Ed’s Blog

You may not have heard of the Summly app, but you probably now know all about its 17-year-old creator Nick D’Aloisio, who sold it to Yahoo this week for a reported $28 million.

Just when you thought we had enough buzzwords to describe business owners, women in business, mums who work from home etc, here comes another.

When Alison Page accepted her gong for regional entrepreneur of the year at our recent NAB Women’s Agenda Leadership awards, she chose to first acknowledge her husband because “he’s a full-time stay-at-home dad”.

A man in a suit: that’s what many Australians still expect the leader of the country to look like, according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

It’s now been decades since a significant number of women trailblazed their way into organisations, industries and leadership positions that had previously been the domain of men only.

If you’re a classic micromanager, the workplace of the future could get a little frustrating.

Having a quiet temperament, disliking small talk and thinking before you speak can quickly lead to being misunderstood.

Do you ever tell yourself that you’re going to be the number one person in your field? The CEO of a large company? The most important person in your organisation? A key elected official? The best at a particular activity? It’s a question Sheryl Sandberg raises in her book Lean In and one she asked during a recent lecture to female college students where just a small percentage of those in the room stood up to declare their ultimate ambition was to be “number one”.

As we publish this morning, the devastating news continues following two bomb explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon which have already claimed the lives of two people and injured up to 100 others.

You don’t necessarily have to believe in “the one” to know the significance on your career of the partner you choose to marry and/or share a life with – or whether you choose to have a life partner at all.

I was just a child when The Divinyls’ I touch Myself topped the ARIA charts.

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis often forgets her age.