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Dave Grosvenor

Dave Grosvenor

Commercial and procurement executive | Former Royal Australian Navy logistics specialist | Founder of Dave Grosvenor Advisory

Jun 26, 2026

30:05
Hmm.
30:05
Uh, we still-- We don't make automobiles, but we probably could, but they wouldn't be on a mass production line anymore.
30:12
And again, look, I'm quite optimistic about Australia's ability to recover from this malaise.
30:21
I think we've lost our way, I think, and it's, you're right, it started in the '90s, and it was, I think, in part associated with the, the peace dividend, and we, and we just thought, "Hey," you know, like, and, you know, people in, in organizations are incentivized to save organizations money.
30:38
I mean, I've spent my career in buying things and logistics, and of course we always, you know, if you're working for Woolies or, you know, Coles, you know, if you can find...
30:49
We don't even make paper bags anymore.
30:51
I looked at the one, you know, made in Vietnam or the, the Woolies ones are made in China or something.

8 MINS LATER

38:31
What's the one thing we're not talking about that we should be?
23:15
To be a reporter, you know,
23:17
to be a script writer.
23:19
You know, for example, I'm in the end...
23:20
The list of professions that are going to be profoundly impacted by artificial intelligence is a very long list.
23:28
And I think...
23:29
If the federal government has the wisdom and foresight to recognize that we need to change, you know, we need to actually change the power, shift the, you know, move the needle and, you know, look at this from a – this is going to be a seismic shift.
23:45
in the way we as a civilization on Earth exist.

6 MINS LATER

29:51
Oh, yeah, well, as we said
30:05
Mm.
30:05
Uh, we still, we don't make automobiles, but we probably could, but they wouldn't be on a mass production line anymore.
30:12
And again, look, I'm quite optimistic about Australia's ability to recover from this malaise.
30:21
I think we've lost our way, I think, and it's, you're right, it started in the '90s, and it was, I think, in part associated with the, the peace dividend, and we, and we just thought, "Hey," you know, look, and, you know, people in, in organizations are incentivized to save organizations money.
30:38
I mean, I've spent my career in buying things and logistics, and of course we always, you know, if you're working for Woolies or, you know, Coles, you know, if you can find...
30:49
We don't even make paper bags anymore.
30:51
I looked at the one, you know, made in Vietnam or the, the Woolies ones are made in China or something.

8 MINS LATER

38:31
What's the one thing we're not talking about that we should be?

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