Measured #21- Allan Trench

Allan Trench is an Author, MBA Director & Professor at the University of Western Australia Business School, and a well-known name in the industry. Allan and Rene discuss the value of a MBA in running exploration companies, they muse about Chat GPT, speculate on the future of gold mining, and much more.

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

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3:40 Introducing Allan
10:00 The MBA debate
https://www.amazon.com/Co-Opetition-Adam-M-Brandenburger/dp/0385479506 
16:12 The ASX landscape
28:00 Allan’s students & “data crunch”
30:56 Growing the pie in Geology tertiary education
39:28 Chat GPT and AI
https://www.miningnews.net/strictly-boardroom/opinion/1444881/90-seconds-on-leadership (paywall)
41:42 What is Allan working on?
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3512681 (Allan’s Green Gold paper)
51:10 Will we be mining gold in 50 years?
1:01:42 Learning & Reputation
1:06:39 Board Composition & Governance
https://www.amazon.com/Fish-Rots-Head-Boardrooms-Developing/dp/1846683297 
https://www.amazon.com/Success-Equation-Untangling-Business-Investing-ebook/dp/B00A07FR4W 
1:16:30 Standard Mineral Resources
1:20:00 Creating the right analysis brackets
1:22:30 Allan’s crystal ball for 2023