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The Tyranny of Metrics

The Tyranny of Metrics

Kristen Gyorgak

26 March 2021

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

#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.

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