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Looking for a pre-school or aftercare for your kids?

For the parents/ guardians in the Witpoortjie area, Enrolments for 2025 are open at Eezi Kidz… contact the number below, or enrol via their website. https://eezi-kidz.co.za/enrolments/

Join Experimental and Experiential Events on 2 October Coca Restaurant And Lounge for an evening of self-expression. Our creative community is growing and we'd love you to be a part of it! Create a gallery worthy art piece, with guidance from our dedicated team of artists. All artworks can be submitted into our silent auction where 80% of the sale of each artwork goes to the artist, and 20% in support of our various causes.

Currently we will be raising funds for Eezi Kidz pre-school and various other creative and educational initiatives to come.

Limited space, book your tickets via Quicket:
https://www.quicket.co.za/events/283182-canvas-couture-and-cocktails-jozi-in-spring/ #/

meets spring meet the alter ego: designed to be timeless but childlike. I call these the bipolar retrofuturist reflection of the artist (excuse me for taking the liberty of adding my own interpretation 😅) check out “Stress Narcotika” exhibition currently at

Handmade chocolate

Exploring Joburg with my mom ❤️

Welcome to 2024, the theatre of professional advancement… where hackathons, multi-stage interviews with psychometric, IQ tests and interview briefs rule. Presenting the latest corporate magic trick:

Channel the creative spirit and exploit into free labour. — — Tadaa… enter the interview brief …. To read more refer to (2min read) Link in bio

Looking back on 2023, I’ve learnt valuable lessons from both my experiences and observations as an introverted woman navigating tech spaces. This article looks at challenges and recommended adjusted behaviours — -rethink your methods at work. This research was conducted with 10 participants (5 male and 5 female of various languages and cultures from South Africa), all of whom, view their work environments as hostile or toxic. 4 participants were in Financial institutions, 4 from Tech spaces, and 2 from Government institutions. Not all participants answered every question. Here is a summary of the survey, with the remainder of the article based on 1:1 interview feedback. Latest article link in bio:https://theway.medium.com/essential-insights-for-women-in-male-dominated-spaces-ce0dc21dd4d4

3.HOLDING YOUR TONGUE
Why it matters? As women, we fear being perceived as too aggressive or to too pushy.. these accusations are designed to keep us quiet. Holding your tongue just leaves you frustrated and makes you appear unwilling to speak up for what you believe in.
What can be done differently? Take more risks with giving your view. Set a goal to speak up at least once in every meeting, and it will get easier the more often you do. Always acknowledge the view of the other person first, then give your opinion backed up with 2-3 good factual reasons. Why 2-3 reasons to back it up?—Because women have to work twice as hard to be viewed as half as good... unfortunately, the reality we live in.

2.PROTECTING JERKS
Why it matters? Have you ever worked with someone who knows nothing about the work being done, but will continually tell you how to do your job. Generally they will speak negatively of others, hinting to you that they’ll also bad mouth you once your back is turned. Generally they will give you the wrong information, creating issues for the work at hand and the organisation. And despite you telling them what is wrong, they will insist you follow their direction.
What can be done differently? Trust your instincts, jerks are jerks, it’s not your imagination. When you get blamed for the actions of them, redirect the accuser to the source of the problem. Stop shielding them or making excuses for their behaviour. As much as we want to see the good in everyone, we can’t naively keep believing that someone has good intentions when you can see how damaging they can be. Call them out and let them take responsibility for their actions.

Looking back on 2023, here’s 3 important lessons I’ve learnt from other introverts as well as from being an introvert myself:

1.ASSUMING THE RULES, BOUNDARIES, STRATEGIES ARE THE SAME FOR EVERYONE
Why it matters? Ever wondered why it is that when a male colleague repeats what you’ve said in the exact same way, his words are viewed as assertive, and yours as aggressive? Well, who knew, the workplace playing field created different boundaries for men vs women. Men have basically no limits on the workplace playing field or the assertiveness playing field, while women have a much smaller space with more boundaries. So it’s very easy for a women to „overstep their boundary“ ... generally people would say, „stay in your lane“. or „know your place“. 😐 Just because you believe in being fair, doesn’t mean others play by the same rules.
What can be done differently? Assess the organisations playing field and articulate the rules, boundaries and strategies for different people and behaviours. Decide if it’s you or the size of the field holding you back. Remember you’re unlikely to change the size of the playing field. If you can’t manoeuvre and stretch those boundaries, then decide if you need to instead search for a bigger playing field.

Catch at Japan Day 😍

Did you know that the people who ultimately provide the customer facing part of the service, the delivery drivers, are treated as if they aren't human? Whoever wrote up the contracts for this business model, took all the worst parts of the independent contractor agreement instead of adding them as suppliers or partners and treating them more like business owners where they could share in the profits, they rather took the typical slave approach- to exploit those who do the work. Find out more in the Dark side of the Digital Economy. The plight of plaform workers
https://www.commoncents.org.za/post/the-dark-side-of-the-digital-economy-plight-of-the-platform-worker-the-independent-contractor-lie

The Dark side of the Digital Economy-Plight of the Platform Worker - The independent contractor lie Contractor experience gone wrong through authoritarian algorithmic digital management in this absurd neoliberal world