AUSTRALIA | NEW ZEALAND

Governance & Social Commentary

After 32 years of providing remuneration advisory and associated governance services we have changed direction and now focus on providing commentary on the major issues facing boards, CEOs, the Australian business sector, government and community organisations and the general public.

Governance

across the globe is being challenged. Institutions which once formed the backbone of our democracies are being dismantled or rendered ineffective.

The world order is being reshaped in ways that creates issues for Australia.

Our informed commentary is designed to present some of these issues

in a non-political and non-partisan way. We believe in pro-active governance; taking action before a situation becomes a crisis, and key stakeholder engagement in policy development. The environment is at the forefront of our thinking.

Contact by email Geoff at: gtnunn@gna.net.au if you require advice or assistance.

 

Geoff Nunn & Associates:

An Independent Perspective

Our reach:

  • We provide commentary on governance issues such as:

    • Governance Practice

    • Executive Remuneration

    • Shareholder Primacy

    • Corporate Conduct

    • Risk Frameworks

  • We offer commentary on specific issues affecting Australia. Our commentary is based on the best available research, detailed analysis and an independent perspective. The issues we are confronting in 2025 and beyond are of such magnitude that the very foundation of democracy is under threat. An environmental catastrophe is just around the corner.

  • Sometimes it’s hard to find a path through the maze of regulation and stakeholder interests. Our Strategic Navigation approach provides business, governments and community organisations with a model to chart the future in a disrupted environment.

  • We undertake in-depth research and analysis into specific issues. These could be governance or social issues. We share some of our research findings in this website, and the model we use for analysis. It is primarily targeted at community organisations.

  • Sometimes the structures and language that surround us inhibit creative thinking. Each of us have the potential to go beyond these limitations and tap into a rich wellspring of ideas. We just need to be present and leg go of our preconceptions.

Our focus includes:

  • Governance Commentary

    Recent Inquiries have highlighted the tension between the need for directors to drive financial returns for shareholders and consider the interests of other stakeholders. Shareholder primacy is a hot topic in governance circles. Unfortunately sometimes the interests of other stakeholder groups get sidelined or elicit a tokenistic response. Our focus is on finding governance balance.

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  • Social Commentary

    Sometimes what you read in the newspaper or see on television does not hit the mark. Social media news is fragmented and unreliable at best. We make use of a wide variety of sources to formulate a balanced view. Why do we do this. Because we can.

    We do not offer our commentary for commercial gain and have no political affiliations.

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  • Strategic Navigation

    Strategic Navigation usually has a business focus. It’s about charting the future and navigating all the obstacles and roadblocks that inevitably appear.

    The techniques we use are equally applicable to NFPs, government entities and community organisations. We offer an independent perspective and over 50 years of experience working with organisations of all types.

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  • Applied Intelligence

    Sometimes the most intractable of problems need a fresh perspective. You can look at the same situation many times but become imprisoned in your own reality. Structures that seem solid and impermeable get in the way. Yet most of these structures are made by human beings. And if a human being can make it then a human being can change it. Dare to have a go.

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  • Beyond Cognition

    “We combine and recombine in different ways what we know, looking for a combination that clarifies something. We leave out pieces that previously seemed essential if they get in the way. We take risks, albeit calculated ones. We linger on the border of our knowledge. We familiarise ourselves with it, walking back and forth along its length, searching for a gap. We try out new combinations. New concepts.”

    Rovelli, Carlo. White Holes: Inside the Horizon. Alan Lane, London, 2023. P51

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Our core purpose:

Our Core Purpose is to bring an independent and non-partisan approach to issues confronting governments, organisations of all types and communities. We provide informed commentary, strategic navigation and applied intelligence as a way of charting the future.