Learnings, insights and community

The last two days of November held a special treat for Sydneysiders in Information Technology. It was the 2018 edition of the YOW! Sydney conference.

It's amazing the difference a few plants can make. Here at the Lookahead office we recently spruced up our desk area with some beautiful plants.

Last week we had our annual Team Hang. I haven't found many blogs about team offsites so wanted to share a small part of what we've learned after running 5 of these.

Sunrise Island is a conference hosted by Australia's leading venture capital (VC) firm Blackbird. The one-day conference is an opportunity to meet and learn from the very best people in the startup community and to support and grow the Australian startup community.

At September's installment of the SydTech Leaders meetup, the topic of the evening was remuneration.

One of the common complaints I’ve heard from startups is that there’s never enough time to onboard new employees. Hand them a computer and off they go. We’re here to get sh*t done. Right? Wrong!

Two weeks ago, I attended Inkling's Ignite program which is a two-day leadership workshop. It was an opportunity for me to learn some new skills on how to become a more confident and resilient leader, while still feeling comfortable being me.

I was inspired watching RubyConf AU 2017 - Self learning is a marathon not a sprint, by Elle Meredith. I use the format Elle mentions in her talk for all kind of reflections, so why not for my first ever Lookahead blog post?

When it comes to running an interview, there aren't necessarily right or wrong ways. However, there are certainly some things you can do to make sure you give candidates a good experience.

Kat recently wrote about the differences between CVs and resumes. (Understandably, there is confusion about this!) As someone who works with lots of technical leaders, I often get questions about whether one's resume should be different from when they were an individually contributing developer. The short answer is: yes.