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It was all a bit emperor’s new clothes to me.

Yesterday I caught up for coffee with a female executive who is keen to take responsibility for the women’s agenda in her workplace.

Following the news of Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday night, I immediately checked the comments in my twitter feed to gauge sentiment.

The older I get, the more I value an opportunity to relive the past.

I spent the weekend in Newcastle as a guest of the inaugural Newcastle Writer’s Festival.

When IBM strategy director Megan Dalla-Camina told me she had embarked on a nine-month sabbatical my mind immediately started to wander, and fantasise.

After a long day of meetings and a late flight back from Melbourne last week I was looking forward to the 20-minute drive home from the airport, unwinding to my favourite songs.

I lost a friend on the weekend.

I finally found time on the weekend to start reading Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In.

When David Jones replaced model Miranda Kerr with model Jessica Gomes as the face of the department store less than a week ago, I punched the air on behalf of my former teenage self.

The recent drama over the Ford ads that were leaked to the Internet, that included the depiction of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with three gagged and bound women in the boot, focused on the fact that such material could be published publicly.

Last night I attended the first round of Monday night netball at the NSW Swifts home court, the State Sports Centre, with the Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy.