By: Michael McQueenAutomation is a word that often strikes fear into workers who cannot help but feel threatened by its emergence in the modern world. Most of what we hear about automation surrounds the ways it will take our jobs and force the everyday worker into irrelevance. However, there are...
By: Christine AddisIt is that time of year again and there is excitement in the air as the possibility of a tax refund dangles before us. There is an added air of expectancy this year because many of us have been working from home and surely the last 3-4 months will bring with it the ability to...
By: Hope MediaThe economic downturn of 2020 has left thousands of Australians suddenly jobless, wondering what is ahead for them, and how to get back on their feet.As a result, career coaches and job-search counsellors are in high demand.Among them is Daniel Ough, founder of a free career and...
By: Michael McQueenI’m sure we have all at some point felt the effects of bad conversation. Awkwardness, offence, miscommunication are all rooted in conversations that didn’t achieve what they were supposed to. Core to everyday conversation, relationships, problem-solving, leadership...
By: Michael McQueenReadin, writin’ and ‘rithmetic… I’m sure that if many of us Gen X and older were to return to our schooling days it may have resembled something like this. For generations, education has involved the rote learning of dates, formulas and quotes which are...
By: Susan SohnI was born in 1970, smack in the middle of Generation X births.Millennials had not emerged from Baby Boomers yet, and the zeitgeist of Gen Z right now (Stranger Things, and nostalgia for 80s vintage), was my teenage prime. For most of us in our 40s and 50s, our parents experienced...
By: Michael McQueenIn the world we are living in, it seems that by the day, information becomes more and more convoluted and issues become more and more complex. Dealing with such a world demands a kind of depth of thought, discernment and understanding that we have previously not had to develop....
By: Michael McQueenIf this time has offered any opportunity to us, it is the radical breaking of convention that businesses, brands and individuals have had to respond and adapt to. It can certainly feel frustrating to have business teams scattered and separated by isolation – communication...
By: Michael McQueenMiriam is quick in the centre but loses heart. Joyce understands the game but could move a little quicker; Audrey places herself well but lacks height. I recently came across this extract from the sports notes section of the annual magazine from a girl’s school in the...
By: Laura BennettIf you’re struggling to see how you’ll ever afford that dream home or education, or how you will ever get out of debt, Dave Ramsey’s advice – in high demand with millennials and boomers alike – could give you the hope you need.An American finance...
By: Clare BruceOnly weeks ago, Christian organisations and entrepreneurs were sinking their teeth into their goals and dreams for 2020.Now, for many, those dreams have unravelled in the COVID-19 shutdown.John Beckett, the founder of Seed Academy, works as a mentor with leaders of Christian...
By: Michael McQueenIn a time that is characterised by confinement, disruption and chaos, maintaining a sense of momentum and productivity can prove beyond challenging. One of the biggest enemies of momentum is monotony and in a time like this, it seems as if the one dependable aspect of life is...