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“How do you eat an elephant?” The answer is of course “one bite at a time.” This metaphor provides a surprisingly relevant use case for AI in bidding. With many years as a bidding consultant, and having experimented with our own generative AI bidding platform since mid-2023, I’ve learnt that the most common mistake organisations make is trying to swallow the whole ElephAInt in one attempt. This usually results in indigestion, data spills, or wasted effort. So here’s an alternative menu.


Offshoring rarely fails because of geography. It fails because of mindset. Most leaders approach it as a margin decision. How do we do this cheaper? That framing almost guarantees a short-term outcome. The real shift happens when the question becomes: what should our local team stop doing so they can focus on higher-value work? Strategy rarely fails on paper. It fails in behaviour. And people issues quietly derail even strong business plans.


To many in Western Australia, Michael Malone needs no introduction. He is one of a handful of Australians who have set up a tech company and grown it to more than $1 billion in both revenue and valuation. Over 20 years as founder and CEO, he grew Western Australia’s first internet service provider iiNet to be #1 in WA and #3 in the country.


Born in New Zealand, Sophia (or Sophie) Rossow's parents were dairy farmers. She moved to Perth when she was 3. Graduating from university with an equivalent of an occupational health and safety degree, she worked in OH&S for several years before setting up Spring Safety (although as you will hear, that was not its original name) in 2007.


John Blake has been in sales his whole working life. Aged 17, he was spotted negotiating a new battery for his car, by surfie legend Barry Young. He was offered a job, and never looked back, eventually setting up his own sales consultancy, which he admits is now a ‘lifestyle business’