Entries for the annual Pose Awards begin this week, and CEO and founder George Heddon has named a line-up of over 60 talented judges who will decide who wins the gong. Announced.
The Pause Awards present honors across five major categories: Growth, Excellence, Operators, Goodness and Culture. Awards range from People’s Choice, Winner, Grand Prix, Hall of Fame, Champion and the Diamond Award for the best all-around business.
Heddon simply describes his goals for the Pose Awards, which he started in 2018:We only honor real people doing real things. ”
This year’s judging panel includes product, growth and innovation experts from companies such as: Mastercard, Airtasker, Google, Medibank, Dept, AWS, Bookings.com, Microsoft, Birchal more.
“We are very excited to have such a diverse and experienced panel of judges at this year’s Pause Awards.” George Heddon said.
“Their insights and predictions highlight the dynamic and transformative nature of our industry and we cannot wait to see how these trends are reflected in the submissions we receive.” yeah.”
As Entries open this week – The deadline is August 18th, but unsuccessful candidates can apply until September 1st – Several members of the judging panel were asked how they see the year ahead, with answers ranging from AI transformation to sustainable business practices, From growth to innovation.
some, for example Granicus’ Nathan Connors is very optimistic, predicting: “Australia wins the Rugby World Cup.”
Airtasker’s Doug Rathbone believes economic fundamentals are starting to move again. “Product and technology leaders will learn how to build successful and profitable businesses again,” says Veliko Golubovich of New Moment. “Full-blown creative chaos,” Trevor Townsend of Startupbootcamp Australia is in more survivor mode.“A year of turmoil in which the resilience and resourcefulness thrive!”
“The ChatGPT plugin ecosystem will explode as service providers rapidly integrate with AI to enable faster and more dimensioned service experiences,” said Robyn Wilson of Superora, a Sydney management consultancy. I predict that it will.
India Gad of Sipiji anticipates “increasing focus on developing sustainable business practices and transparent ESG practices.”
When it comes to work culture, Viona Young of VY Consulting believes that “the realization that work and life are not separate will continue, and we will move further towards a people-first approach to how we work.”
Jodette Cleary from Hipages holds a similar view, stating that “comprehensive benefits have become the most important benefits companies offer their employees, ensuring that teams are energized physically and mentally to do their best work every day.” Enabled, we care for the whole human being, not just the worker.”
in the meantime Stuart B. Richardson of Adventure Capital predicts that “AI and commercial real estate will bring incremental changes to jobs and workplaces.”
Among the big tech gurus Google’s Jessica Williams pursued something oldie but delicious While “destroy, destroy, destroy” Mastercard’s Michael Zaira predicts “this will be a year of optimizing core customer value propositions and securing spend” in an era of economic instability. ” Medibank Sam Air A basic maxim in economics holds that “values rise to their highests as costs continue to tighten”.
Industry-specific predictions include: Department of Evan Davey expects mixed reality to finally have an opportunity to go mainstream
According to Penelope Schell of advertising agency OMD, “FY2024 will be the year in which Australian-founded brands expand their presence around the world more than ever before, in a shift away from a local focus on the pandemic.”
you can Enter your Pause Benefit here.