What are you doing this time next week?
How is it coming back to business after the long weekend? Did the extra breathing room give you pause and time to contemplate more than the daily task list? Did you nurture relationship with yourself, others and your sense of place (at least in Sydney the gardens got watered)?
Do you hear a yes?
In 2007 I received my first invitation to enter into a space of sacred business. It was a surreal time. I’d had two miscarriages and my feelings were close to the surface. I recall walking from the train to my car after work and bumping into a woman I had met years prior. She asked […]
Is a new day on the horizon?
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve enjoyed a break over the past few weeks and you’re approaching 2018 with resolve. I’m sure I’m not alone in being inspired by the Golden Globe awards on Sunday. Actors took to the red carpet dressed in black and accompanied by activists. It was such a powerful example of how they […]
It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room
One of Talkpoint’s Guiding Principles is to ‘name the elephants’ and, as Sarah Silverman so eloquently says in her video breaking her silence about her good friend Louis CK, it’s time to talk about “the elephant masturbating in the room“.
You aspire to humanise work, now what?
Perhaps you’ve been inspired by Simon Sinek or Tim Leberecht at their recent Australian tours or perhaps it’s something you have always known (or felt). You’re passionate about putting people first and creating sustainable workplaces that enable every individual, good organisations and society to thrive. You aspire to humanise work, but how do you get others on board?
Humanising Work: What’s the point?
Watching the news is despairing, especially as the Trump administration announces cuts to the EPA, after school programs and meals on wheels. “What on earth is he thinking?” we ask ourselves. Well really the answer is obvious – and has been spelled out – in the eyes of Trump (and many business people) if something […]
Are you busy?
How are you? Busy? If so this insightful article is a must read: http://onbeing.org/blog/the-disease-of-being-busy/ I often recommend this poignant and pertinent piece to help people understand the context propelling us to place explicit attention on humanising work. Our intention is not to deny the reality of our busy lives, 24/7 connectivity and having to do […]
Let’s Talk… It’s the Human Way
This year Talkpoint began an explicit mission to “humanise work” and the response has been resounding. For a while, we have been noticing that the way we are working is not working, and we believe it’s time to reprioritise and contemplate some pointy questions.
#KimmelTalks 2016 Tour Wrap Up
It gives me great pleasure to share with you some of the outcomes of our “ambitious tour” with leading equality teacher, Dr Michael Kimmel. Our aspiration for #KimmelTalks 2016 was to leverage Michael’s message and cause a systemic shift towards gender equality in Australia’s workplaces. To do this, we felt it was important that Michael […]
Collaboration, co-creation and the quest to cause a systemic shift …
When Michael Kimmel first approached me, seeking support to gain an audience with corporate Australia, I hesitated. Sure, I had a great deal of respect for Michael’s work, I supported his messages and was in awe of his ability to tell a sticky story, but I’m not an agent and I wasn’t interested in just […]
