“More than just a formality, board meetings should set the agenda for your business. A place on the board shouldn’t be seen as an opportunity to navel gaze for half a day a month before sloping off for a decent lunch. But getting them to be totally productive, while running as smoothly as ice takes more than just turning up.”

“I wrote an opinion piece for the October edition of the AFR’s Boss magazine looking at the opportunities and challenges arising from blogging for companies ó can they make the cultural changes required to make full use of this revolutionary development in communications.”