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How to get the most out of your consultants
Firstly you need to evaluate individual skills and expertise. Then it’s about considering their experience, reputation and past performance.
11 July 2023
Tag: Life at DiUS
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The secret’s out! DiUS is a great place to work and now it’s official!
DiUS has just been ranked #12 in the annual 2022 Australia Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work® Australia.
18 August 2022
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Remote Working Coffee Retrospectives with the Lean Coffee Table
As a facilitator, every retrospective is like a coffee—with the right blend of technique and creativity it will be as good as you make it. Doing preparation prior to a retrospective is crucial to its success and ensuring that the team sees value, resulting in a more engaged group.
4 June 2020
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Managing the day-to-day when working on a remote client project
As a technology consultancy with flexible work practices, we’re well versed in this way of working. So, we wanted to share some tips and tricks for how we work remotely with our clients. We spoke with Bryan Signey and Danilo Lo Santo, two of our Sydney based Software Engineers, about their experience working on a remote client project.
16 April 2020
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What it’s like working remotely, full-time
In September last year, I began working remotely with DiUS from Perth. I had previously worked from home on the occasion, but working remotely day in day out is a different story.
29 March 2020
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Starting new things, in new ways
Think of the last time you were involved in kicking off a new project. How was the experience of getting everyone aligned around the vision and started on the actual work? Was it smooth and quick, or did you encounter some bumps along the way?
25 March 2020
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Leading Remotely: From Tokyo to Melbourne
For the last few years I’ve been working remotely from Tokyo, with only short trips back to Melbourne to visit clients and catch up with colleagues. Working remotely has its fair share of challenges (and benefits), and being a technical lead for a team while remote can add a few more to both lists.
22 March 2020
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IWD2020: Let’s make each for equal a reality
Celebrating International Women’s Day this year was bittersweet. It’s wonderful to be part of an event that’s so widely adopted. It’s an occasion to talk up all the wonderful women we know and work with—and goodness me there are many—to raise awareness of how far we still have to go in workforce gender equality, and talk about how to get there. But it’s also a reminder that it’s 2020 and we still live in a world without equality, not just in gender.
13 March 2020
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Code Like a Girl: Let’s get ethical
Our very own Sadia Mir – Principal XD Consultant and Digital Strategist – took the stage last month, alongside Australia’s top women in tech to explore both sides of the ethics coin.
2 March 2020
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Meet the team: Elliott Murray
I had plans of becoming England’s football captain. I haven’t given up on this goal, but plan B would be to be doing what I am doing now. So you could say I’m living the dream.
13 August 2018