Career stories, inspiration & guidance

As a self-professed Science Mum of three kids, I am often asked how I managed work and maternity leave, particularly by parents about to embark on a similar journey. So I thought that it might make a good topic for a blog post and start of a discussion. Here, I want...

Having worked at KeyPay for a year, I never thought I’d learn as much as I have in such a short time. Having previously worked at large corporates with thousands of employees, joining KeyPay and its small team of 19 people (now 31) was quite a change. My role was...

On August 16th 2018, Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul’ died aged 76. Aretha signature songs, 'Respect' and 'Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves', are veritable feminist anthems. Her powerful lyrics resonate with women all around the world. Aretha's was...

On August 16th 2018, Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul’ died aged 76. Aretha's signature songs, 'Respect' and 'Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves', are veritable feminist anthems. Her powerful lyrics resonate with women all around the world. Aretha's was...

Companies that intentionally pursue the appointment of women to their top leadership ranks are better positioned to outperform competitors. Firms with the highest gender diversity show stronger stock price growth (70%) and having at least one woman on the board...

Blameless culture has been on my mind recently. Aspects of it can be seen in the Toyota Production System, however, only more recently did “blameless” start to be used to describe it. Across the software engineering profession, it seems to have become the gold...

Earlier last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ashurst Sydney Women's Internal Mentoring event on "The Importance of Mentoring for Career Success". Mentoring has helped me significantly throughout my career both as an employee, as well as over the last three...

Having it all. Juggling career and family. Work/life balance. These phrases likely conjure images of career women rather than men. Society’s obsession with whether or not woman can “have it all” implies that the answer is “no.” After all, if we believed women could...

Review of London Transport Museum ‘Summer of Engineering’ London museums are catching up to the importance of engineering and STEM being the focus of their exhibitions. When I picked up a leaflet at my local library, I was surprised to see London Transport Museum were...