Australians lead the world in business-leisure trips

He says business-leisure trips offer not only an effective way of getting all-important facetime with interstate colleagues, but it ultimately gives everyone the chance to unwind and therefore work more productively. "I don't care where my people are if they're meeting the tasks required of them," Mr Kerr told AFR Weekend. "I've hired them as professionals. And happy staff, whom you trust to put their heads down when needed, are your best staff. "I really think that, for many jobs, the industrial age thing of rock up at 9am and leave at 5pm is over. Everyone works better when you…