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Nicole shares her remarkable journey from environmental law student to Mayor of Karratha, government advisor, board leader, and entrepreneur. Drawing on more than two decades of experience across government, industry, infrastructure, and public policy, she discusses what it takes to navigate complexity, drive meaningful change, and build a business around expertise and purpose. ]]> https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/826/Nicola-Lockwood.png page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-nicole-lockwood/ 2026-06-23 06:53:30 825 1
Yet uncertainty does not need to lead to paralysis. With the right process, it can become a catalyst for clearer thinking, stronger leadership and more resilient planning.

In April 2026, with the US/Iran war heating up, Beckon Business brought together clients and contacts from 12 industries and sectors to explore how businesses might prepare for an off-centred world. Using scenario planning processes, participants stepped back from immediate reactions and examined a range of plausible futures. ]]> https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/825/Navigating-Uncertainty-Image.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/navigating-uncertainty-using-scenario-planning/ 2026-06-22 02:57:38 824 1
We tend to treat the race like it’s a virtue in itself. But sometimes, the greatest superpower in business isn’t the ability to keep running.

It’s the courage to stop. To pause.]]> https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/824/Play.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-power-of-the-pause/ 2026-06-22 00:46:35 823 1 https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/823/Chris-White.png page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-chris-white-from-whiteroom-finance/ 2026-06-19 01:00:34 822 1 https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/822/Oliver-Wood_PWD_2.png page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-oliver-wood-from-pwd/ 2026-05-26 02:17:26 818 1 https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/818/Fitz-Article-.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/federal-budget-2026-27-back-to-the-future-party-like-its-1999/ 2026-05-21 02:12:31 817 1 https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/817/Paula-Smith-and-Charlie-Gunninhgam.png page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-dr-paula-smith/ 2026-05-06 02:06:00 816 1 Wahhab v BMD Nominees, offers timely and practical guidance for anyone working with finance conditional contracts, including agents, brokers, settlement teams and legal advisers.]]> https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/816/Lavan.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/finance-clauses-under-pressure-what-deal-makers-need-to-get-right-in-2026/ 2026-05-04 05:35:47 815 1 https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/815/Emma-Burdett_Header.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-emma-burdett-from-huddle-up-creative/ 2026-05-01 06:51:00 814 1

Today, SMBs can use AI to improve communication, reporting, follow-up, proposal preparation, and internal decision-making without starting a major technology project. But this window will not stay open forever. ]]> https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/814/Sujit_Headermedia_2.jpg page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-ai-opportunity-window-is-open-for-smbs/ 2026-05-01 06:38:00 813 1
Australia’s mid-sized segment represents a smaller share of Australia’s firms and workers than Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) peers. This is sometimes called the ‘missing middle’. ]]> page https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/mobilising-australias-missing-middle/ 2026-04-28 06:46:25 809 1 Cyber Exposure Snapshot across 351 WA Leaders member and member-adjacent domains. Nobody was billed, nobody was asked, and nothing was touched, no credentials used, no internal systems accessed. We simply looked at what the public internet already says about each business, the same way an attacker does before any real intrusion.

We’re sharing the results because Australian SMBs are sitting on easily-fixed exposure that they almost certainly don’t know about — and the results are confronting.
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