Audits provide the blueprint for developing DEI strategies designed specifically to address unequal access to opportunities, resources, and power within organisations that undermine DEI efforts.
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Return-to-Office Mandates: Recalibrating Work in a Post-Pandemic World
The push to bring employees back into the office has become one of the defining workplace tensions of the post-pandemic era. For many employers, the office represents more than just a physical location—it is a hub for collaboration, culture-building, and oversight. Leaders often argue that in-person environments foster innovation, strengthen team cohesion, and make it easier to …
Read MoreAI, Layoffs and the Future of Work: What Organisations Must Do Now
When the Australian technology company Atlassian recently announced layoffs (1600 jobs, 10% of global workforce) as part of a broader restructuring, many employees were reportedly taken by surprise. The company explained that the changes were linked to a strategic shift toward platform efficiency, automation and increased use of artificial intelligence tools. Public statements emphasised productivity …
Read MoreBridging: The Missing Link in Scaling Innovation
A recent Harvard Business Review article, adapted from Genius at Scale (Hill, Tedards & Wild, 2026), examines why scaling innovation has become so difficult inside large organisations. Bridging leaders As complexity increases and technologies such as AI reshape business models, no single function holds all the expertise, authority or legitimacy required to move ideas from …
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2026: Are We Measuring the Right Things?
You can’t fix what you refuse to see— James Baldwin On 8 March 2026, the United Nations marks International Women’s Day under the theme: “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.” The focus this year is on enforceable rights, accessible justice, and tangible structural change. It also emphasises inclusion — not progress for some …
Read MoreSuccession Planning: Think in Moves, Not Lists
Leadership pipelines don’t emerge — they’re engineered. In every global role I’ve held, I’ve visualised succession planning as making moves on a chessboard. You’re constantly thinking a few moves ahead, not just who can step in now, but who might be ready in the next phase of the game. And just like chess, the organisations …
Read MorePrivacy Still Matters in the Age of AI and Surveillance
“The right to be left alone is the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilised people.” — Warren and Brandeis, The Right to Privacy (1890) From online shopping to airport security to digital health records, most people now live with a level of monitoring and data collection that would have been unthinkable …
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