American muscle: Chrysler SRT8
In 2003, a young man embarked on an experiment to document the effect of consuming three meals a day from an American fast-food chain. The physical and psychological changes were filmed along the way,...
View ArticleElementally Byron
When most people think of Byron Bay, they think of downtime, party time, or health retreats. And that’s exactly why the latest arrival on Byron Bay’s hospitality scene is unique—it encapsulates all of...
View ArticleSt Marys Residence: Home away from home
Hidden in and among the pretty, character-filled houses lining the streets of Auckland’s St Marys Bay sits a unique accommodation offering. St Marys Residence is a discreet haven in an utterly...
View ArticleCentral Java: Better than Bali
Evening is stealing across the plains of central Java. The call to prayer drifts over the fields and bamboo groves; volcanic peaks are dramatically silhouetted against the red sky. A handful of farmers...
View ArticleTime out at Tamarind
When you step out of a chaotic business environment and get back to nature, there’s often that simple moment when you take a deep breath, marvel at the sense of peace, and think: everything is okay....
View ArticleRebuilding a healthy workplace will benefit your bottom line
The impact of cutting back on corporate health can be disastrous and hard to recover from financially. It isn’t just workplace injury and general illness—mental stress claims are the most expensive...
View ArticleMichael Brown: The sound of music
In the small country town of Gunning, on the Old Hume Highway between Goulburn and Yass in New South Wales, there’s an 1880s shop frontage with three old windows in dire need of repair. It’s adjoined...
View ArticleHow to lead a team to ongoing high performance
Since the 2007 GFC people have been required to ‘do more, with less’ and were told to ‘work smarter, not harder’, and this is something that’s translated into our work ethics almost a decade on....
View ArticleThe Power Of The Pause
If you’re not running your body like your business then you’re missing a huge opportunity to operate at your personal best. Ultimate success requires clear thinking, a sense of calm and the ability to...
View ArticleNo time to think? The most important appointment of any working day
In a crazy busy, time-poor world where every spare moment appears accounted for, taking time out for quiet, considered and deeper thought has never been more important or more difficult to achieve....
View ArticleCool Cruising: Auckland on a Harley Davidson
I hear a hearty roar in the distance, and quickly jump to my feet. That must be my ride. I skip through the colourful lobby of Hotel DeBrett and outside into the brisk Auckland air. I tried to dress...
View ArticleSpice Island: Sri Lanka
Terracotta clay pots of varying sizes are scattered across a wooden bench, each filled with a different ingredient. There’s orange-hued turmeric in one, sweet-smelling Ceylon cinnamon in another....
View ArticleGrape expectations: Lake Geneva
The northern shore of Lake Geneva stretches for just over 100 kilometres. If you’re racing through, you could zip in an hour from Geneva at one end to Montreux almost at the other. Although you might...
View ArticlePure pleasure: Bladnoch Distillery
There’s a new angle to the Australian whisky story. In a rare stroke of good fortune, in 2014, successful businessman David Prior discovered a 200-year-old Scottish distillery for sale. He was...
View ArticleSuite sensations: QT Sydney
Young, glamorous, and slightly edgy, the girl posed seductively in the doorway of QT Sydney is a bold advertisement of what’s inside. Outfitted in a tight, black suit and with cropped, red hair as...
View ArticleMindfulness: One second ahead
Robert Stembridge, Managing Director of Accenture Technology, came to a clear realisation: his brain was always full. Moreover, he realised he had taken it for granted that it had to be that way....
View ArticleSerenity in Cygnet, Tasmania
Not many people know it, but Tasmanians might well have been speaking French and be legally permitted to call their fine sparkling wines ‘Champagne’ today. “You see, a French expedition to this area...
View ArticleCamped by a Billabong Retreat
It’s only on reflection that the irony of speeding heedlessly towards a mindfulness retreat becomes apparent to me. But at the time, I am oblivious. Instead, I derive a perverse satisfaction from...
View ArticleBubbling up: Redbubble art repository
Redbubble showcases the spectrum of artistic style — from evocative black and white photographs that capture every emotion, however trifling, to vibrant and quirky, pixelated graphics that take you...
View ArticleWhy a Chief Culture Officer should be your first hire
They say that we are really only very good at one, maximum two things in this life. We could be blessed with great programming skills or product design, branding or financial wizardry. For those with...
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