Tonight I was honoured to receive an award for Diversity and Inclusion Tech Leader of the year 2021 at the Liftoff Awards hosted by YBF Ventures. It made me reflect on the last 4 years of my life and why I have dedicated my time to building opportunities for Women to access Emerging Tech through […]
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I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded the 2021 YBG Lift Off Awards in the category for Diversity & Inclusion Leader of the year. The Lift Off Awards are produced by YBF Ventures, Australia’s top startup hub for tech and innovation, based in Sydney and Melbourne. You can watch the 2021 Lift Off […]
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YBF Lift Off Awards – 2021 Finalists I am delighted to announce that I have made the cut for finalists in the 2021 Lift Off Awards by YBF Ventures in the category Diversity & Inclusion Leader of the Year. These awards celebrate culturaly diverse and female led companies and are important for supporting the many […]
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People often ask me why I bother conducting reference checks when candidates are only going to give names of people who like them, right? Wrong! Have you ever interviewed someone and have this niggling doubt about their character? Why not ask the question in the reference check? The referee can either confirm or deny how […]
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In a recent meeting with Jo Burston, CEO of Inspiring Rare Birds, a very successful entrepreneur, I noticed that she rattled off statistics of her business really quickly and easily. I couldn’t help but wonder do successful business leaders walk around with a few key statistics in their head? Why do so many of us […]
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Karen Cohen, CEO Blockconsulting Group Blockchain technology is revolutionising the IT industry with its trusted and permissioned approach to data verification and storage. However, the industry is still perceived not to be attractive for women. Perhaps the answer comes from the industry’s origins, Bitcoin. Ten years ago, when Bitcoin was created, it was put forward […]
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Karen Cohen, CEO Blockconsulting Group Blockchain technology is revolutionising the IT industry with its trusted and permissioned approach to data verification and storage. However, the industry is still perceived not to be attractive for women. Perhaps the answer comes from the industry’s origins, Bitcoin. Ten years ago, when Bitcoin was created, it was put forward […]
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The last few weeks I have been speaking to people about their focus and hoe they want to spend their time. Will you be effective in 2019? The people I hang with are smart. Smart and passionate. They care about personal identity, about the government’s new encryption rights. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/12/encryption-laws-will-allow-targeting-of-those-suspected-of-minor-crimes-experts-warn They are advocates for privacy and […]
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