Australia's Productivity Commission settled something in May 2025 that should have ended a decade of argument: flexible and hybrid work is not detrimental to productivity. So what's the question that should have followed? If flexible work doesn't harm productivity, why do so many leaders and organisations still treat it like it does?The honest answer isn't about output. It's about power and control - who decides how work happens, when, and where. That's the conversation that’
Australia's national gender pay gap is 21.1% on total remuneration. That's $28,356 per year that the average woman in full-time employment earns less than the average man, according to WGEA's 2024-25 Gender Equality Scorecard. The debate around this number is almost always framed as a fairness issue. Fairness is the right starting point. The commercial argument is the one that tends to stall - and it deserves more rigorous treatment than it usually gets. The gender pay gap is
Troy Roderick
Jun 35 min read
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