Shailan Patel

Small businesses struggle with hikes in overheads, low demand 1news.co.nz/2024/04/08/sma…

Businesses increasingly dissatisfied with government - survey rnz.co.nz/news/business/…

Transforming a tech titan: Why @MYOB’s betting its future on AI forbes.com.au/brand-voice/br…

.@MYOB and @Microsoft sign five-year strategic partnership to jointly fund, build, and scale AI-powered innovation for Australian and New Zealand businesses news.microsoft.com/source/asia/20…

AI bubble. What bubble?

‘Ghosted, rejected, depressing’: 22-year-old graduate, 13 months unemployed, 60 job applications, not one interview stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360955…

Uni students facing 'toughest time' in years as costs rise rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

‘Gold standard' employer engagement in secondary education ise.org.uk/knowledge/insi…

.@MYOB unleashes new AI tools for SME cashflow istart.co.nz/nz-news-items/…

“Decisive leap”: AI BAS tools coming to @MYOB MYOB is rolling out new AI tools for its small business users, pledging to speed up BAS filing and bank reconciliation without compromising on transparency and human oversight via @smartcompany smartcompany.com.au/artificial-int…

The £1bn company with no staff? Why AI is a gift to Britain’s small businesses cityam.com/the-1bn-compan…

AI adoption and the reshaping of early-career capability – a shared challenge for higher education and industry linkedin.com/pulse/ai-adopt…

The critics are right: Degrees no longer guarantee jobs — but they do guarantee careers via @UCNZ canterbury.ac.nz/life/jobs-and-…

26 LESSONS I'm taking into 2026 👇🏾 lesson 1: the person you marry is the most important career decision you’ll ever make. lesson 2: failure isn’t the opposite of success - it’s the tuition fee. lesson 3: the first thought you have is often the truest. Trust it more. lesson 4: regret is always louder than rejection. lesson 5: do not let the internet tell you how hard you should or shouldn't work. lesson 6: everything is figure-out-able if you’re willing to look stupid. lesson 7: anger is often just fear in disguise. lesson 8: your health is the foundation under every ambition. Without it, nothing stands. lesson 9: if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it deeply. lesson 10: your childhood is an explanation, not a justification. lesson 11: you become unstoppable the day embarrassment stops being a price you fear. lesson 12: if it costs your peace, it’s too expensive. lesson 13: the people you love will always be your best investment. lesson 14: growth feels a lot like loss at first. lesson 15: if you can’t change it, change how you see it. lesson 16: most timeframes and delays people give you are fake - it's just "how it's always been done". Your job is to push on them to see if they're made of concrete or paper. lesson 17: your energy introduces you before your words do. Get right with yourself. lesson 18: your biggest opportunities will show up dressed as problems lesson 19: the people who win are the ones who can suffer boredom. lesson 20: success is rarely about doing more - it’s about deleting what doesn’t matter. lesson 21: great work is just good work repeated. Be consistent, not perfect. lesson 22: protecting your time is the highest form of self-care and self-respect. lesson 23: fear shrinks when you move toward it. lesson 24: discipline is easier than regret lesson 25: don’t just chase goals. Chase environments that make those goals inevitable. lesson 26: mind your own business. I’m curious, which of these lessons did you have to learn the hard way? Drop the number in the comments. Or, if you have a Lesson 27 that I missed, leave it below. I’ll be reading through ❤️

Unlocking AI’s next leap forward: empowering SMEs to lead the way accountantsdaily.com.au/technology/219…

I’ve been self employed for a while now, but this really struck a chord.

If you’ve ever wondered why you work hard but cannot catch up, this episode will hit you in the chest.   @ElizaFilby explains how inheritance shapes your life more than your degree, your job, or your hustle. And why nobody talks about it.   Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/nhvL48LgmT8?si… @Trevornoah

I discovered the secret to mastery by accident thanks to my girlfriends mum... I was 18 and dating a girl I'd met in Manchester. Her mum asks what I do for a living. At this time I was a university drop out building a tech company, and when she asked me I launched into this elaborate explanation about "leveraging social currency to build omnichannel media ecosystems that give students the power of community." Her mum stares at me. "So... you're building an online noticeboard?" "Yeah." That's when I knew I didn't understand my own business. The truth is, if you can't explain what you do to someone's mum, dad or grandparents at dinner, you probably don't understand it yourself - and your customers definitely won't. You're hiding behind jargon. Using complexity as camouflage for confusion. Feynman knew this. The physicist who helped build the atomic bomb. His test for understanding wasn't whether you could write equations. It was whether you could explain quantum mechanics to a child. After that dinner with my girlfriends mum, I started doing something that changed my entire life. I started pitching to people who were completely clueless about my industry - namely my friend Mike from university who worked in a call centre. Before every client meeting, every pitch, every strategic decision, I'd explain it to Mike. If he could understand it, then I knew I understood it. I learnt that explaining forces understanding. Teaching is where your ignorance gets exposed. This is also incredibly effective in interviewing candidates for job roles. So many people worked at a place that did something good and often claim credit for work they were not involved in. So before I hire anyone, I ask them to explain their biggest achievement in their last role, like I'm a 10 year old. The ones who can't? They're usually the ones who were passengers, not drivers. My entire podcast is built on this. I ask the world's smartest people to explain complex things as simply as they possibly can - like I'm an idiot (helps that I often am). The ones who actually understand their field make it feel obvious. The ones who don't use bigger words and blame you for not keeping up. Mastery isn't knowing all the complicated words - It's not needing them!

‘Happiness’ study reveals concerning issue impacting Aussie workplaces - There is an alarming new trend sweeping workplaces across the country - and it is one that should terrify all good bosses. www-news-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.news.c…