December 2022
Remote working made Australians less productive: survey
The 2020 release of the influential HILDA survey shows Australians forced into remote working also reported no measurable increase in job satisfaction.
November 2021
Reunited with family in Cape Town, when will I return to Sydney?
In Cape Town visiting an ill family member, the Financial Review’s Debra Cleveland hopes the omicron standoff is a temporary blip rather than another long travel ban.
September 2021
‘It’s like ripping off a Band-Aid’: Singapore’s reopening surprises
With 82 per cent of the population fully vaccinated, the government did not expect new cases to jump by so much and so quickly.
July 2021
I had the Sinovac jabs and I got sick
I began feeling dizzy and feverish at the beginning of last week. I didn’t think it was COVID-19, though.
Working from home is like takeaway food – not great every day
Now is a wonderful moment for the ambitious to gain a competitive advantage: be the one who asks for a face-to-face meeting.
April 2021
‘This is a catastrophe’: In India, illness is everywhere
As India suffers the world’s worst coronavirus crisis, the NYT’s New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed.
How I got vaccinated before my 88-year-old mother
Singapore has passed New Zealand and Australia to claim top spot in the world’s COVID-19 resilience rankings. The jab and prevention are key.
February 2021
Today the President came to my vaccination
The Indonesian government is in a race against time to get 181 million safe from the clutches of COVID-19. Today it was my turn.
Thanks for the 12-hour bus trip Dan
The planes, trains and automobiles were full, so this was the only way out of Victoria before midnight.
August 2020
Why locked-down workers should still go 'on holiday'
Despite working from home under Melbourne's strict lockdown rules, UniSuper CIO Anna Leibel took leave in July and will take another week off in September.
The tough questions this locked-down boss can't answer
Tech company EstimateOne has swelled from 35 to 50 employees despite the pandemic, which has founder Andrew Ritchie thinking hard about what he owes his staff.
The business that bounced on companies not wasting a crisis
The Australian Financial Review has invited Melbourne business leaders to write about how tough lockdown restrictions are affecting their lives and work.
Why the Xero MD had to work from his car
Finding a spot to work from home when you're jostling for space with your teenage kids is just one of the many challenges the pandemic has brought, writes Trent Innes.
Why late-night work calls are no longer a drag for 99designs CEO
The graphic design platform's team is more productive than ever and CEO Patrick Llewellyn is seeing his kids more. But the pandemic has caused one blind spot.
Husband and wife team find family and work balance a stretch
Half of KX Pilates' studios are closed and owners Aaron Smith and Andi Fiorenza are at home with two kids under five. Staying creative is proving a challenge.
Reinvented businesses give COVID-19 a silver lining
Accenture's Ann Burns misses her jet set life while cocooned at home, but watching her Millennial stepdaughter step up to business challenges has been a joy.
Three lessons to survive lockdown
If you thought managing staff remotely was hard, try negotiating with a 9-year-old about what home schooling she should complete, writes KPMG's Stefanie Bradley.
Zoom, algebra and life at work and beyond
Each day can feel like an endless stream of Zoom meetings but an upside is knowing more about your team's lives writes Kate Quirke.
'I knew this high couldn’t last forever': From start-up to shutdown
The first two years for Etoile Collective felt like a "constant high" but the pandemic has changed everything for the start-up's founder.
Bleak city lives up to its name
As curfew falls and entire industries are closed, life in Melbourne gets increasingly weird.