Category: Insights

  • One of my colleagues Ian Bartlett lost a substantial part of his family on Saturday.   His brother, sister-in-law and one of his nieces died in the fires on Saturday 7 February 2009.   12 year old Madison Bartlett survived with substantial burns to her body.    My former team is collecting money and goods…

  • Well last week the organisation I work for (accidentally) released the new returns I was project leading early (by about 1 week). Now the hard part, dealing with the public and any issues they have (or our staff).   The returns themselves are radically different and introduce a lot of new concepts and rules and instructions.…

  • Since February I began working as a Director, a position I just finished last week.    It was an interesting 3 months, I had to deal with a health issue effecting staff that meant the workforce had to be changed from full time to part time (with shifts).   Hard to tell people that they…

  • I found out today that I will be receiving an award for innovation from my employer. I get to choose from a list of prizes worth $300 (including going towards a laptop). A bit of a surprise but it is always nice to be recognised for ones work and creative ideas. This might be timely…

  • The arrogance of some of the just defeated Liberal party members!!!!! Workchoices was the major issue of the election; time and again it was listed as the major point of difference between Labour and the Liberals. In fact the Liberals complained that Labour was ‘me too’ on almost all their policies. So really if you…