Richard Avery’s

Commentary

The grain industry is dynamic and complex. Clients receive a detailed weekly write up of the latest trends and observations. We also share regular discussion pieces about relevant topics in the industry. Here are Farmgate’s Richard Avery’s latest thoughts.

Richard Avery’s Commentary

The grain industry is dynamic and complex. Clients receive a detailed weekly write up of the latest trends and observations. We also share regular discussion pieces about relevant topics in the industry. Here are Farmgate’s Richard Avery’s latest thoughts.

When should you outsource?

Competitive advantage theory has been around since the ‘80’s. A simplistic way of defining it is “what can I do better than the competition?” Which has led to a work of specialisation. People doing what they are good at and outsourcing what they aren’t as good at. We...

Acting with Intent. Acting with Strategy

Measuring performance is important in any activity or development, so adequate feedback can be provided. But so many of our business activities are subjective and difficult to measure. Even objective measures should be questioned. In marketing, I like to use three...

Wikifarming

Wikipedia is one of the amazing case studies of the digital age. It managed to use almost entirely free labour to take down the $1billion competition, Encyclopedia Britannia. A business with just a couple of employees, manages to get 99.9% of its work done not only...

Collaboration forms “Best Practices”

Collaboration is something that most university students hate, but in real world scenarios it can be extremely powerful. In the business world, competition is great for keeping operations lean, engaged and innovative. Competition helps craft the idea of ‘best...

Having Skin In The Game

Thank you for the positive feedback since Monday’s ‘demand a professional’ article. Quality work and labour is a big problem facing industry. Someone working hard and efficiently in a job they are skilled at, within a business supportive of them, can generate a heck...

A Myth About Free Markets

With the upcoming election, we’re all hearing plenty about different political views, structures and policies. Particularly so with regard to free markets, many believing government intervention is required so everyone gets a fair go. One fact often missed is that...

What is a Professional?

The internet has given rise to overnight experts. Some amazing musicians’ careers have taken a huge leap by being discovered on the internet and going viral. It’s also a place full of people doing what they are passionate about. People creating websites that they are...

Niche is Becoming Normal

I’m a strong believer that people who are great at their job are artists. They go the extra mile to make their work better, without expecting anything in return. But the thing with art is that it’s not for everyone. You won’t find any of Jackson Pollocks work in my...

What is Sustainability?

The word ‘sustainable’ gets thrown around a lot. Unfortunately, what many using the word forget is its meaning. It’s only sustainable if it’s repeatable. This means it can’t fail. Many environmentally sustainable efforts run out of money, then they run out of human...

Have A Plan

After a couple of beers last night, I was unloading the dish washer this morning and dropped a coffee mug. The mug fell and broke on the floor. That should be the end of the story, but I tried to catch the mug and ended up breaking the one I held in the other hand....

Information Overload

We live in an era where information has never been so readily available. The phone you are probably reading this from has considerably more computing power than those used in the moon landings. We can access information from all around the world, quicker than ever...

Competition and Networks

A great benefit I learnt from my time running competitively is the ability to use competition for mutual benefit. If a group of runners are together late in a race, working together to keep the pace delivers a better outcome for all (an old personal blog post here if...

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