Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Articles: Business

Australia: Exporting our future?

Walking around the exhibit booths of Australian mining and exploration companies at the Hong Kong Mines and Money conference sent me a strong...

Exports Mannwest

Freedom to shop

As a consumer, buying a loaf of bread when it suited me was once my “right”, but now I can only shop with...

Nickel and hotels in Bali

I had a brief adventure as a Bali tourism owner in the 1970’s. I was looking for a career change with a touch...

Bali hotel Mannwest

Have the Harvard graduates succeeded where the Communists failed?

This after-dinner speech, delivered to the Western Australian branch of the Harvard Club of Australia, tells a number of stories about the history...

The indirect pursuit of happiness

Sometimes Ron gets reflective, and a piece such as this is the result. These words are from a speech Ron gave at the...

Do booms always end in tears?

This article was first published in WA Mining Club‘s Minesite, an annual collection of the club’s activities as well as those of its...

Booms end in tears Mannwest

Some thoughts on capitalism, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and ‘stakeholderism’

This article is an excerpt from a submission to the Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into corporate responsibility, written by Ron on behalf of Mannkal...

Mannwest fire

Where is mining going in the west?

I penned this in 2005 in response to a question that kept popping up: where is mining going the west? It’s just as...

Mining Manners: My elusive career

I gave this keynote speech as part of Business News‘ Success and Leadership Series in 2004. At the time I was Chairman of...

Looking for leadership

I’ve often bemoaned the lack of leadership in the business and mining community. The general fear of “rocking the boat” or offending the anti-business...

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