"Not everything that is important is measurable, and much that is measurable is unimportant." | Jerry Muller
Metrics of all shapes and sizes are p...
I am woman, hear me yawn
Hilary Bryan
8 March 2021
According to research, the COVID pandemic "laid waste to swaths of the female workforce at a time when there were multiple encouraging signs for wom...
Learning from optimists
Hilary Bryan
16 February 2021
I've come to terms with a side of my personality - a lack of optimism - and am trying to counter it. That's maybe why I focus on people who are opt...
Fundamentals for the win
Kristen Gyorgak
27 January 2021
I truly believe everything we need to know about teams we can learn from the NBA. Here's one lesson: you have to get the fundamentals right to reach...
Create an inclusive environment
Dinah Vincent
22 March 2021
Who feels included in your workplace? What messages do staff and visitors get from the signs and objects you have on display?
Creating a Human-Centred Workplace
Hilary Bryan
26 February 2021
Hilary touched on some familiar themes here: openness, autonomy and innovation. And she put our practical, how-to twist on it as well.
Lessons from the innovators
Hilary Bryan
9 February 2021
This Saturday night there was nothing worth watching on TV, so my husband and I watched a programme he'd recorded a while before. And I'm glad we di...
I hit the target, but completely missed the goal
Kristen Gyorgak
19 January 2021
At the beginning of 2020 (which feels like a decade ago) we joined the #OneWord365 challenge. The idea was this word would set your tone for the yea...
Levelling the field for psychological safety
Dinah Vincent
15 March 2021
Want to create a psychologically safe workplace? Check the basics to minimise the threat of workplace sexual harassment.
Two effects of COVID on women - true in Aotearoa?
Hilary Bryan
18 February 2021
Are we losing women in the leadership pipeline in Aotearoa, as a result of COVID?
Workplace trends unfurling in 2021
Dinah Vincent
29 January 2021
Dinah kicks off Tea & Toast for 2021 with a response to Brian Kropp's HBR article on trends that will shape work this year.
#oneword365: flexible
Dinah Vincent
19 January 2021
Why #flexible? Because 2020 made it clear to me that being flexible is an essential skill for mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.