by Gavin Heaton | Jul 7, 2020 | 21st Century Skills, Best Practices, Blog Posts, Collaboration, Community Management, Online Meetings
As working from home becomes an entrenched part of our working lives, we are now turning our attention to the realities and rituals of a new way of working. This means finding personal ways to incorporate professional practices, and vice versa. It also means...
by Gavin Heaton | Jun 11, 2020 | 21st Century Skills, Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Social Innovation
“The faces are missing, the body language, the interactions are missing … [it means] there is no relationship in it anymore”. Students from Western Sydney University By now we have all experienced the Black Screen of Zoom – the situation where...
by Gavin Heaton | Jun 2, 2020 | 21st Century Skills, Blog Posts, Digital Transformation, Diversity, Social Innovation, Startups, Workplace practice
No matter whether we are running a hackathon, creative program, accelerator or kick starting a new services project, we always look at the underlying structure of the teams that we are working with. Year after year we have seen the statistics that show diverse teams...
by Gavin Heaton | Nov 3, 2019 | 21st Century Skills, Board Strategy, Impact, Purpose, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Over the years we have worked with a wide range of Boards. Some have worked together for significant amounts of time and have built solid, trust-based relationships internally. Others struggle to integrate new members and remain focused. At the heart of whether these...
by Gavin Heaton | Oct 10, 2019 | 21st Century Skills, Future of Work
Usually when we think of the “future of work”, we think of technology. We think telepresence, remote working, virtual reality and automation. If we stretch our thinking, we also start imagining future WAYS of working too. And that’s where process,...