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Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
EduTech

Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM

Women are urged not to self-select out of STEM, as diverse skills and personalities are vital to drive innovation and challenge stereotypes.

By Lauren Reid • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Artificial Intelligence

The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains

Women already belong in the rooms where technology's future is decided. As AI reshapes our industry, it's time their voices truly shape the path forward.

By Sarah Franklin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Document Management

From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet

A former BigLaw lawyer explains how swapping the safe partnership track for legal tech unlocked purpose, innovation and a front-row seat to AI.

By Divija Kothari • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Data Analytics

If women do not build it, it will be built without us

A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.

By Leah Garrett • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Fintech

Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?

Women shape our world, yet lack power over AI systems that govern work, wealth and welfare - where are the true godmothers of AI?.

By Elaine Mullan • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Unified Communications

Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.

By Emma Irwin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Digital Transformation

Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women

An Iranian tech leader calls for women to claim space in AI and redesign leadership so work and family expand, not limit, their futures.

By Ramak Salamat • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Digital Transformation

If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications

As AI becomes a sleepless gatekeeper of reputation, communicators must feed the machines or risk vanishing into background noise.

By Deborah Pead • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech
Artificial Intelligence

Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech

A technologist's non-traditional path shows why true diversity is now critical to build trustworthy, inclusive AI and products that work in reality.

By Nina Sekiguchi • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Digital Transformation

Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving

Women at MyTrucking are reshaping transport tech, blending empathy with efficiency to keep freight moving in smarter, more human ways.

By Sarah Macdonald • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
DevOps

It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women

Tech must scrap the 'invisible shelf life' on mid-life women and redesign work so experience, not age, determines who leads and stays.

By Emma Mani • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
HPE complete care service: Refocused for your AI advantage
Hybrid Cloud

HPE complete care service: Refocused for your AI advantage

HPE revamps Complete Care Service into a unified, AI-powered support model to simplify hybrid IT, bridge silos and scale enterprise AI.

By Mark Bakker • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Human Capital Management

Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech

Women in Australian tech aren't lacking drive - broken, opaque talent systems are quietly derailing their mid-career progression.

By Cia Kouparitsas • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The autonomous future of Australian and New Zealand enterprises
Firewalls

The autonomous future of Australian and New Zealand enterprises

Australian and New Zealand enterprises race towards autonomy, but experts warn observability and security must be architected in now.

By Mina Mousa • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
DevOps

How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s

Women in their 40s are reclaiming tech careers, proving life experience, grit and curiosity can trump age bias and fast-track reinvention.

By Mandy Bath • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Digital Transformation

Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It

Cybersecurity's future hinges on clear storytelling - and more women's voices - to turn technical risks into business-critical narratives.

By Hannah Perez • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Digital Transformation

It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era

In AI‑driven workplaces, women face less a barrier of access than of confidence - and early, everyday experimentation may prove decisive.

By Quinny Lei • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Digital Transformation

Customer success is not support, it is stewardship

Customer success must evolve from reactive support to strategic stewardship, aligning stakeholders so tech investments deliver lasting value.

By Nidhi Suresh • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Digital Transformation

Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence

Agentic AI promises autonomy but raises urgent questions over whose values guide its decisions and how equity is safeguarded in practice.

By Marlene Wolfgruber • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026