Deborah Singerman . Articles Statistics, aspirations, reality and inspiration – onward from International Women’s Day "We need to be ever-vigilant about inequality and discrimination." Deborah Singerman shows no restraint in her reflection on International Women's Day and the role of women in the profession. Working spaces ever more design conscious: Twitter and Spaces’ new Sydney headquarters examples of contemporary work environments Deborah Singerman looks at two new offices in Sydney which adopt new design layouts and management style to “motivate and rotate” employees, avoiding the more old-fashioned “retention at all costs”. Green is the colour to make us happy “The Baird Government is waging a war on trees. When options are weighed up, the trees always come last, which means the biosphere so vital to our survival comes last.” Friend or foe – the human robot interface The future (and in many cases the present) is Intelligent mobility. It is up to humans how we use this new technology, how many data-hungry surveys we complete, what we prioritise and want to know (and others to know) about ourselves. Innovation is about taking risks and being agile 2016 promises to be busy with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urging us all to take risks and embrace failure as we strive to make this an innovation nation. New York sojourn New York New York is a “helluva town”. The 1944 musical On the Town did not mince matters. I was there recently and since my return have read about its out-of-the-way museums, its public art, co-working spaces and constant references to the High Line, which is rarely out of the news.
