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		<title>Copyright must address modern ways of working, learning and living</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2012/04/copyrightexemptions-for-modern-ways-of-working-learning-and-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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Last Friday&#8217;s decision of the full bench of the Federal Court must be appealed to the High Court and the High Court should over turn this poor decision.
I established one of the first multimedia development  companies in Australia in 1985 and since then I have had to address the many  practical problems caused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many IT projects fail to deliver the benefits identified in the business plan, exceed their budget and are delivered late.</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2012/04/it-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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Is poor governance the issue and if so what must be done to fix the problem?


What is the problem?
Complex IT projects usually have a well-documented business case before any organisation will allocate the significant resources required for such projects. This investment is made in anticipation of IT projects delivering significant returns. The problem begins right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Being a Bully Mr Demetriou</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2012/02/stop-being-a-bully-mr-demetriou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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Sorry Mr Demetriou there is no such thing as a simple change to copyright laws our copyright law is broken and needs to be fixed properly to reward creation and innovation in a digital world where billions of people are connected to trillions of devices.
Cries to protect consumer interests are not a furphy as Demetriou [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Boards: Practice Vs Theory</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2011/07/boards-practicetheory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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The public and private feedback to my last post lamented that the real world does not usually align with my description of how boards should operate. But others like Dan Stojanovich opined that “boards do need considered, intelligent, informed, compassionate, practical, adventurous, creative, ethical and shrewd thinking, in order for the board to help clarify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Boards that Create Value</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2011/06/company-boards-that-create-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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The value that a board can bring a small to medium sized company is to:



assess the context and environment within which the company operates
provide independent evaluation of management
access to important relationships not otherwise available to management
drive strategic planning, and
verify the execution of plans

Directors need to give valuable insights, assessments, contacts/networks and leverage to bring about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Business Value in Business Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2011/05/increasing-business-value-in-business-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 11:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To increase the value of the business, business planning must influence everyday activities so that all activities are aligned with the company goals. Critically these activities have to produce the outcomes necessary to achieve the desired company goals. Business planning has to make the right decision to direct how the resources of the company are going to be utilised. The best decisions create the most value for the business. The best strategic decisions deliver competitive advantages that are difficult to emulate but usually are expensive to unwind.]]></description>
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		<title>Set Direction Align Actions to Goals</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2011/04/setting_directions_aligning_goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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Engage your staff to align their every day tasks to company goals
Since I sold my business in 2007 I have worked with a number of talented entrepreneurs to rapidly grow their businesses. I&#8217;ve enjoyed sharing my 25 years experience but because I no longer have the pressures of running my own business I&#8217;ve been able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Broadband an Essential Investment for Our Future</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2010/08/beyond-broadband-an-essential-investment-for-our-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadband delivers essential services making it fundamental infrastructure for any modern society. It is not the feeds and speed that is critical but the applications that deliver value. It is the trains not the tracks. A digitally connected economy needs a frictionless payments system, sound security and effective intellectual property laws for eHealth, education and applications that optimise how we utilise energy, water and other resources.]]></description>
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		<title>The Digital Economy: It&#8217;s the Economy Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2010/05/acs-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 21:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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Presentation to the Australian Computer Society
Summary
The Digital Economy is The Economy as everything we do is digitised and everything will soon be connected to everything else. Technology is vital to &#8220;Creating Better Ways of Working Learning and Living&#8221; but technology is not sufficient. The connected economy will not achieve its full potential without better ways of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Digital Economy: It&#8217;s the Economy Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.russellyardley.com/opinions/2010/04/the-digital-economy-its-the-economy-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Yardley</dc:creator>
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The Digital Economy is The Economy as everything we do is digitised and everything is becoming connected to everything else. Improved technology in the connected economy is vital to &#8220;Creating Better Ways of Working Learning and Living&#8221; but improved technology is not sufficient in achieving these goals, the connected economy will fail to achieve its [...]]]></description>
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