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Her Magazine December/January 2013

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:business in brief Business in Brief Why disruption is good for business Big Business in bite sized snippets She said what? "Worried that photo I'm about to have taken at a tennis club may imply that I actually play tennis. That would require hand eye co-ordination." The tough economic and business climate, while dispiriting to some, has highlighted the resilience and creativity of many businesses. It has enabled many media companies to make tough decisions, changes and investments to position them better for the future. It has been a period of boom for technology and creativeindustry start-ups. Why? The perfect storm of economic and structural disruption has gone on unabated as the media industry continues its inexorable shift from print to digital delivery. It has forced many of us to make hard-headed choices and challenge our traditional business models. Source: BBC Jacinda Ardern @jacindaardern "All women have an hour glass figure - it's just that we all tote around different amounts of sand." Fiona Harland@fiharland "JEALOUSY occurs only in the underdog. Best thing to do is become EMPOWERED." Deborah Cooper@DeborahCooper1 "You know you're overdoing it when you get to the airport a month early. No wonder they couldn't find my seat on the plane!" Carolyn Enting@CarolynEnting "Norah Jones + stillness + a dimly lit room + Macbook = this is when things get done." Alice Wang@helloalicewang "When the weatherman starts talking burn times, you know summer's not far away." Hilary Barry @Hilary_Barry 28 | www.h e rmagaz i n e . c o. n z Equal opportunities Equal Employment Opportunities Trust chairman, Michael Barnett, says Auckland businesses can't afford to judge people on their ethnic origin. Mr Barnett says research from Statistics NZ shows that over 100,000 people felt discriminated against while at work, when working, or while applying for a job or position. Mr Barnett says within the next five years about 50 per cent of Auckland's population is predicted to NOT be white European and that means a changing face for the workforce - be it health professionals, accountants or the manufacturing sector. Source: EEO Trust

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