“In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive”
Welcome to the Maguire Consulting Blog. The quote above is from Dr Jordan Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto. It perfectly incapsulates the unfashionable, but enlightened view that truth emerges from the contest of ideas, often contentious and sometimes offensive.
The world of business and employee relations is fertile ground for debate and opinions. The aim of this blog is to critically analyse the issues that impact upon Australian businesses in areas of greatest importance to their success. Issues such as public policy, productivity, innovation, competition policy, small business support, employment regulation, workplace health and safety, workplace rights laws, and superannuation.
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The resignation of Vice President Graeme Watson, of the Australian Fair Work Commission has well and truly blown the whistle on the dysfunctional and anachronistic ‘Industrial relations umpire’ revived by Labor from it’s death bed in 2009. However, don’t expect Prime…
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