Category: Insights

  • Photos So it was off to Adelaide to experience the first ever day-night Cricket  Test Match, Australia vs New Zealand the third and final match of the series with Australia leading 1-0.  Test cricket is a passion of mine, in fact  it’s on my bucket list to see Australia play in six countries and I’m…

  • Forget the past. Tomorrow is a new day. New day, new hopes and new life. Lailah Gifty Akita Life is always in consistent motion.  Sometimes we don’t see that or don’t want to see that but it is true nonetheless.  My life is at a major turning point, I believe for the better but I…

  • One of the interesting changes of my professional life is the rather large role presenting to the superannuation industry now plays. I recall a time when I wasn’t trusted to present, not that I didn’t have the knowledge, but because I just answered questions without filters, in particular admitting mistakes and my organisations thought process…

  • My job occasionally requires me to visit diverse parts of Australia.  Working for the Commonwealth of Australia and having a national role means I need to meet people and provide services and advise. Since I returned to work in mid-May from my 2015 World Trip (India & Japan) in a period of 35 days and…

  • A recent New York Times about incivility at the workplace got me thinking about the way I operate in the workplace.  Am I too busy to acknowledge my team, or am I setting a bad example? The article had the following insight: Bosses produce demoralized employees through a string of actions: walking away from a…