Remembering our Queen of Soul

Remembering our Queen of Soul

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...
Aretha Franklin: Lessons from the feminist icon

Aretha Franklin: Lessons from the feminist icon

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...
Six women who reached the top but no one told you

Six women who reached the top but no one told you

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

Blameless Culture

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...
How to find a mentor and why you should start today

How to find a mentor and why you should start today

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...