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The thinking behind the doing

Every programme we deliver begins with a question worth answering clearly. Here we share the thinking that shapes our work.

 

We write for the people who have to decide and then act: ministers and their advisers, boards, investors and the leaders of institutions. Our aim is not commentary but clarity, offering the hindsight, insight and foresight needed to turn strategy into outcomes in the public interest.

Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM spent an hour opening the black box of Australian productivity for a room full of the people who run it > More

We all know that in 1964 Donald Horne called Australia "a lucky country run by second-rate people who share its luck." We put the phrase on tourism campaigns for 60 years and forgot it was a warning. His point was simple: the wealth came from what was underneath us, not from anything we built, and one day the luck would run out, and nobody would be ready > More

#WEF26 | The New Growth Equation
This article draws on the panel How can we unlock new sources of growth? Where Can New Growth Come From? Speakers: Marc Benioff, Thomas Buberl, Ruth Porat, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak. Moderated by Francine Lacqua > More

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