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How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Productivity

How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds

Audiobooks are emerging as a quiet tech revolution, helping women in tech rewire self-doubt with Venita Dimos's 10-second coaching tool.

By Venita Dimos • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Customer Experience

International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed

Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.

By Nakisah Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Customer Experience

Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world

Female leadership at Tineco ANZ is reshaping consumer tech, proving diverse perspectives are vital to real-world innovation and growth.

By Jade Tang • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Partner Programmes

Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR

From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.

By Aleesha Naxakis • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Ransomware

Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity

From door-to-door sales to tracking ransomware, one woman proves cybersecurity careers can thrive far from the traditional path.

By Tammy Harper • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
IT Industry

How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow

A strong professional network offers candid counsel, shared experience and support, helping individuals make bolder, more deliberate career moves.

By Nicola Gerber • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Leadership

You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier

On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.

By Lisa Marie Maxson • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Unified Communications

This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)

This International Women's Day, experts urge proof of skills through hands-on practice to close confidence gaps and drive real career growth.

By Sarah Noe-Danzl • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Human Capital Management

What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)

Women say the future of work must prioritise flexibility, parental support, pay equity, health policies and real power in decisions.

By Emily Parker-Woodland • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Words of wisdom from Chaos female leaders: Leadership lessons for the future of technology
Human Capital Management

Words of wisdom from Chaos female leaders: Leadership lessons for the future of technology

Female leaders at Chaos share lessons on empathy, ambition and resilience, redefining what successful tech leadership looks like today.

By Women Leaders • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The women winning in AI aren't the ones who had it all figured out
Digital Transformation

The women winning in AI aren't the ones who had it all figured out

Women rising fastest in AI are those embracing uncertainty and adaptability, not those waiting until they feel fully prepared or perfectly ready.

By Jane Smith • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why women's influence in tech matters beyond headcount
Customer Experience

Why women's influence in tech matters beyond headcount

International Women's Day in tech must go beyond hiring targets, giving women real power over what gets designed, funded and shipped.

By Christine Bourdon • 5 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
AI exposes emotional labour silently draining women
Human Capital Management

AI exposes emotional labour silently draining women

AI is exposing the invisible emotional labour taxing women leaders, turning unmeasured mental load into hard data companies can't ignore.

By Lisa Turner • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Women in tech & finance call for systems to catch up
Digital Transformation

Women in tech & finance call for systems to catch up

Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Work-life balance stories

From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Unified Communications

From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech

From Argentina to Adelaide, data analyst Jessica Molina Calabrese reveals how global experience can power a tech career in Australia.

By Jessica Molina Calabrese • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?
Human Capital Management

How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?

One in four women has left venture capital in five years, spurring calls for data-driven fixes to stalled careers and leaky retention.

By Katie Greenshields • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How digital burnout helped me convince 2 million people to take a break from tech
Hybrid & Remote Work

How digital burnout helped me convince 2 million people to take a break from tech

Plagued by digital burnout, a tech founder sparked techtimeout tuesday, convincing 2 million workers to step away from their screens.

By Stephanie Henson • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Give to gain: Navigating the tech frontier from first principles
Fintech

Give to gain: Navigating the tech frontier from first principles

On International Women's Day 2026, a fintech leader urges women to harness first principles, allies and mentoring to cross tech frontiers.

By Jennifer Lam • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026