Bradley Thomas

Awesome article David! I think the most relevant for everyone and not just those who think about possible redundancies, is to 'continually update your skills'. I know with David who works in IT, he is constantly doing courses (I'm talking every week). In the funeral celebrancy world that I worked in for 22 years, I constantly did courses on something that improved my knowledge (although not every week lol).... Too many people receive a qualification and get some experience and think that's all they have to do, whereas that should just be the start of their learning/working experience.

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More than $669 million was invested into Victorian tech startups last year. As we work towards updating the Victorian Freight Plan, understanding how we can leverage emerging technologies to optimise supply chain performance will be key to supporting the growth of Victoria’s freight task. Sitting down with Kate Cornick, CEO of LaunchVic as part of our Industry Conversation series today, it was great to learn how LaunchVic is connecting government and industries with founders and local startups to unlock investment capital and create new, high value jobs across the state. LaunchVic is the Victorian Government’s startup agency. Since 2016, it has led the development of a globally connected startup ecosystem by building the capability and confidence of Victorians so that they have the skills to start, grow, invest in, or work for globally impactful tech startups. Under Kate’s leadership, LaunchVic has upskilled more than 11,400 entrepreneurs and created more than 2,100 jobs. Throughout the conversation, Kate reflected on how policy and research has been pivotal to the success of the startup ecosystem, how advances in automated transport and clean energy technology are paving the way for freight innovation and what attributes make for a successful idea. Industry Conversations give us the opportunity to better understand how Freight Victoria, within the Department of Transport and Planning, can support our stakeholders. Kate’s insights emphasised the unique opportunities we have within the freight and logistics sector to innovate and enhance Victoria’s economic prosperity and liveability. Thanks for joining us, Kate! #freightvictoria #freight #logistics #ports #automation #innovation #startups #entrepreneurs #supplychain #technology

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How much does a company waste on duplicated / unused technology? According to a report* NZ businesses are wasting $334M / year technology they don't use. For small business for $900 of spend, $600 of that was going to waste and when you scale.... phew.... it's not pretty! And while a 2022 report, I don't think this has got better. At STATE3 we see this a lot. A proliferation of similar technology all doing a similar job or technology subscriptions which were brought and used once if at all... why have one SaaS subscription / portal / CRM / app when you can have 6 that do the same thing and that are possibly never used! The reasons are pretty straight forward: Poor Processes IT Investment - The business goes off roading and buys something on a credit card without due diligence or engaging with the digital / technology team first. Shadow IT - total frustration with the processes in-house so someone gets a bright idea and buys something.... Mergers & Acquisitions - a company acquires another and they keep everything separate and ta dah! There will be others. In hard economic times, the belts get tightened so it makes perfect sense to aim for where the bloat is... in the spend that is duplicated or not used. And this means taking some steps, such as.... * Figure out what you have (Technology / capabilities audit) * Find out if its actually being used (surveying usage (if possible) * Standardise Technology Offerings via a menu of options * Move to a 'user pays' model * Undertake the very unsexy approach of strengthening technology Governance by making people accountable and responsible. We can help with this by showing you what you have, how integrated it is with the rest of your stack and what the TCO is. When you know what you have, you can optimise decision making and ditch the risk. #digitaltransformation #businessstrategy #success #state3enterprise * Report: https://lnkd.in/gRxU_7mC

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