Melissa Wheeler

Oct 25, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Matt Jones |Melissa Wheeler |Simon Thomsen |Mick Liubinskas

Every business starts with a decision. In the case of Four Pillars, it was the decision to make gin. And from that first decision flowed a cascade of dozens, then hundreds, of other decisions to be made. At its simplest, all business is just decision making, and those decisions come at you thick and fast when you’re getting started. There’s a temptation to prioritise action and believe that all momentum is good momentum.

Oct 25, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Melissa Wheeler |Simon Thomsen |Mick Liubinskas |Frances Goh

The 2024 Remarkable Accelerator Global Cohort took the stage at the Salesforce Tower Auditorium recently, showcasing their groundbreaking innovations to a packed audience of investors, partners, and industry leaders. The Demo Day highlighted five incredible startups, focused on harnessing the power of technology to remove barriers and amplify the lives of people with disability.

Oct 25, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Melissa Wheeler |Simon Thomsen |Mick Liubinskas |Frances Goh

But in case after case, we’ve also seen technology usher in a whole new era of workplace surveillance. Companies have powerful new tools to track employees and monitor their productivity in detail, raising obvious concerns. Reporting in The Guardian this week only highlighted the most recent example. Woolworths has been criticised for allegedly having “unrealistic” expectations about the productivity of its warehouse pickers – workers who travel from aisle to aisle to select required products.

Oct 24, 2024 | theconversation.com | Melissa Wheeler

Should employers prioritise efficiency at all costs? It might seem like a good idea. More processes than ever before can now be automated with robotics, artificial intelligence and other technology. But in case after case, we’ve also seen technology usher in a whole new era of workplace surveillance. Companies have powerful new tools to track employees and monitor their productivity in detail, raising obvious concerns. Reporting in The Guardian this week only highlighted the most recent example.

Jul 16, 2023 | pursuit.unimelb.edu.au | Melissa Wheeler

How do men feel when they become fathers? When we spoke to a handful of Australian dads who generously agreed to share their experiences on our new Working Fathers podcast – many spoke of deep emotional responses. “Probably the most happy I’ve ever been,” said one. “It was just this flood of emotion that I didn’t know [was] sitting in there,” answered another. “I burst out in tears.”Perhaps this shouldn’t be too surprising.