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27/08/2026

Our founder Bill Withers published in Company Director, the AICD's magazine, on what long-term strength actually takes in an SME.

He discusses Succession Thinking® For the Company Director community in Australia.

Read the piece at https://www.aicd.com.au/corporate-governance-sectors/small-business/strengthening-your-sme-for-long-term-success.html

26/08/2026

Celebrating another year with , our Regional Charter Partner for NSW.

We continue to build genuine value and independence for SME owners across New South Wales through the dedicated effort of this hard working team of growth advisory specialists.

"Unveil is a specialist advisory firm, creating enduring value in Australian businesses since 2017. We work with owner-run Australian businesses in professional services, trades, and construction to build value that lasts beyond the founder. Everything we do serves the business first and moulds around how they operate, not the other way around. We've owned 22 businesses between our founding team, and have taken part in $65m worth of exit transactions, meaning everything that we take into other businesses has been tested and trialled in real-world scenarios before it ever comes to market."

- Dr. Mitch Catterall, Managing Partner.

*photo thanks to business network

25/08/2026

Owner dependence quietly erodes the value of a business long before anyone measures it.

Gabe Enslin in CCIWA's Business Toolbox on the signs, the cost, and what it takes to build a business that runs without you.

Read it at https://cciwa.com/business-toolbox/operations/is-your-business-too-reliant-on-you/

20/08/2026

For almost a decade, ERGT did the right things and still went three steps forward, two back. Right frameworks, real intent, even a dedicated organisational development specialist on staff.

The missing ingredient was a system. Five years into working with Adapt, Shane Addis describes a business that is significantly more profitable and markedly more resilient, in a sector where that is rare.

His words carry the story better than ours could. Read it in full at https://theadaptway.com/customer-stories/ergt/

22/07/2026

Introducing Adapt's newest strategic partner - Vertical AI.

'Our Australian voice agents pick up the phone within one second, every hour of every day, making sure your business never misses another call. With over 50 integrations they are booking sales and handling support for local Australian businesses.

VerticalAI is a Perth built AI voice and text platform that answers the calls a business would otherwise miss, at 2am, on weekends, during the lunch rush. It handles customer enquiries the way a good team member would: consistent, on brand and never off duty, with every conversation reviewable afterwards through full transcripts and sentiment analysis.

The platform is hosted entirely in Australia, on AWS in Sydney, with Australian held encryption keys and Privacy Act compliance built in from the start.

Conversations move between voice, SMS and web chat without losing context, and connect straight into the tools a business already runs on: Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Google Calendar, Zendesk and Stripe.

For SME owners in healthcare, financial services, insurance, logistics, home services, retail, hospitality and debt collection, VerticalAI is built to pick up exactly where a missed call would have cost the business a customer.'

- Brian Foodey, Founder

Want a sample agent commissioned for free, with usage credit to try it out? Then get in touch - [email protected]

20/07/2026

Introducing Adapt's newest strategic partner - Other Stuff Studio

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Other Stuff is an AI-native product studio and AI partner for SMEs, helping them work practically with AI to grow margins, increase capital and reduce risk.

Every business is built on its people, processes and tools, and Other Stuff works across all three. Speedrun workshops build capability in people by having teams create commercially useful applications with AI inside their own business. Other Stuff builds highly personalised, AI-agent native software around the workflows that matter most, whether that's sales prospecting, procurement, tendering or client reporting. And Wingman is the operating layer it all runs on, giving agents and apps the records, memory, oversight and approval points they need to work effectively inside the business.

'Other Stuff is pleased to partner with Adapt, a collaborator that shares a common philosophy, grounded in the belief that a rich and vibrant SME community is worth building for its own sake, because durable, well-supported businesses create a dividend that reaches owners, teams and the wider community.'

- Andy David, Founder.

16/07/2026

Celebrating another year with Regional Prosperity, our Regional Charter Partner for VIC.

We continue to build genuine value and independence for SME owners in regional Victoria through the dedicated effort of this hard working team of financial planning specialists.

"The goal is simple: help clients protect what they have built and pass it on cleanly to the next generation. Advisers live in the towns they serve, so meetings happen in person, on the property, or wherever suits the client."

- Kane Leersen, Founder.

14/07/2026

Celebrating another year with People Squared, our Regional Charter Partner for QLD.

We continue to build genuine value and independence for SME owners in Brisbane and regional QLD through the dedicated effort of this hard working team.

"We help business owners get more value from the Adapt journey by combining Adapt's proven methodology with practical experience in people, leadership and SME organisational challenges.

People Squared is an Adapt coaching partner, helping business owners work through the Adapt programs and turn insights into practical action.

With extensive experience supporting SMEs across HR, leadership, organisational effectiveness and business growth, we bring practical, real-world experience to the Adapt journey. This allows us to help business owners not only identify opportunities within their business, but also navigate the people, leadership and organisational challenges that often determine success."

- Brendan Forwood, Founder.

For a free HR Health Check with the People Squared team, get in touch direct or email us at [email protected]

12/07/2026

Introducing Adapt's newest strategic partner - Stratium Group.

Established in Western Australia in 2016, Stratium Group has supported more than 80 organisations on their commercialisation, growth and market expansion journeys.

Through its work across a diverse range of industries, Stratium has helped clients generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue, contract value and transaction outcomes.

'Stratium is pleased to partner with Adapt, a long-standing and trusted collaborator that shares a common philosophy centred on long-term relationships and the delivery of tangible client value. The partnership brings together complementary capabilities, underpinned by a shared commitment to integrity, collaboration and achieving sustainable outcomes for clients.'

- Ryan Smyth, Managing Director

09/07/2026

SMEs are uniquely positioned to take advantage of AI. But how do you do it in a resilient way?

Gabe and Kane spoke with Pete and Andy from otherstuff.ai about owning your cognitive stack and the risk of outsourcing your business intelligence to a third party.

Episode here: https://youtu.be/69LsshY8ICY?si=AwUuAZANaE4hXEbC

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