Insights

Explore reflections on the projects and problems we work on at Strabo Rivers. We share the questions we are asking, and the issues shaping our thinking.

Decision Quality Comes from Decision Quantity: Why business cases succeed or fail long before the final recommendation

Sebastian Vanderzeil 20/4/26 Sebastian Vanderzeil 20/4/26

Decision Quality Comes from Decision Quantity: Why business cases succeed or fail long before the final recommendation

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Parametric insurance and body corporates: some practical observations for strata committees

Sebastian Vanderzeil 1/2/26 Sebastian Vanderzeil 1/2/26

Parametric insurance and body corporates: some practical observations for strata committees

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Understanding flood risk in strata buildings: insights from the insurance world

Sebastian Vanderzeil 1/2/26 Sebastian Vanderzeil 1/2/26

Understanding flood risk in strata buildings: insights from the insurance world

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Urban Densification: Policy Input or Market Output?

Sebastian Vanderzeil 17/12/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 17/12/25

Urban Densification: Policy Input or Market Output?

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Reflections on Resilient Kurilpa’s National Community Award Win

Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/11/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/11/25

Reflections on Resilient Kurilpa’s National Community Award Win

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A Quiet Current? Exploring a Possible Link Between SMSF Investment and Kurilpa’s Rapid Development

Sebastian Vanderzeil 8/11/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 8/11/25

A Quiet Current? Exploring a Possible Link Between SMSF Investment and Kurilpa’s Rapid Development

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Writing Business Cases in a Risk-Adverse System

Sebastian Vanderzeil 20/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 20/10/25

Writing Business Cases in a Risk-Adverse System

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Four Ghosts of Capital: What the Old Thinkers Would Say About IBA’s New Strategy

Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25

Four Ghosts of Capital: What the Old Thinkers Would Say About IBA’s New Strategy

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Ayn Rand on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Freedom and Creation

Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25

Ayn Rand on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Freedom and Creation

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Henry Ford on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Making and Owning

Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25

Henry Ford on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Making and Owning

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John Maynard Keynes on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Repair and Risk

Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25

John Maynard Keynes on Indigenous Wealth: A Conversation About Repair and Risk

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John D. Rockefeller on Indigenous Wealth: An Imagined Conversation About Building Wealth

Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 18/10/25

John D. Rockefeller on Indigenous Wealth: An Imagined Conversation About Building Wealth

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From Striker to Goalkeeper: How GenAI Is Changing My Role in Consulting

Sebastian Vanderzeil 16/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 16/10/25

From Striker to Goalkeeper: How GenAI Is Changing My Role in Consulting

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Rethinking “Spaceship Earth”: Reflections on The Beginning of Infinity

Sebastian Vanderzeil 7/10/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 7/10/25

Rethinking “Spaceship Earth”: Reflections on The Beginning of Infinity

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You Can’t Dilute Out Poor Quality

Sebastian Vanderzeil 9/9/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 9/9/25

You Can’t Dilute Out Poor Quality

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Why Struggling Utilities May Gain the Most from Consulting

Sebastian Vanderzeil 31/7/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 31/7/25

Why Struggling Utilities May Gain the Most from Consulting

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Behind the Regulator: What Utilities Should Learn from the Independent Reviewer

Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/7/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/7/25

Behind the Regulator: What Utilities Should Learn from the Independent Reviewer

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Five Surprising Decisions from IPART — And What They Tell Us About Economic Regulation of Water in NSW

Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/7/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 24/7/25

Five Surprising Decisions from IPART — And What They Tell Us About Economic Regulation of Water in NSW

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Submission readiness survey

Sebastian Vanderzeil 25/2/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 25/2/25

Submission readiness survey

Submission readiness - a repeatable survey for insights and decision making

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Water businesses: in a land of their own

Sebastian Vanderzeil 13/2/25 Sebastian Vanderzeil 13/2/25

Water businesses: in a land of their own

Water utilities as a unique market

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