Most companies don't open an office first. They hire people first. That's one of the biggest shifts we've seen in global hiring over the past few years — and it still surprises many companies when they first encounter it. Instead of spending months establishing a legal entity in a new country, businesses are increasingly choosing to build local teams first, validate the market, and scale operations before making long-term investments. At Sisima, we've worked with companies

Most businesses treat tax administration as a compliance checkbox. File on time, get the numbers right, move on. When things are running smoothly, it's easy to assume whoever is handling it has everything under control. But if you're operating across Papua New Guinea and Australia at the same time, that assumption carries more risk than most leadership teams realise — until something goes wrong. Two Countries, Two Very Different Systems PNG and Australia don't just have diffe

If you've ever tried to hire a capable HR professional in Papua New Guinea, you already know it's not straightforward. It's not that there aren't applicants — it's that people who genuinely understand labour law, payroll compliance, and people management within the specific context of PNG are rare. The pool is small, and competition for the good ones is real. For multinational companies entering the market, this is the kind of problem that tends to stay invisible until someth