Can I Really be Me and Succeed at Work?

Can I Really be Me and Succeed at Work?

I moderate forums quite regularly for women that focus on the themes of vulnerability, building business acumen and authentic leadership. There is a consistent theme in the conversations I have before, during and after these forums. Frustration and exasperation that...
50 Years in IT – Looking Back and Looking Forwards

50 Years in IT – Looking Back and Looking Forwards

Pictured above: Me (Sue Nielsen) with Richard Hatch (star of both Battlestar Galactica’s) at Supanova 2009 when I launched my sci fi novel Behind the Sun (I had a terrible crush on him when I was young!). Looking back over 50 years of work, I realize that it...
The Myth of Worklife Balance

The Myth of Worklife Balance

These days, everyone is totally obsessed with achieving this mythical state of work life balance. At work, it’s something that’s repeated over and over, and it’s usually code for, “I want to spend less time at work.” Blogs give advice on shortcuts to having it all and...
Celebrating Female Pioneers in Tech!

Celebrating Female Pioneers in Tech!

On December 9 in 1906, New York City, American computer scientist Grace Hopper was born.  On the next day in London, December 10, but in 1815, Ada Lovelace or the "prophet of the computer age" was born.  We are taking the opportunity to celebrate both these...