Category: Diversity and Inclusion

December 1, 2022

Masks and costumes at work – An essay about coming to work chronically ill

Arguably all of us wear some sort of mask or costume at work, but what are you wearing yours for? I don’t mean an N95 mask, although that can come in handy. In this essay I share my experience wearing masks and costumes in the workplace as a person with disabilities.

May 6, 2022

M365 Virtual Marathon: Inclusive Meetings and Events in Teams

At the 2022 M365 Virtual Marathon I presented a session about how to run inclusive meetings and events in Microsoft Teams. Here I share the summary, slides and links to resources.

March 8, 2022

Follow to Break The Bias – International Women’s Day 2022

This year for International Women’s Day I wanted to highlight a bunch of the inspirational women on Twitter.

February 14, 2022

A personal perspective on how to share an Acknowledgement of Country

Inspired by recent conversations with people wanting to learn more about sharing a meaningful Acknowledgement of Country, I am capturing my perspective from many years of thinking and personal research. This is my personal perspective on how to share an Acknowledgement of Country.

December 3, 2021

A personal perspective on disability and intersectionality

Until recently I hadn’t thought of myself as having a disability and would never have thought to tick any box that indicated I have one, outside of medical contexts. Part of that was my own understanding of what disability is. Part was that I couldn’t think of accommodations an employer could or would provide to help me. And part is...

September 7, 2021

Camera on / camera off: Engagement and psychological safety within internal comms

I had a chat with Simon Terry, Benjamin Elias and Kerrie Hawkins about the challenges Microsoft Teams and other video calling/conferencing platforms have introduced a world where for some of us the camera is always on, particularly in lockdown.

October 8, 2020

Avoiding burnout in a digital workplace – #DigitalWorkplaceDay 2020

The Digital Workplace Day on the 6th of October is a celebration of everything the digital workplace represents. I joined a panel on their tweet-a-thon to discuss ‘Avoiding burnout in a digital workplace’.

May 21, 2020

Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD, at #M365May

May 21 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access, inclusion and people with different disabilities.

March 26, 2020

Collaboration contract – mini case-study

Using technology to collaborate is much more nuanced than turning on the tools and letting people “go for it”. It also can’t be too prescriptive. That is why I love the collaboration contract concept. Here is my first experiment with it.