There’s a concept from trauma literature that explains something I see constantly in this work, and it’s not burnout. Moral injury is what happens when someone is forced — by circumstance, by authority, by structure — to act against their own deeply held sense of right and wrong. Psychiatrist Jonathan Shay coined the term studying … Read more
97% of Australian HR professionals measure gender in their organisation’s diversity profile. Only 60% measure disability. That gap explains something bigger than measurement. It’s why good, well-argued cases for disability inclusion keep losing budget battles they should win on merit alone — and why knowing what to prioritise for 2027 starts with a number, not … Read more
A manager is looking at a job candidate’s file. The candidate has disclosed a disability. The manager wants to do right by them, so she starts guessing: quieter workspace, maybe. Flexible hours. A standing desk, if it comes up. She never asks. She doesn’t mean any harm by it — she thinks she’s already helping. … Read more
Most organisations will tell you they support disability inclusion. Fewer will tell you what happens the moment that support is actually tested — at the hiring decision, at the accommodation request, and at the promotion decision. That gap, between the stated attitude and the actual decision, has a name in the psychology literature: the attitude-behaviour … Read more
Your organisation’s attitude toward employing people with disabilities could be quietly getting worse right now, and you would have no way of knowing. Last week’s newsletter looked at making this new financial year actually work — measuring, escalating, and changing, rather than repeating what didn’t move the needle last year. Around the same time, I … Read more
Making Inclusion Work · Series · Part 3 of 4: Making FY 26-27 Different At the start of this series, I asked what three numbers your DIAP should have been able to produce for FY 25-26. Last week, the question moved to boards: what should they have asked before signing off on this year’s plan? … Read more
I spent last week sick. Not dramatically, not hospitalised — just genuinely unwell and unable to work. And yet, if I’m honest, I didn’t fully stop. I checked emails. I drafted things in my head. I tracked what I was missing and quietly calculated how long it would take to catch up. Nobody asked me … Read more
