Maybe We Don't Need More Digital. Maybe We Need Better Digital. Remember when you could leave the house without your phone? You could go for a walk without checking emails. You could have dinner without a notification popping up. You could take a weekend away without feeling like you needed to stay connected to work. It sounds strange now. These days, our phones do almost everything. They are our camera, calendar, map, bank, shopping centre, newspaper and entertainment. For m

There’s something slightly ironic about living in Perth. We’re one of the most isolated cities in the world, yet somehow we’ve never been more connected. Your phone knows where you are, your watch knows how many steps you’ve taken, and your inbox knows exactly when you’re trying to ignore it. If you run a small business, the problem is even more obvious. Your phone is your office, receptionist, accountant, marketing manager, photographer, diary, customer service desk and occa

Remember when leaving work actually meant leaving work? You'd shut the laptop, head home and, more or less, that was it. No Slack message at 7.43pm, no client email arriving halfway through dinner, and no checking your website traffic while waiting for your coffee. For Perth business owners in their 30s, the shift has been particularly noticeable. Many of us remember growing up before smartphones became permanently attached to our hands and before every business conversation