Women matter greatly in the future of leadership, says Fabian Dattner. The solutions to some of our most difficult challenges are in the voice of the people — a leader’s job is to synthesi…
Business
Choosing the right leadership when you’re a female founder (and when to let go)
As a business owner, how do you choose the right leadership for your baby? How do you let go? Valeria and Gemma, the co-founders and CEOs of WORK180, share their experience. There comes a time when …
Every ‘yes’ we commit to is a ‘no’ to something else: Time to consider opportunity costs
In 2011 I’d left my well-paying corporate job to set up my own business. I jumped in with everything I had – time, an insane amount of energy and passion and a little bit of saved up cash. It was full…
‘Regret and sadness’: Kristina Karlsson’s kikki.k goes into administration
Melbourne-based stationery chain kikki.K has followed Bardot, Jeanswest and Colette by Colette Hayman into administration. kikki.K has 65 stores and employs the equivalent of 450 full-time staff. “It …
They discovered a market for banana flour and a solution to a global waste problem
What do you do with those bananas that don’t make it to our supermarkets? Create an entirely new product, and address the global wastage problem! Jane Lindhe checks out Queensland banana farmer…
QBE reports 300% uptick in men taking parental leave following new policy
Over the past couple of years we’ve witnessed the growing trend of major employers granting equal paid parental leave to men and women, regardless of their ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ carer status. Today…
Architecture’s ‘Nobel Prize’ awarded to two women for the first time
Two Dublin-based architects have become the fourth and fifth women to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an annual award known as the Nobel Prize of architecture. The Prize aims to “honour a l…
