“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.
Please feel free to contribute, and if you like, share with colleagues. I hope you enjoy it.
Growing up in the 1970’s the worst insult one could aim at a young boy playing Aussie Rules football was that he was a ‘damp squib’ or just plain ‘squib’. Pulling out of a physical contest for the ball or failing to risk physical harm to assist a team mate mean’t…
Ever wondered how the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) system arrived at its present state of affairs? There are various contributing factors, but a key reason is the National Partnership on Skills Reform. The National Partnership on Skills Reform is an agreement reached between…
“O God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, Courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference” American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s serenity prayer should be writ large on the wall of anyone foolish enough to attempt reform of Australia’s…
Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the latest round of government appointments to the Fair Work Commission and Workplace Gender Equality Agency? The Minister for Employment, Senator Eric Abetz yesterday announced the appointment of former BHP executive Elizabeth Lyons as the…