Business, 08 November 2022If you think the CEO agenda is jam-packed now, consider this: Richard Oldfield, PwC’s global markets leader, says that in a world in which trust is lacking, particularly in government, “employees are expecting business leaders to actually fill that trust gap, and they expect them to stand up for the ethical and...
stakeholder
socio political environment
Conspiracy-theory proofing Australia’s elections - talking global best practice with the Australian Electoral Commission
Very Public Affairs Podcast, The Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 25 October 2022In this episode of Very Public Affairs, the Centre’s Executive Director Wayne Burns talks with Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner at the Australian Electoral Commission. The pair discuss the AEC’s strategic operation to tackle attempts of 'misinformation' and 'disinformation' in the lead-up to the May 2022 Federal...
socio political environment
How to recognise and transform a destructive leader
Lisa Leong and Zoe Ferguson, ABC Radio National, 24 October 2022What we want in our leaders has evolved; we’ve seen a growing desire for more ethical and empathetic leaders. But destructive leaders are still in charge in many workplaces and their impacts are far-reaching. So how can we identify them and, more importantly, change them? We look at the personality traits and...
socio political environment