Insights
Avec scales it’s intelligent automation service offering
ANZ based IT consultancy Avec, has expanded its intelligent automation offering through the swift employment of the majority of the technology professionals, engagement of customers, and contracting of suppliers from the Reveal Group. The team has immediately...
Avec appoints Mornay Vivier as Practice Manger – Business Analysis
We are pleased to announce Mornay Vivier will be joining Avec as Practice Manager - Business Analysis. Mornay joins the Avec team effective immediately. Prior to this Mornay was the founder and Managing Director of MetaPerformance Business Consulting – a management...
Finding your passion and building a career in IT & Tech: Insights from Nicki Wood, Avec General Manager QLD.
Tell us a bit about your journey: I started my career in marketing at a financial services organisation in the United Kingdom. However, after a few years I decided to take a break and go backpacking throughout Australia where I did ad-hoc work in several industries...
Who is actually responsible for data security?
The antisocial geek, living in their parent’s basement with some coding skills from online gaming. This is often the stereotype that we revert to when thinking of cyber criminals. However, although this image may have once been true, it has now been squashed by...
Avec appoints Nicki Wood as General Manager for QLD
We are pleased to announce Nicki Wood will be joining Avec as General Manager for QLD Nicki joins the Avec team effective immediately from TalentCRU where she was a Client Services Manager, following an extensive career in the technology and digital industry both...
Should project management be considered an essential skill?
The project management economy is growing at a rate that has never been seen before with the Project Management Institute (PMI) reporting that the demand for project managers has been increasing at a higher rate than the demand for other skilled workers. Despite...
Why do you need a Chief Project Officer?
In Harvard Business Review, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, leading champion of project management and strategy implementation talks about how the development of the Chief Project Officer (CPO) role directly correlates with the rampant increase in projects over the past 30...
Ethics to Equality: The challenges facing data scientists
Over the past ten years, there’s been much speculation and anticipation around the rise of data science and analytics. What started out as statistics, and the use of statistical models, has evolved to include many of today’s most sophisticated technologies. Today's...
FY22/23 Federal Budget – Cyber Security, Inflation and Projects
The rumour mill had been spinning with sneak peaks being dropped daily in the lead up. Businesses big and small would each be affected by the outcome and many industry leaders came forward with their take on what was announced. We wanted to touch on exactly what the...
Managing my own project. Lisa Gething’s insights as a Business Analyst in the tech industry.
Tell us a little about your journey Like many people working in tech, my journey had a lot of twists and turns. I began my career in my native country South Africa and studied a Bachelor of Science (Hons), majoring in...
Ignore consultant engagement at your own peril
In Harvard Business Review, Dan Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and Drive talks about short-term workers: “The relationship is often less fraught, less hierarchical, and doesn’t come with the same expectations,” he explains. “But that...
How to look after your mental health while consulting
As a consultant, you're constantly on the move. In amongst deadlines and projects, looking after your mental health can often take a back seat. Here are some tips that can help you manage the challenges associated with contract work that may affect your health and...
The trickle on effect: How will reduced global stimulus affect government initiatives
The new world we live in is a “High Debt World”. Sky-high borrowing levels could have profound consequences for the global economy – with Australians working longer and spending less. The result of the reduction in Quantitative Easing by the US Federal Reserve will...
Smart Cities: The Partnership Ecosystem
RPA as a co-worker: how to increase your staff by 20% with no additional FTE growth
At every business’s core, there are often a set of mind-numbing repeat tasks that have employees disengaged from their work. Across many departments, staff are often performing repetitive tasks day in and day out. Backoffice tasks such as extracting data from multiple...