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Nov 25, 2024 | 
smartcompany.com.au | Tegan Jones |Jessy Wu |Catherine Roberts |Cherie Clonan
David Yin has stepped down as CEO of Adelaide-based game studio Mighty Kingdom, just eight months after taking the helm. His departure marks the third full-time CEO exit in two years, continuing a pattern of instability that has plagued the company since its IPO in 2021. Yin, a former Google Play executive, was appointed in March 2024 to steer Mighty Kingdom through its latest financial and governance crises.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
marieclaire.com.au | Cherie Clonan
I’ve always described the moment my Dad won full custody of my sister and I as my “sliding doors moment” because it’s the moment we got to walk through a door that’d change our lives for the better, forever.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
forbes.com.au | Matt Craig |Cherie Clonan |Anastasia Santoreneos
Published on September 30, 2024 Striding through the streets of Paris, the Olympic flame held high above his head, Snoop Dogg was surely the first torchbearer ever asked to do the Crip Walk—the hip-hop strut made famous in his “Drop It Like It’s Hot” video—by an adoring fan.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
theceomagazine.com | Cherie Clonan
Australian property developer Tim Gurner made waves last year when he suggested raising unemployment to 40–50 percent in order to drive the economy. Or to put it bluntly, teach entitled employees a tough lesson. Provocations aside, he was missing the point. Employees do want to work. They just want to feel engaged and fulfilled while they do it. And it’s on leadership to facilitate that.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
marieclaire.com.au | Cherie Clonan
You know the iconic song, “I’ve Never Been to Me” by Charlene? … I could listen to it on repeat a thousand times consecutively, and still never tire of the song and nor could I tire of its lyrics, but upon learning I was Autistic at 37 years of age? It went and became an anthem for me, to be honest: “I’ve been to paradise, but I’ve never been to me”.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
mediaweek.com.au | Cherie Clonan
By Cherie Clonan, the proud autistic CEO of The Digital Picnic. Clonan is fiercely motivated to create a neuro-inclusive workplace. You can reach out to her on Instagram. In today’s hyper-connected digital world, brand management is a whirlwind of constant engagement and rapid responses.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
theceomagazine.com | Cherie Clonan
In 1980, the autism spectrum disorder diagnosis was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ushering in a significant change in how we recognize the idea of ‘being’. With many still basing their understanding of autism on stereotypes such as those represented in films like Rain Man, the acknowledgement of the disability as a glorious, technicolor spectrum with an increasingly large array of traits and behaviors was, and still is, welcome.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
womensagenda.com.au | Cherie Clonan
In 2024 I wrote a LinkedIn post that went viral. Incrediblyviral. My company had just decided we would cover the full cost of an Autism and/or ADHD assessment for our employees. I shared a quick post about the policy to my personal LinkedIn page and it blew up. And that’s when it finally clicked. Actually, this is a big deal. Because it was at that moment that I realised that nobody else has a policy like this.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
mumbrella.com.au | Neil Griffiths |Cherie Clonan
In 2023, the rate of job motility – the frequency at which individuals change jobs – reached its highest level since 2012. The substantial price tag to rehiring a role (around $23,000) should be enough of a catalyst for digital marketing professionals to rethink their approach to attracting and retaining talent. At The Digital Picnic, our staff retention rates are double or more, than the industry’s two-year average. The secret sauce? We hold a genuinely safe space for neurodivergent talent.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
mamamia.com.au | Cherie Clonan
This story discusses depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. One of my earliest memories is as a five-year-old sitting on the couch, baby brother in the crook of one arm and baby sister in the other. Even as a little one myself I remember thinking, "I cannot wait to be a mum."So when I got pregnant at 27, just about nine months after my wedding, my husband and I were elated. We’d always wanted to be young parents. We were ready. My first pregnancy was rough.
