Insights
Welcome to our library of human skills insights where we bring you the best of articles, research, and interviews with some all-round super humans.
Human on the Inside with ample's Charles Skender
In this interview, we talk personal and professional growth with Charles, Founder of ample – an indoor cultivating system that makes it easy for everyone to grow plants everywhere and everyday.
Careers Fairs: Top 5 Tips for Making the Most of Them
You’d have to be crazy to turn up to your first job interview without having prepared your outfit, your CV and examples to showcase your experience. Yet so many students turn up to university careers fairs without putting in the time and energy to make the most of them, or leave their best first impression with graduate / internship program recruiters. In this article Graduate Recruiter Lou Zoanetti shares her top 5 tips to help you make the most out of the careers fairs you choose to attend this year.
Human on the Inside with Future Super's Grace Palos
In this engaging interview, we talk positive real-world skills with Grace Palos, Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at Future Super – an Australian retail superannuation fund that offers products and services focusing on zero fossil fuel investment, and investments into companies that create positive, real-world change.
Debunking bias: understanding yours and how to correct it
How often have you made judgments based on someone’s gender, track record, age, body size or cultural background? Frequently? Sometimes? Never? The truth is, we all make judgments, and we can often make them so quickly, we barely realise we’ve done so. It’s known as unconscious bias. What makes biases “bad” is a) a lack of awareness around how they influence your decisions, and b) how they impact others.
Human on the Inside with SHEforce's Sally Caruana
We talk work and life with Sally Caruana, Founder of SHEforce – an agency established in 2021 to enhance labour hire solutions in the building and construction industry, and increase the presence of women on worksites while supporting men who want a career in the industry.
Human on the Inside with AFLP4CA's Tom Campbell & Jasper Pittard
In this double-whammy interview, we talk withAFLP4CA’s Tom Campbell & Jasper Pittard about their personal career journeys, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in their working worlds.
Leading In 2022: 5 principles for team success
Great leaders matter - now more than ever. Leadership is never an easy task, but it has been even more challenging in recent years thanks to the huge changes and uncertainties brought by pandemics, economic instability and general decline in engagement.
Human on the Inside with MediStays' Assoc. Prof. Sarah Everitt
In this engaging, ever-enlightening series, we speak with MediStays’ Assoc. Prof. Sarah Everitt about her personal career journey, experiences and how human skills have played a part in her success.
Human on the Inside with VicHealth's Ross Green
The evidence for excellence powered by human) skills is everywhere! We chat with with Ross Green, head of Brand & Content for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, about his personal career journey, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in his working world.
Human on the Inside with Empowered Women in Trades' Hacia Atherton
We’re big believers in the power of human skills. But don’t just take our word for it - check out our interview with Hacia Atherton, Founder of Empowered Women in Trades as we talk about her career journey, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures have contributed to her success.
Human on the Inside with Growth Strategist Sean Steele
We’re big believers in the power of human skills for personal and professional growth. In this article, we talk with Sean Steele, Founding Director of SeanSteele.com.au – a services business that provides support to Founders with $2m-$50m in turnover, scale their businesses about his personal and professional growth.
Human on the Inside with Keynoteworthy's Cathy Ngo
In this engaging, enlightening interview, we chat with Cathy Ngo, Founder of Keynoteworthy, a platform connecting diverse thinkers and speakers with event curators, about her career experiences and human skills helped her in her journey.
Crushing Campus Life: 5 top tips for your #UniLife debut
How to ace your first year in tertiary education? You have just finished Year 12. You did the best you could in your exams and are enjoying the summer break without a care in the world. Before you know it, it’s February (or wait, is it March already?!) and your first semester of University is just around the corner. What’s the best times for classes? How do I get there? What do I need for class? All these questions race past your mind and answers seem very hard to come by with this kind of thing. Well, we got your back. Here are 5 tips to crush uni life.
New Year, New You? 5 Top Tips for Goal-Setting Success
The prospect of a New Year can be both exciting and daunting. On the one hand, you have the opportunity to ‘start afresh’ with a positive mindset and a commitment to being your best. On the other, the very same situation can leave us feeling lost, directionless or flat because we’re either unsure about what to focus on, or overwhelmed by a never ending list of things we want to accomplish.
Human on the Inside with Patrick Kidd
In this engaging interview, we talk with Patrick Kidd, CEO of the Digital Skills Organisation (DSO) – a Government backed entity that collaborates with industry to discover, pilot and implement innovative solutions to improve digital skills training and, ultimately, a more industry-ready digital workforce in Australia.
Human on the Inside with Natalie Coulson from Amped Up
In this interview we talk with Natalie Coulson, Founder and Director of Amped Up – a content marketing & PR agency on her career journeys, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in her working world.
Education: How to manage device use with your children
In the July 14 issue of Domain Review, Maxme Founder Renata Sguario talks about Amica - our blended in-class and gamified online work readiness program for Yr 10 students being delivered in schools like Trinity Grammar School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School & Shelford Girls' Grammar.
Watch & Learn: our top 8 human skills talks, authors, podcasts & platforms
Feeling the need to dive into the world of human skills? Want to immerse yourself in inspiration to become more self aware? We have the answer - actually, we have eight answers! These talks, authors, podcasts and platforms will change the way you look at human skills and give you the oomph to build yours. Ready to watch, listen and learn?
Human on the Inside with Dr of Philosophy Tim Dean
We’re big believers in the power of human skills. But don’t just take our word for it - check out this interview with Dr Tim Dean, award-winning philosopher, author, speaker and facilitator in philosophy, argumentation and emotional intelligence.
How to focus on strengths to build high performance at work
How to Focus on Strengths to Build High Performance at Work: Enhance your performance by leveraging your strengths effectively.