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From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Data Analytics

From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot

From photography side project to full‑stack career, Livia Gu shows how curiosity and mistakes can build real confidence in tech.

By Livia Gu • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
IT Industry

Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech

Women are entering tech in force, but stubborn bias and weak support for carers still block their rise to the executive suite.

By Paige Gordon • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Quantum Computing

Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation

Australia's quantum future hinges on women's inclusion, with three key shifts urged to boost participation in this strategic technology.

By Petra Andrén • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Global Stories

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It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Digital Transformation

It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era

In AI‑driven workplaces, women face less a barrier of access than of confidence - and early, everyday experimentation may prove decisive.

By Quinny Lei • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Invisible labour in a digital world
Partner Programmes

Invisible labour in a digital world

As digital marketing leans on empathy and nuance, women shoulder unseen emotional labour that powers brands but rarely gets its due.

By Simran Kaur • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Digital Transformation

Customer success is not support, it is stewardship

Customer success must evolve from reactive support to strategic stewardship, aligning stakeholders so tech investments deliver lasting value.

By Nidhi Suresh • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Human Capital Management

Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership

On International Women's Day, women are urged to own ambition, redefine leadership and demand workplaces that adapt, not the other way round.

By Yasmine Amani • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Digital Transformation

Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence

Agentic AI promises autonomy but raises urgent questions over whose values guide its decisions and how equity is safeguarded in practice.

By Marlene Wolfgruber • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce
Marketing Technologies

The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce

Amid the beautiful chaos of parenthood, an SEO leader reveals why empathy and flexible work are now digital marketing's sharpest edge.

By Samantha Edwards • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
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
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Fintech

International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap

Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.

By Natalie Ip • 4 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
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
DevOps

AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves

AI is flooding construction workflows, but without better, real-time documentation, disputes over contracts and evidence will only intensify.

By Gillian Laging • 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
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Encryption

Why influence matters this International Women's Day

On International Women's Day, cybersecurity leaders say progress means women shaping tech risk decisions, not just being in the room.

By Jo Stewart-Rattray • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

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