The landscape architect who loves to work on “leftover spaces”

The landscape architect who loves to work on “leftover spaces”

Landscape architect Hamish Dounan rides a motorbike to work to avoid the traffic and says the “vibe” of his office is very important.

  • bySue White

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Previously unseen draft of Brittany Higgins’ book describes debauchery as like the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’

Previously unseen draft of Brittany Higgins’ book describes debauchery as like the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’

Hedonistic parties feature in a previously unseen draft of a memoir by Higgins that has been brought to light in a reopened defamation lawsuit.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Why did my colleagues clap for our CEO’s atrocious speech?

Why did my colleagues clap for our CEO’s atrocious speech?

Your congratulatory colleagues may be fearful of retribution. Or they may simply be sycophants.

  • byJonathan Rivett
Celebrate your birthday how you like,just not in the office
Opinion
Opinion

Celebrate your birthday how you like,just not in the office

Celebrating birthdays in the office can be divisive,awkward,and an all-round waste of time.

  • byJim Bright
It takes a village,but WA young people are being abandoned by theirs
Opinion
Education

It takes a village,but WA young people are being abandoned by theirs

How do our young people behave well at school when they frequently see adults behaving atrociously? Perhaps it’s not students and schools we should be examining.

  • byBelinda Provis
Why success can sometimes attract all the wrong sort of attention
Opinion
Opinion

Why success can sometimes attract all the wrong sort of attention

A strongly performing team can sometimes be viewed as a threat to other managers’ aspirations for advancement.

  • byJim Bright
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Why bad ideas just won’t die – especially at work
Opinion
Opinion

Why bad ideas just won’t die – especially at work

Bad ideas linger in workplaces like the odour from a festival portaloo,and are a potent barrier to new,valid ideas.

  • byJim Bright
Unions want right to approach non-members at work in bid to bolster numbers

Unions want right to approach non-members at work in bid to bolster numbers

Union delegates would have the right to approach colleagues to recruit them rather than just represent their interests if an ACTU submission to the Fair Work Commission is adopted.

  • byAngus Thompson
We might be ‘out of touch’,but us old-timers are worth listening to
Opinion
Opinion

We might be ‘out of touch’,but us old-timers are worth listening to

Being out of touch cannot be attributed to age or a refusal to be open to new ideas. It’s also the result of failing to communicate ideas,values and wisdom.

  • byJim Bright
The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying women more than men

The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying women more than men

In the race to recruit and keep the best teachers,several of the nation’s independent schools are paying women above the odds.

  • byRachel Clun
Why bosses should embrace romance in the office

Why bosses should embrace romance in the office

Two colleagues have affection for each other,and it’s been going on a while. There’s no power imbalance nor inappropriateness. Why not embrace it?

  • byMargot Faraci