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Join our conversations, collaborations, coaching and community. All genders, ages, stages, abilities, preferences welcome. A movement of diverse women shaking IT up for good! IT Girls Rock brings together a safe and inclusive, global collective of courageous women from all walks of life who are IT-curious or IT-savvy, in the shared belief that we need more girls and women involved in technology creation to represent the communities we serve, to inspire innovation and enable the ethical application of technology.

15/10/2026

I went to Sexual Health Quarters in Perth on Tuesday to talk about Human Intelligence.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 💗

What a wonderful group of people!

Their work involves supporting people through some of life's more sensitive and vulnerable moments. And behind that work is so much knowledge, compassion, care and commitment.

We had some fabulous conversations during my 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 session, exploring how we recognise, connect and activate the intelligence already around us.

SHQ CEO Alison Kelly calls it "the gold dust in the middle."

I think she nailed it!

Thank you, Alison, for inviting me, and to the whole Sexual Health Quarters team for your openness, energy and the important work you do.

And a special thank you to my lovely friend Sharon Wood-Kenney for her beautiful Acknowledgement of Country.

Here's a little clip from Tuesday. The people who inspired me are behind the camera, not in front of it!

06/10/2026

𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.

I have been collecting ideas, phrases, leadership advice and workplace nonsense that make me stop and think, “hang on…”

Some deserve a challenge. Some deserve a deeper conversation. Some probably deserve a small rant. 😁

That is what 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 is for.

Short conversations about the things creating friction, shaping how we work, and sometimes needing a bit more Human Intelligence applied to them.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

In the meantime, what have you heard lately that you would love someone to put under the microscope?

01/10/2026

𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗽?

In a webinar about standing out on LinkedIn with Adam Houlahan and Chris J Reed 🇸🇬 🤘there was a discussion about whether to use AI for your content or not.

It started with "don't use AI for your content", but it was really more about:

𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗜.

Now, I use AI in most aspects of my life, for research, sound-boarding, ideation, editing, design generation and as a non-native English speaker, I sometimes to help me write.

I also dictate to it a lot because my neurospicy brain can go off on tangents and chase butterflies.

But I consider myself a Formula One AI driver and driving instructor, and I ALWAYS inject Human Intelligence at all stages of what I do.

And if anyone has heard me speak, they'd probably say I harp on about that quite a bit 😕😂

Of course, all my AI agents have been grounded, configured and guardrailed to avoid using some of the obvious tell-tale signs, like
> em-dashes (that are actually widely used in academic writing)
> "not this, but that..."
> "it wasn't just..."
> "here's the thing..".. and every other common construct

The advice itself wasn't new for me.

What I realised was that I did not know exactly what LinkedIn means by AI slop.

So I looked it up.

LinkedIn describes it like this:
“AI slop” includes low-effort, likely AI-generated content that may sound polished on the surface but lacks a clear point of view, unique perspective, or substance. It goes beyond style to include content that feels generic, repetitive, recycled, or designed primarily to game attention rather than add to a meaningful conversation.

That made me pause.

It's not really about whether AI touched the content, but whether there is any actual human thinking in it.

So, those of us who use AI are not automatically producing slop.
But we do need to inject human intelligence to make it ours, before, in between, and after.

Our judgement. Our experience. Our quirky. Our point of view. The things we actually notice and care about.

This was written by me from scratch.

I may or may not have asked my AI to check grammar and punctuation.

Now we wait to see if LinkedIn's algorithm deems me to be boring, generic, repetitive, recycled...
.. or human enough. 😍

21/09/2026

𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱.
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I keep coming back to this.

AI is giving us more speed.

More capability. More output. More ways to do more, faster.

And organisations already have plenty of throttle.

Transformation programmes. New systems. New tools. Growth targets. AI adoption. Another initiative. Another deadline. Another push to keep up.

When progress is not happening fast enough, what do we tend to do?

Add more throttle.

Push harder. Increase accountability. Escalate decisions. Launch something else.

But there comes a point where more pressure stops creating progress.

That is the leadership challenge I am most interested in right now:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀?

I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about this lately.

On Thursday, I’m going to unpack an idea I’ve been developing for years, but which suddenly feels rather important:

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.

It involves leadership, Human Intelligence, a surprising amount of torque...
..and possibly my Harley heart. 🏍️💗

16/09/2026

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴, 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝗘𝗗𝘅 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲.

What happens when artificial intelligence gets more powerful, but we do not pay enough attention to Human Intelligence?

At the time, AI still felt distant to many people. Interesting, yes. Important, probably. But not yet something most leaders expected to shape everyday work quite so quickly.

Then came generative AI.

And suddenly the question moved from the conference stage into boardrooms, team meetings, schools, small businesses, strategy sessions and everyday decisions.

The technology has changed enormously.

But the human work has not gone away.

In fact, it has become more important.

Because AI can generate, analyse, summarise, predict and scale.

But humans still bring judgement, curiosity, lived experience, context, ethics, challenge and meaning.

That is Human Intelligence.

And it matters far beyond AI.

It shapes how we lead, include, decide, innovate, adapt and create progress people can actually trust.

Watching this TEDx clip now feels a little surreal.

Different year. Different technology landscape. Same underlying belief:

Human Intelligence is not the opposite of AI.

It is the advantage that makes AI worth using well.

14/08/2026

After a pretty meaningful week, I thought Friday deserved something a little less serious. 💜

Meet my new chakra boots and butterfly boots. 🦋✨

Yes, they are colourful.
Yes, they are a bit funky.
And yes, they are very, very me. 😂

They also came with a few little reminders I rather love:

“Peace & love.”
“Happiness is a choice, not a result.”
And my favourite: “Be your own vibe.”

We spend so much time focused on the big things - progress, purpose, work, momentum - that it’s easy to overlook the small things that simply make us happy.

No business case required.

Sometimes joy can just be joy.

Here’s to the funky boots, the butterflies, the little things that make us smile, and being comfortable enough in ourselves to enjoy our differences.

What’s brought you a completely unnecessary amount of joy this week?

28/07/2026

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Watching this gibbon launch itself across the lines at Perth Zoo made me laugh, but it also landed with something I have been thinking about this week.

A lot of teams are moving fast.

Meetings.
Deadlines.
Change.
AI adoption.
More pressure.
More noise.

But movement does not tell us whether people are actually able to contribute their best thinking.

Some people are not quiet because they have nothing to say.

They may be processing.
Masking.
Waiting for a clearer invitation.
Weighing up whether it is safe to offer a different view.
Using huge amounts of energy just to navigate the room.

If we want better ideas and braver conversations, we need cultures where more people can contribute.

Not just the loudest.
Not just the fastest.
Not just the most familiar.

Curiosity.
Empathy.
Generosity.

That is how we create the conditions for human intelligence to show up.

22/07/2026

The tiger shark was not in the plan.

We had planned to swim with humpback whales in Coral Bay, but the tour was cancelled the day before.

So we found a manta ray snorkel instead.

And then, completely unplanned, a tiger shark showed up.

My nephew got in the water. I stayed on the boat, wrapped in a towel and filming like a very brave documentary crew of one.

After 2,800km on the road this week, it felt like a pretty good reminder:

A loose plan can still have a clear direction.

The plan can change without the whole thing falling apart.

And sometimes the story you didn’t plan is the one you remember most.

13/07/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲.

This video is from a road trip with my my family in Norway a few years ago.

We were on a fast boat, moving through a narrow passage where speed was not the impressive part. Judgement was.

I’m heading off with one nephew again this week - this time for humpback whales in WA - and it has me sitting with a bigger question about AI, leadership and who we trust to shape the systems increasingly affecting work and everyday life.

The people who can sit with uncomfortable questions, rather than rushing past them, tend to make better decisions when it matters.

Sometimes stepping away from the noise is not a distraction from the work.

Sometimes it is how the work gets done well.

09/07/2026

The people leaders in yesterday’s room did not need convincing that neurodiversity matters.

I was working with Tapestry — the team behind Coach and Kate Spade — and people leaders from across Australia and New Zealand as part of my Unleashing Potential series.

They already had awareness.
They already had tools.
They already cared.

The harder question was:

How do you turn that care into everyday leadership practice?

This session focused on neurodiversity at work: how we spot difference without stereotyping it, how we include people without making them feel like a project, and how we create braver cultures where people feel welcome, valued and inspired.

Because neurodivergent people are not struggling because they lack potential.

Often, they are spending too much of their energy masking, translating, recovering or trying to fit a narrow version of “professional.”

That is wasted human intelligence.

This is also why I keep coming back to Full Throttle & Torque.

Not as a burnout conversation.

As a leadership conversation.

Because daring leadership is about creating the conditions where bold ideas, different thinking and honest contribution can actually surface.

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