06 Mar 2024
Realising the promise of gender diversity
Carina Parisella |
Hiring a balanced and gender-diverse team may seem hard, but it doesn’t need to be.
articles by Carina Parisella
05 Jul 2023
Sponsoring talent places influential allies in your corner
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
When planning your career progression, don’t overlook sponsoring talent – it’s the crucial competitive advantage you need.
02 Mar 2023
IWD 2023: A retrospective list
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Closing the gender gaps is more than an annual commitment. This selection of stories celebrates the efforts for and by women from all walks of life from all through the year.
01 Mar 2023
Fighting for many happy returns
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
The barriers preventing women re-entering the workforce are stronger than ever. Here is how to fight it.
01 Feb 2023
Kind leaders achieve greater success
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Team Success: The new hard skills are soft
11 Oct 2022
Kindness fuels innovation
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Jim Hogan, neuro-inclusion pioneer and Google Cloud’s Chief Innovation Evangelist, discusses how kindness can drive innovation in the workplace.
15 Mar 2022
The future of leadership is kindness
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Command and control-style leadership will not help organisations attract and retain talent anymore. Now, the focus must be on empathetic leadership.
08 Jul 2021
Balancing quality and quantity in tech
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
A diverse workforce of skilled people is needed to set Australian companies up for success in the digital era.
08 Mar 2019
IWD2019: resuming with a resumé gap
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Coming back to work can be daunting but coming back into an ever-changing tech industry is another thing all together.
30 Nov 2018
VIDEO: success is a culture of learning
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Businesses have an obligation to ensure their people are learning, expert says – the ones which pull it off will be the ones who win.
28 Aug 2018
bluenotes debate: the future of banks
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Are banks still necessary? A panel of banking and fintech experts debate the pros and cons of the financial services industry.
21 Aug 2018
Bottling startup lightning
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
A panel of experts discuss what startup founders can learn from big business – and what large corporates can take from a culture of disruption.
21 Aug 2018
Collaboration trumps genius
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
It's hard to keep up in an increasingly tech-focused world, we chat to a political economist and a cancer researcher to learn more.
23 Jul 2018
STEM, kids and breaking things
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Pulling things apart and repairing them is still a big pastime for kids - it’s just these days, everything is built from code.
15 May 2018
To get more kids into STEM, we need to change
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
A rethink on the way we instill, assess and value knowledge in students is required, educator says.
02 May 2018
The business of improving the world
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Philanthropy – what’s in it for business? We hear from a company which says the answer is a lot.
24 Apr 2018
Q&A: Elliott on the choice to shape the future
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
ANZ CEO chats to bluenotes about the origin of ANZ’s purpose and the leadership role of business in the community.
06 Apr 2018
Banks face fork in the road – and must get off the beaten track
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
MIT professor & futurist Peter Weill says banks must reinvent a model which has been very successful for a long time.
04 Apr 2018
Is it time to delete CVs and personality tests?
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
In order to win in the digital future do big businesses need to morph into software companies?
06 Mar 2018
IWD2018: action, results & equality in start-ups
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Females make up over half the population, but less than 20 per cent of all start up founders – what is creating this gap?
08 Jan 2018
The real job of leaders in times of change
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
The emotional side of change is often overlooked by businesses - understanding it can help staff embrace the new normal.
29 Nov 2017
Biz must embrace diversity or fail
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
In order to be successful, businesses need to drive more innovation – and that’s a by-product of diverse workplaces, MYOB CEO says.
09 Oct 2017
Apple iPhone X - the mobile banking era is over
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Banking is now about convenience – and it’s up to banks to learn where the friction points are.
05 May 2017
Pitch Perfect: be your own point of difference
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Only 3 per cent of tech firms globally are founded by females. Which doesn’t just sound wrong but in fact delivers poorer economic outcomes.
25 Jul 2016
VIDEO: SMEs understand purpose better than big biz
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Smaller organisations are faster and more successful at identifying the core purpose of their business compared with larger counterparts, according to one of Australia’s leading executive coaches.
08 Jun 2016
VIDEO: Social is where your customers are
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
The power of social media for businesses and leaders is in its unparalleled power to reach audiences of great size, Twitter exec Aliza Knox says.
11 May 2016
Why STEM needs more than pink lego and 'girl power'
Carina Parisella | Innovation & Technology Editor, bluenotes
Few would argue against more young girls studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects. Statistics show employment in the sector is dominated by men at all levels, from education to boardrooms.