JDA PRINT RECRUITMENT
Beset by different carbon schemes, industry sage, James Cryer, piles back into the debate, debunking accepted truths while sowing confusion in the minds of the undecided. Last week’s LIA meeting at Five Dock in Sydney dealt with the merits of alternate carbon-abatement schemes. It highlighted several things. One is just how gullible human beings are…
DetailsConcentrating on carbon dioxide continues to distract us from the bigger evil, pollution, which is the real demon. But unfortunately that word seems to have an old-fashioned ring to it. It’s so last-century, when things were simpler, remedies clearer and actions more decisive. Life was uncomplicated by the vested interests, stakeholders (another shocking word!), political…
DetailsThe printing industry was represented at last weekend’s carbon tax rally in Hyde Park Sydney, when industry notable, James Cryer, brought his message to the assembled throng. Readers of this journal will be familiar with the thrust of Cryer’s complaints against the imposition of a carbon tax. He has presented his point of view at…
DetailsLet’s stop being bashful and get our voice into the marketplace, says Print21 columnist James Cryer, who used the Easter break to write another manifesto on how the industry can raise its profile. Our industry has recently been entertained by the ping-pong ball contest over the carbon tax – to be, or not to be.…
DetailsIt is with a sense of schadenfreud that we watch various retailers currently grappling with the challenge of online-ordering from overseas vendors. They, like us in the printing industry, are having to adjust to the new realities that there are alternate forms of delivering product to market. Customers now have options in terms of how…
DetailsIndustry gadfly and guru, James Cryer, wants to redefine the printing industry by its constituent parts and expand its borders to include the growing segments that are driving more of the current employment opportunities. How should an industry best reflect its priorities and aspirations, especially when it comes to the associations that represent it members?…
DetailsIn the aftermath of the Printing Industries election, it’s worth asking what the Association is actually for and who is its constituency? As the dominance of printing fades in a fragmenting digital marketplace the quest for meaning and relevance takes on more urgency. James Cryer, industry seer and gadfly, kick-starts the discussion. It is with…
DetailsIt’s been a while but some habits are hard to kick … Patrons sought for Women in Print…International Print Day … James Cryer looks back and more. Print is a very ‘blokey’ type of industry so there’s all the more reason it should show its chivalrous side when it comes to sponsoring Women in Print.…
DetailsIndustry seer and gadfly, James Cryer, took up an invitation to meet Treasurer Joe Hockey to talk over some points in a ‘Budget Review’ at his North Sydney office. Here is how it happened and, for those with a taste for it, the original communication between the two. Democracy is, no doubt, a flawed notion.…
DetailsThe story of how Anthony Thirlby’s UK-based printing company, ESP Colour, is revolutionising the workflow, pricing and productivity of the industry – in the April issue of Print21 magazine – prompted James Cryer, industry gadfly and iconoclast, to write an affirmative and positive response. Greetings Anthony, I was fascinated to read the article on your…
Details
