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Storytelling in STEMM: Women engineers, Disney fairytales & Alstom
Can changing the narrative (finally) give women a voice in STEMM? Based on our...
How to be an authentic and successful leader at Freightliner
Do you ever feel as though your work persona and your life persona are worlds...
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Emily Duggan, Racing Car Driver
When Emily Duggan, Australian Racing Car Driver was preparing for her first race in 2014, to compete against an all male field, she called the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to check with officials whether it was within the rules to allow a woman to...
Striking the right balance
In 2016, BHP set a bold aspirational goal to achieve gender balance by 2025. In the two years since we announced this aspirational goal, the action, debate and innovation it originally sparked has intensified across our company and within the industry. These forces...
Be the change you want to see in your business
Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance. It’s with this note from Verna Myers in mind that Bindy Edelman approaches her role as global head of diversity and inclusion at cloud accounting software company Xero. It comes after years...
No timesheets. No 6-minute increments. How this Law Firm is Challenging its Own Profession
Buckminster Fuller once said “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”. Building a new legal model is exactly what Construction and Infrastructure lawyer Janelle Kerrisk...
How to land your dream job after a career break
Returning to work after a career break can be a daunting experience - wandering into an office full of unfamiliar faces isn’t exactly the most comforting of thoughts. However, it is important to remember that you aren’t the first, and you’re definitely not the last to...
Learning is an experiential journey, not just a destination
Today I celebrated being a #deakingrad, receiving my law degree at Deakin University's Waterfront campus; almost 10 years since I started this learning journey. 'Wow, it took you 10 years to finish a law degree?!?' I hear you say? Indeed, it took me 10 years to study...
“Know what you want and back yourself. It’s not a man’s world anymore”
Anastasia Grizioti, Aggregate Industries’ newly-promoted Assistant Quarry Manager, shares her journey so far and explains why women should no longer be afraid of working in quarrying. In 2015, Anastasia Grizioti joined the Graduate Scheme at Aggregate Industries....
It’s never been a more pressing time for progress
About the time the Australian Government decided to create a national science agency over 100 years ago, the first International Women’s Day was celebrated, commemorating the movement for women’s rights. While both have come a long way over the century, we still...
How to get simply serious about gender equality
Two major organizations that I worked for in my corporate career had safety as their number one value. One of those organizations sent workers out in vans and trucks, up poles, down pits, under houses, in roofs. The other organization had workers out on mines, oil...