In the digital economy shift work is becoming more popular for both workers and employers due to both needing more flexibility. OneShift started in Australia in 2012 aiming to create a market for jobs and solve the recruiting problems. At that time getting a job as a shift worker was very old-school: you printed out your resume and took it to employers. Often these employers wanted someone but not right now. One Shift's solution is a platform to let people work the shifts they want to work. Gen George, the Founder, won the AFR Westpac Women of Infuence Award 2015 https://au.oneshiftjobs.com
Springboard Enterprises Australia (SBE Australia) announced the 10 business leaders who will take part in its fourth annual Accelerator program designed exclusively for women entrepreneurs. The 2016 program features women from a broad range of professional and industry backgrounds across the technology sector, united in their ambition to expand into international markets. Participants in the 2016 SBE Accelerator program are: Renee Welsh - Booking Boss; Catherine Resnick - Kinchip Systems; Jenny O'Neill - EpiSoft; Anne Moore - PlanDo; Julie Bray - Konnective; Kimberley Turner - Aerosafe; Tania Walter - Observr; Lucy Lloyd - Mentorloop; Tori Bowman - Social.Folio and Michelle Ridgway - Victus Health
Centennial Park in Sydney is marketing plaques under trees to remember friends and family. The plaque under this Tulip Tree was dedicated to Mikaela Mae Harris in 2009. We walked past the tree today and it looks so beautiful on this Autumn day that we stopped to admire it and saw the plaque.
Qantas A330 flights now let you rate films you see. This is the first time I've been given this opportunity and it should make the people rating on films more representative of people who see them on flights. I took the opportunity to rate a wonderful documentary on Peggy Guggenheim during a flight from Sydney to Jakarta.
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 opens from May 28 to Nov 27 and the Danish Pavillion is a must see. Danish studio EFFEKT is showcasing a self-sustaining, off-grid village of greenhouse properties called ReGen Villages. The project imagines a community of buildings that produce all their own food and energy- a model that aims to address global issues such as food and water scarcity and the rise of CO2 emissions.
