Another top networking tip when you move to a new city  Join a cycling club. Lots of go-getting, active people + endorphins + coffee = awesome conversations, shared adventures and connections. #CommunityCapital #HumanGenerated #SouthPerthRoulers

If you’re near the coast, join a surf lifesaving club, get your bronze medallion and get stuck in to some volunteer patrolling, club training and events. You’ll meet great people across a range of ages, industries and experiences, gain valuable skills and build up a shared history and sense of community super quickly.  There’s also awesome growth opportunities - in the last year I’ve completed a leadership program and rescue boat driver qualification.  If you’re not into the

Coming off a fantastic trail running and gravel riding trip in Alice Springs at the back end of August I had the personal goals for six weeks to complete the next step in a cybersecurity upskilling pathway and prepare to race as an age grouper for NZ in the triathlon world champs in Wollongong in mid-October.  That was a comfortable amount on the plate outside of work, then the opportunity arose to do the rescue boat driver training at my local surf club, which involved train

Taking ownership of a complex problem space, thinking more broadly about how you might solve it, can get you there faster. When you have a complex problem to solve a starting point might be a referral to an established specialist. You’ll get some advice and recommendations from here but the specialist might only advise in their field of professional expertise, and it can be a narrow approach. Particularly when the problem space is relatively new and not fully understood. Yo

What’s your favourite time optimisation strategy? For me, timeboxing works super well. Diarising what you want to get done in your calendar as timeboxes helps you to focus on priorities. There's only so much you can do in a day so planning this way helps you be realistic and make trade off decisions about what's really important.

Delivering complex technology initiatives successfully has many parallels to preparing for and racing a triathlon. There’s lots of moving parts. Your readiness to execute well on ‘go live’ or race day reflects how well you’ve prepared. It also reflects how well you’ve understood and mitigated risks and adapted to how the real-time context unfolded on the day. If you’re smart you apply learnings from previous events to the go live or race in hand. And if you’re human you celeb

If you’ve ever struggled to get stakeholders aligned on a solution proposal, here’s what I do - contact me for an example.

This is a story about doing something you didn’t realise you were capable of, inspired by someone you respected, and not giving up, even...

Even on a very average day you’ve likely made some kind of progress on something. Big or small, it’s good to reflect and celebrate.

This week I was asked to do a lunchtime talk at my current workplace on my recent trail run and gravel riding adventures in the outback....

When something isn’t your highest priority, no need to focus attention on it, it may well get sorted out by itself anyway.

On Sunday I completed the Gravel Muster which was a multi-day point to point gravel riding event around the East MacDonnell range near...

For a travel journal on the Larapinta trail run, see: polarsteps.com/RebeccaSpeirs/20748169-larapinta-gravel-muster

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The most unassuming people can have done the most amazing things and have a wealth of experience to tap into. Stay curious!

Have you ever thought about the people who influence you the most, whether they are in IRL or not?

Goal-setting and your 1, 3, and 10-year vision. If you think of yourself as the CEO of enterprise you, how might you break down what you...

Contributing something you think is obvious in a situation might actually be the most valuable thing you can do. Because we all think...

The office I’m currently based in is close to King’s Park next to Perth CBD and there’s a relatively new bike path around it that makes a...

Sometimes cool discoveries happen when you least expect them. I took a short break to stretch my legs and came across this mini gem.