Critical Factors

28/07/2025

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12/04/2025

Tim's fortnightly thoughts... -

What a week people… internationally the chaos of the Trump presidency continues with a string of chaotic decisions that upend the status quo. Nationally the beige election campaign continues with little or no real choice difference being presented by Australia’s political parties. I rate the cur...

08/04/2025

How are you and your navigating these uncertain times?

08/10/2024

The weekly email from Tim Kitching ....

23/07/2024

Tim's weekly email 19/7 -

My standout this week was reengaging with an executive from one of Australia’s largest tech companies that is undergoing major growing pains as it tries to become a sustainable business after years of exceptional growth. All of a sudden the business is hit with restructures, redundancies, seriousl...

24/05/2024

Tim's weekly email 24/5 -

The pace just continues but I guess it is the final 6 weeks of the Australian financial year so running hard is good, not bad! The undoubtable highlight of this week was spending some time with Viscount Plastics working with their teams on managing performance within the boundaries of Australian ind...

17/05/2024

This weeks email ahs dropped, access it here. -

“It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.”― Allan McNish

11/05/2024

Weekly email from Tim May 10 -

This week was spent battling a cold that would just not go away. Don’t you hate it when biology gets in the way of your plans! I did, however, invest time with Tilling Timber and Hydraulink as they build Leadership Capability and grow their businesses. The picture below is from a recent conference...

26/04/2024

Our latest weekly update is out.

This week I spent time with three of our clients, Andrews Meat, LIPA Pharmaceuticals and Kinross Farms and enjoyed every second of it! For those that know me here is living proof that I was wearing HighVis and a hairnet! My lessons from the past week are: