Bias and Representation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
AI is an amazing tool that will transform our world in a variety of ways, however, beyond the promise and potential of AI, there is a troubling reality: AI mirrors and can amplify the biases that exist in our society.
Are women getting left behind in the digital era?
While the status of women in many places around the world has substantially improved over the past 50 years, women, girls, and gender diverse peoples still experience inequality, in everyday life and in the digital space.
Flourishing in an uncertain world
You may have heard the term flourishing being used, but not been quite sure what it refers to. It’s an interesting word that we know means more than just feeling good, or doing something healthy, but also has a connotation of pushing yourself in some way to be better than you currently are.
The consequences of unconscious bias
How can we interrupt the potentially negative outcomes of letting biases interfere with how we interact with others and experience our world?
Working from home?
It's been a strange and uncertain time and life has changed for most of us in profound ways. The disruptions that we have faced have touched all areas of life, including work.
Do rose tinted glasses really work?
Dispositional optimism, or having general expectancies that good things, rather than bad things, will happen - is relatively stable, but can be grown with effort.
Don’t feel like going to work today?
You may not feel like going to work today - is it because of your mental and physical health? Absenteeism is often a consequence of having low levels of wellbeing.
Losing my religion
There are sometimes concerns and questions for people as to the place of religion in schools, and whether there is room for such beliefs in a seemingly secular context. Should religion be in schools?
Flexible work: it’s a disaster?
Flexible work arrangements are pretty attractive, but they are also really good for you and for whatever organisation you work in.
The good, the bad, and the ugly; Understanding bullying
School bullying and workplace bullying are both broadly defined as systematic abuse of power where the victim is made to feel coerced, degraded, humiliated, threatened, intimidated, or frightened.
Tall Poppies vs the Corporate Hedge-Clippers
Tall poppies are high achievers, but they shouldn’t be afraid to stand-out. So don’t or shy away from celebrating the success of others, and always appreciate the value of hard-work.
Resilience
Resilience means to bounce back. In order to be or become resilient you must have experienced down times. You can’t rebound if you haven’t fallen in the first place
A different perspective on blogging
Blogs illustrate “the fusion of key elements of human desire—to express one’s identity, create community, structure one’s past and present experiences”