HERE’S TO THE F(EM)ALES
Celebrating the women we work with.
This year, the theme for International Women’s Day, ‘Choose to Challenge’, is one that really resonates. As a company, our vision and values are founded on the belief that challenges are catalysts for growth, and constantly questioning the typical beliefs and assumptions around work.
Why should business performance come at the cost of safety and wellness? Why does complexity need to be complicated? Why shouldn’t the employee experience matter as much (or more) than the customer experience? How could we create a world where people go to work happy, and go home happier?
When I founded Everyday Massive fourteen years ago, we didn’t begin with an inclusion policy or recruitment strategy. We never intentionally set out to create a workplace filled with talented women. Nor did we set out to work with women at the forefront of their respective fields.
The fact that both occurred only really registered years later — a realisation that our work had given us an opportunity to work with some truly incredible people. These were, and continue to be, women who are changing the future of work. Not by following what’s been done before, but by challenging the status quo and reimagining what’s possible in the workplace.
We’ve seen our female collaborators set new industry benchmarks and change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people working at some of the world’s largest organisations. Many I consider friends. All of whom I respect and admire.
There are so many I could mention — far too many to list. So instead, here are five women I’m fortunate to work with every day, and several women we work with who inspire them.
Narelle.
Head of Growth and Experience
COLLABORATOR YOU ADMIRE
STEPHANIE BERLIANT,
EU SR. WHS PROGRAM MANAGER,
AMAZON
REBECCA STEIGER,
SR. MANAGER WHS GOVERNANCE, AMAZON
AMAZON
Stephanie, Rebecca, and the team who prepare and release global safety standards across Amazon. They play such an important role in protecting a workforce of 1.2 million people, across 28 countries, in all kinds of high-risk work enviroments — I can't imagine how complex it is! I really admire how they never lose sight of the people who who are at the heart of their Safety Management System, and they think big when it comes to developing unique and engaging ways to train people.
Jess.
Heart of Experience
COLLABORATOR YOU ADMIRE
KRISTA HIXSON
PROGRAM MANAGER, WELLNESS SERVICES
AMAZON
I really admire Krista — for her, there's no challenge too big or too small. Her work is complex, but she knows how to have a good belly laugh along the way, and she is alway curious about the world of employee experience and how we can collaborate to achieve great things for Associates and the Wellness team at Amazon. Just bend, don't snap!
Nic Nic.
Motion strategist/Growth designer
COLLABORATOR YOU ADMIRE
ANGELA CAHILL
SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT MANAGER
AMAZON
Collaborating with Angela and the team at Amazon was an incredible experience of collaboration and creativity. It was a great opportunity to problem-solve together and deliver highly visual and engaging micro-learning modules that are now helping Associates on the frontline spot hazards and control risks. The end result was a beautifully designed series of learning modules that distil larger chunks of information into easy to understand bite-sized pieces.
Moose.
Experience Strategist
COLLABORATOR YOU ADMIRE
RITA SLOGROVE
LEARNING AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
FLETCHER BUILDING
Rita is a dream collaborator, and has made working with Fletcher a joy. No request is too much and she is always willing to go that extra step – arranging focus groups and one on one catch-ups with stakeholders from all parts of the business – to support an authentic project outcome. She is a champion of people, she lives and breathes inclusivity, and strives to build meaningful experiences that connect and have real impact.
Ali.
Experience Strategist
COLLABORATOR YOU ADMIRE
KARINA MIŁEK,
EU SR. WHS TRAINING PROJECT MANAGER,
AMAZON
AMY WOODRUFF,
LEARNING EXPERIENCE DESIGNER,
AMAZON
I respect Karina and Amy, two of our Amazon collaborators based in Poland and North America. Both care deeply about the detail, but never lose sight of the bigger picture — seeing people home safe to their families at the end of the working day. We just wrapped up a five-month project which saw Karina and Amy coordinating feedback with over 50 stakeholders across the globe. It's this drive to involve people in decision making that makes for compelling communication, memorable learning and measurable outcomes. And Karina does it all with a very special sidekick — her pet canary, Tweety!
