Jane Goodall’s legacy: the primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to go about governing complex NFP structures. Welcome advice from the ACNC via the Australian Institute of Company Directors www.aicd.com.au/corporate-go...

Album of the week: a new release from young Australian sax player and band leader, Tessie Overmyer 🎷 Out on the Earshift Music label 💿 open.spotify.com/album/555dli...

The primacy of the US dollar remains. It is difficult at this moment in time to envisage how or what would replace it. theconversation.com/new-data-sho...

Tune of the day: Myriam Rignol plays Forqueray 🎼 open.spotify.com/track/7jr8zc...

‘A good chair understands really, really deeply the issues the company, organisation or initiative is facing. They get the “what” and the “why” and can navigate the board there and keep people focused on outcomes.’ www.aicd.com.au/leadership/t...

Playlist of the week: Viol Duos A huge variety of music for viol and one other instrument 🎷🎹🪗🎻🏅 open.spotify.com/playlist/100...

Tune of the day: ‘Southern Cross,’ an instrumental ballad from our first Elysian Fields album 💿 open.spotify.com/track/1elbbN...

Is it true that “today’s (university) business schools were designed for a world that no longer exists”. Is there a role for teaching ‘no growth’ or ‘de-growth’ economic scenarios? theconversation.com/are-business...

Is the future of energy in fusion? After 50 years of R&D the answer could be ‘yes.’ The geopolitics of what happens next, and the impacts on business and community, cannot be underestimated:- www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Tune of the day from Australian jazz legends: Sandy Evans & Andrew Robson 🎷🎵🎷 open.spotify.com/track/6veBaJ...

How Australians spend their money - data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australia has a long term trade deficit with the US and is a very long term military and political partner. We have a US-Australia free trade agreement in place but are being punished with new tariffs… www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Album of the week from Sonnambula 🎼 ‘Beauty in a moment of chaos…’ open.spotify.com/album/4cNVKE...

Is the end of regular postal delivery closer than we think? What are the implications for business and consumers? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Playlist of the week: Viol Women - female viol players from around the world. Some amazing free performances 🌍 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Music streaming is another example of a fantastic new technology, the business model of which has seen wealth accumulate to a small group of investors. This time at the expense of the majority of artists. In the case of Spotiy, half the users don’t pay theconversation.com/criticisms-a...

Tune of the day: from Jenny Eriksson’s new electric viola da gamba album, ‘Swirling Flame’ 🔥🎵🔥 open.spotify.com/track/2B9V7k...

Album of the week: Purcell and Dowland lute songs. Stunning… 💖 open.spotify.com/album/62WLK8...

Rendez-Vous featuring HIP Company & The Marais Project 🎼⭐️

Tune of the day: flute, 🪈 harpsichord and viol open.spotify.com/track/3hHVlA...

We need data and nuance not rhetoric in the immigration debate. Australia faces real demographic, business and community challenge which in turn bring new opportunities: theconversation.com/australia-ne...

Playlist of the week: Viola da Gamba & Orchestra. Rare and interesting music with the viol as soloist 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/24b...

Approving financial statements is one of the most important things a director does. The Australian Institute of Company Directors has released a new tool to assist in this task. www.aicd.com.au/finance-gove...?

Tune of the day: lute music by the English Elizabethan-era genius, John Dowland 🎵 open.spotify.com/track/1zEZBI...

Tune of the day: the always amazing Paulo Pandolfo plays Abel 🙏 open.spotify.com/track/6zNNpP...

When the subject matter of an award winning book is an embarrassment to the powerful people who fund the award…🥇 www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

Tunes of the day: Aussie Marais & the French Baroque Celebrating our Rendez-Vous project 🎼 open.spotify.com/playlist/0zg...

The great city state of Singapore and the strategic future future of Asia www.mckinsey.com/featured-ins...

‘The surprising ways bridges resist collapse. Researchers have uncovered six mechanisms that could be reinforced to prevent steel truss bridges collapsing.’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tune of the day. Female composers of the French baroque 🇫🇷 open.spotify.com/track/6kEO5z...

Murdoch succession: where fact stretches the imagination more than fiction: theconversation.com/murdoch-reso...

Playlist of the week: Viol Folk Songs Traditional & folk music featuring the viola da gamba & viol family 🎼 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tune of the day: music for lute and clarinet 🎼 open.spotify.com/track/0LDNxO...

Harvard University CIO Klara Jelinkova describes the “soft power” needed to make sure that IT is delivering value. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...

Tune of the day: from Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba band open.spotify.com/track/6nkYc7...

40 years of insights on board and advisory roles from Commie Carnabuci. Worth a read www.aicd.com.au/board-of-dir...

Album of the week: Ensmeble La Reveuse with Florence Bolton play music from London c. 1760. Some really interesting music including JC Bach, Abel & Ann Ford 🎶 open.spotify.com/album/6ycBPX...

The HIP Company and The Marais Project crew Our first performance is in Sydney on 14 September 🎵 Tx: events.humanitix.com/rendezvous-y...

Tune of the day: Marais, Myriam Rignol & William Christie open.spotify.com/track/3reQFf...

A helpful Australian Institute of Company Directors’ summary of the recent National productivity summit www.aicd.com.au/economic-new...

In celebration of our upcoming Rendez-Vous collaboration with HIP Company 🎵 Playlist of the week: Aussie Marais & the French Baroque open.spotify.com/playlist/0zg...

‘Australian SMEs are the engine room of the economy…helping them to build their productivity muscle is fundamental to arresting the steady decline in national growth.’ www.aicd.com.au/corporate-go...

Tune of the day: ‘Sans Frayeur’ from our ‘Nordic Moods & Baroque Echoes’ album 💿 open.spotify.com/track/1nFwag...

Tune of the day: John Dowland for lute and consort of viols from Les Voix Humaines 🎵 open.spotify.com/track/12HVkN...

A shocking example of closed government. Parramatta Council formally censured a Councillor for criticising a secret million $ Council sponsorship of the Parramatta league team. Council has just lost the the case in Court and has had costs awarded against it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The Marais Project’s lute and early guitar player, Tommie Andersson www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SKW...

‘Australia should consider following California’s lead. Insurers should be permitted to use forward-looking climate and catastrophe models to assess risk, as long as they maintain or expand coverage in higher-risk postcodes.’ theconversation.com/australia-fa...

Tune of the day from Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX open.spotify.com/track/6mNLKI...

A pre tour playlist celebrating ‘Rendez-Vous’ - The Marais Project & HIP Company’s upcoming French baroque tour of Sydney, Perth + Canowindra Baroque Music Festival 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/4fD...