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You don't decide your Legacy

I was asked once what I wanted my legacy to be. I was feeling lost and trying to understand the path that I wanted my life to go and for...

One Size Does Not Fit All

Something that I wrote a few years ago.... I thought things were getting better. More equal. Gone were the days of 20 years ago when I...

Know Your Energy

The water was so still and clear this afternoon. It was quite late in the day and the wind was low on the bay which meant the wind and...

Know Your Capacity

It started when my Mum asked me to organise for her to be killed. She didn't want me to do the deed (thanks Mum!), but rather she wanted...

Diversity is a Strength

When we were kids, it was pretty simple to make friends. As an adult, it can be more complicated: we already have established...

Risk Assessment Training to Remember

When I train team members in hazard identification and risk assessments, the students are usually a general representation of who you...

Alert! Heavy Vehicle National Law update

The new HVNL (CoR) legislation is on its way! The Bill has been referred to the Queensland Transportation and Public Works Committee for...

Are You Ready for the Unexpected?

A potential permanent Team Member, Ethan* supplied a false urine sample in a container like this one earlier this year. Ethan had been a...

Eat Waste and Die

Once, I had a HR Manager called Peter who told me that work places are like fish tanks. Let me explain. Peter asked me to imagine a...

The 5 Whys

To really fix a problem, you need to dig to find the root-cause of the issue. Consider using the 5 Whys methodology! #practicalsolution...

Ode to a driver, My Dad

My Dad drove trucks, he called himself a <tractor driver>. My Dad used earthmoving equipment to level out building sites and then drove...

Bleeding Pallets? 6 Things to Do Now.

I hate pallets with a passion. It’s not the day-to-day pallet management that I hate; hell, it’s not even the pallet companies’...

"How" beats "What"

Despite what Scrabble says, I think the "how" is at least as important as the "what". People remember far longer how you made them feel...

Master Yoda and the Power of "Must"

Years ago, I banned the word "should" as I feel that it creates guilt and obligation. Ripped off from Yoda, my motto is, "do or do not,...

Wearing the Cost of Tyres

Tyres are a transport company’s third largest variable cost after wages and fuel. With one steer tyre costing approximately $600 and a...

The Reality of Safety

Back in 2005, I had recently joined Officeworks and was going to the national conference in Melbourne. There were hundreds of people...

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