So much of our work right now is being completed through remote working all over the world. Whether it is a team catchup, kicking off a project with external stakeholders or coming together for a webinar, we are leaving an impression. We all do it, we judge a person by their shoes, teeth, hair, clothes. We… Read More Microsoft Teams Meetings – leaving a strong impression
This new feature is great, but it requires some change in behaviour that many haven’t stopped to think about. What am I going on about? It isn’t a standard meeting behaviour to put your hand up. Seriously, when have you ever sat around a meeting room table and raised your hand? While there is a… Read More Microsoft Teams raise your hand feature – the issue most organisations haven’t considered
It’s that time of night when the kids are tucked in bed and I breathe a sigh of relief that the day is done. Today was a tough one. We went out of town, which went fine, but things turned a bit sour as we began our journey home. We pulled over to get some… Read More A flat battery and an autistic meltdown
I have been using Live Events in Microsoft Teams for over a year. Here are some key challenges I have encountered and some ways to reduce stress when kicking off or running events. Avoid attendee confusion when starting your event I learnt very quickly some of the possible confusion as an event starts, and how… Read More Microsoft Teams Live Events – Key Lessons Learned
The last month has been exhausting for many. For me, it has been supporting organisations in a very reactive manner with the massive move of staff to working from home. To do so, many moved urgently into Microsoft Teams, mostly big bang with little planning. It has been a strange time having companies call us… Read More Microsoft Teams – 10 things many people don’t know
April is Autism Awareness month, and April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. To mark this important period, I wanted to share why I personally feel it is important to put myself out there and be open about my own Autism diagnosis, even at risk of judgement, impacting relationships or my career. I was diagnosed… Read More Why I choose to be open about my autism
For many of us, our jobs have had to make a dramatic shift of focus in the last 2 weeks alone. And I am not talking about having to suddenly work from home. What I am referring to is a shift of current priorities. As an example, I am working with multiple organisations who were… Read More Supporting technical change or challenges during a crisis
Being a woman in IT doesn’t necessarily mean you have technical skills. You don’t have to be a developer, write code, build intranets or know expert technical detail. I believe it means you work in the IT industry and spend days surrounded by technical people, supporting, leading and being part of a team in this… Read More Being a Woman in IT
I have always defined myself heavily through my career. Through contributing to an organisation, a team and producing work I feel such a sense of accomplishment. There have been times I have doubted myself and my skills. And at some stages it has been more difficult to push forward believing in myself and leading the way… Read More How changing my name strengthened my self-concept
It’s funny that right now I am writing this in a café. Me saying I mostly work from home is all lies! Total lies! Well, I mostly work from home. But with modern technology I am totally flexible and mobile which I appreciate. This is my experience and one reflection which may differ from others.… Read More I work from home and am productive. What the?!?