We congratulate ABC Four Corners for producing last night’s program and this article - shedding light on the abusive system under which disabled people have been subject to for decades. #Guardianship #DisabilityRights #HumanRights

Renters with nowhere to go. Home owners forced into mortgage stress. If our homes are damaged by floods or fires, it damages our health for years afterwards. Ang Li, Mathew Toll + Rebecca Bentley from @unimelb share their research: bit.ly/3P2EQBp

Do watch the ABC 7.30 Report tonight (Monday 19 June) and tomorrow about the horrors of State Guardianship Tribunals removing people's civil rights.

Speaking of people left behind, today I fed half a dozen additional kids, who cleared out my 'no questions asked' shelf for the week (hungry weekend?? Dunno). If anybody would like to help for an extra food order for the week, link is here 💙: buymeacoffee.com/rebeccamillar

Keynote by Prof Paul Kleiman, raising the question of - what if we were to assess these skills? #AssessmentConf23

When you burn people out, you push them out. Stars are the first to leave—they have the most opportunities. The solution is not to pile on the perks. It’s to pinpoint the root causes of overload and design more manageable jobs. If you want to keep people, stop exhausting them.

agreed - good tips for running effective meetings that don't waste people's time.

When I was a kid, my grandfather told me the story of the Buddha and the Angry Man. It offers two powerful lessons that we all need to hear: One day, the Buddha was walking through a village when a young man approached and began yelling at him. "You are a fake! How can you

What if we designed cities, and the land-uses, densities and infrastructure that make them what they are, so that daily activity and exercise was just an ordinary, “invisible” part of every day life? It’s actually not that hard. You just have to change priorities. #HealthyCities

Three questions determine 99% of the happiness in your life: 1. What am I working on and why? 2. Who am I spending time with and why? 3. How well am I treating my body and why? Everything else is noise.

Nico Ritschel @hpdailyrant But to Ha’s point, if you want to have a voice in the product, then you have to care about your client, and their needs. You have to govern your decisions by what the outcomes will be, not by your personal interests.

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Sometimes LITERALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED is delivery. Yes, being a roadmap driver. Setting pace. Getting the right org in place. Winning over internal partners. This work should not be “below” the office of the CPO and is not at odds at being a strategic

When a shared vision is developed & held by people in an organisation, magic can happen. That collective picture of the future can help everyone move in the same direction towards shared goals. It can help create a sense of identity & unity that spreads across teams & can inspire

In school, time pressure on tests favors the fastest sprinters. But in life, success is a marathon. The students with the greatest potential aren’t always the ones who rapidly spit out the right answers. They’re often the ones who take the time to ask the right questions.

Adam Grant Adam Grant School Education System is geared for Academic Excellence. The highest being PhD. It does not calibrate for professions . Sir Ken Robinson said Education kills creativity and tells a beautiful story - I heard a great story recently — I love telling it — of a

I wish less people glorified accomplishing things before 30. More exploring. More starting over at 40. More finding your true passion at 50. More moving across the country at 60. People get complacent because they think life has a time limit. It doesn't. Celebrate lifelong

Thought provoking thread re: when it may or may not be appropriate to use Gen AI tools for written communication