by Richard Avery | May 15, 2024 | Discussion Piece
We take for granted how much hope is a driver in our work. As employees, we show up in the hope and promise our employer won’t be broke by the time our fortnightly wage and super is due. In business, we are striving for a return over a longer timeframe. When we...
by Richard Avery | May 12, 2024 | Discussion Piece
We have encountered an era where productivity and Producers are far out numbered by consumers and voters. We have an online Eco chamber where anyone can find their niche of like minded people, where they can comment on anything they desire. This has created voters...
by Richard Avery | Jul 8, 2020 | Discussion Piece
Having ownership of the outcome of your work is one thing (skin in the game), but incentive structures are another. How are you rewarded for your work? In recent discussions with a farmer, he made the comment “I don’t get paid to feed sheep”. It’s true. Businesses...
by Richard Avery | Jun 29, 2020 | Discussion Piece
A lot of farmers are discussing the quality of their service from suppliers and service providers recently. From what I’ve observed, it’s larger businesses with employees lacking care for the service they provide. Which got me questioning, are our agricultural service...
by Richard Avery | Jun 17, 2020 | Discussion Piece
When I go to an agriculture conference or field day, there’s normally a speaker talking about the importance of, and need for, farmers to feed the world. There is plenty of discussion around increasing production, how we can get marginal gains through a new practise...
