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OVERCOMING ANXIETY - Free Coaching Session
Mon, Jul 27, 9:00 AM**This is 1:1 call. After RSVP, someone from our team will contact you and send you calendly link for scheduling meeting** This is a free coaching session as a part of our promotional activity, created for individuals who are experiencing anxiety and want to regain a sense of inner balance and control đż In this session, we will explore what anxiety means for you - what triggers it, how it shows up in your thoughts and body, and what keeps it active. You will be guided through a supportive conversation that helps you understand your inner processes more clearly, without judgment or pressure đ¤ The focus is not only on awareness, but also on practical steps. You will learn simple and effective techniques that can help you calm your mind, reduce tension, and respond differently in challenging moments. We will also look at how your patterns of thinking and emotional responses influence your experience, and how small shifts can create meaningful change over time đ This is a safe space where you can openly share, feel heard, and begin building a more stable, grounded, and confident version of yourself đŹ

SydDT #128: When Does Design Become Strategic?
Wed, Jul 22, 8:00 AMMost designers want to be more strategic. But what does that actually mean? Is strategic design about working on bigger problems? Influencing executives? Creating visions and roadmaps? Driving transformation? Or are we confusing good design with strategic design? Join us for our July meetup where a panel of experienced strategic design leaders will explore one of the most debated questions in our profession: what makes design strategic? Weâre lucky to have Dr Leanne Sobel, Jaimes Nel, Paul Merrell, Lize Wordsworth and Laura Kostanski sharing their insights with short lightning talks before we open up a panel discussion and audience conversation. We'll explore: * What strategic design is * What it isnât â with common misconceptions and traps * How strategic design differs from other design disciplines * Where strategic design is heading * How designers can increase their strategic influence and impact Expect diverse perspectives, thoughtful discussions, and practical insights for designers at every stage of their career. Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design thinking community. New members are welcome! **SPEAKERS** **[Dr Leanne Sobel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lsobel/)** **Adjunct Fellow, UTS Business School** Leanne is a strategic designer, researcher, and educator. Her PhD research explored the role of design in strategy, and her work focuses on applying design practices, systems thinking, and participatory approaches to complex organisational challenges. With experience spanning consulting, academia, and industry, Leanne is a leading voice in the evolving field of strategic design. **[Jaimes Nel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimesnel/)** **Founder, Path Ventures** Jaimes is the founder of Path Ventures, a Sydney-based consultancy helping organisations connect strategy to action through design-led approaches. With more than 20 years of experience spanning service design, digital transformation, and organisational change, Jaimes has worked with organisations including the NHS, BBC, GOV.UK, Westpac, ING, and TAL. His work focuses on helping organisations âplay the long gameâ by using strategic design to navigate complexity and deliver lasting change. **[Paul Merrell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-merrell-9861846/)** **Senior Service Designer, Allianz** Paul is a design leader and strategist with extensive experience applying service design and human-centred approaches to organisational transformation. Currently with Allianz Australia, Paul works at the intersection of customer experience, business strategy and change, helping organisations navigate complexity and deliver meaningful outcomes. His work is grounded in the belief that meaningful change happens when strategy connects with the realities of people, systems and delivery. **[Lize Wordsworth](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizewordsworth/)** **Group Head of Business Architecture & Design, Westpac Group** Lize is a practical, results-driven leader specializing in bridging the gap between high-level strategy and tangible execution. With extensive global experience spanning financial services, telecommunications, infrastructure, mining, and petrochemicals across Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, she focuses on building organizational capabilities across people, process, culture, and technology. A trusted advisor across complex global environments, Lize combines deep expertise in target operating model design, enterprise architecture, and customer journey blueprints to help organizations navigate change and turn strategic intent into operational reality. [Dr Laura Kostanski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-kostanski/) **Fellow, Design Institute of Australia** Laura is a strategic designer working where science, design, policy and data meet. She designs and stewards national-scale programs across environmental intelligence, data ecosystems and multi-agency governance - building the partnerships and capabilities that help science translate into enduring impact. A Churchill Fellow with a PhD in human geography and public policy, Laura's focus is towards the systems end of design: what the practice looks like when the brief is a national capability, with multiple products, services and institutions to be navigated. **EVENT SPONSORS** This event is brought to you by [Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/), [Shapeshifters](https://www.sh8peshifters.com/), and [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com/). We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

Bondi Beach French conversation meetup
Wed, Jul 22, 8:30 AMWe have a new location! **La Piadina cafe** **Meetup: every Wednesday 6.30pm start - 8pm end at La Piadina - 106 Glenayr Ave, Bondi Beach. All welcome!** Come and practice your French in a relaxed environment with expats and locals with all levels of French language skills. The aim is to only speak French no matter what level you are so we can all improve or just enjoy speaking your native French! This event is held every Wednesday (unless notified otherwise). Please RSVP if you can make it so we know you're coming :)

Women in Projects Australia presents: Ask a Mentor Anything
Tue, Jul 21, 8:00 AMKick off 6pm for Nibbles and networking. Welcome at 6:30pm and then dive into our session. Submit your questions and we will have our mentor - Marg - answer your questions.

EASTWOOD Thurs.7.00pm FIRST TIMER COACHING. To book call Madhu 0468 897 798
Thu, Jul 30, 9:00 AMAll our sessions are on https://opensports.net/pickleballinThePark As our venue is outdoors and weather dependant, PLEASE CHECK Open Sports FOR ANY CANCELLATIONS ON THE DAY BEFORE ATTENDING. To book contact Madhu 0468 897 798 In this session you will have instruction on ball skills, pickleball rules and, most importantly, the tactics of the game. Thereafter you will be able to join in our social pickleball sessions. You are allowed to attend coaching up to a maximum of three sessions. All players $20.00 each. If unable to attend, please edit your RVSP and move yourself to "Not Going". DISCLAIMER: In accepting your RSVP to attend any of our events, you agree to voluntarily assume all risk of injury to yourself or damage to your property, however arising out of this event. You further agree not to hold the host and/or organizer of this event liable for any injury to yourself or damage to your property. To join our club: www.pickleballinthepark.com.au

Testing Gen AI with Paul Maxwell-Walters & Influence in Testing by Rashik Prasad
Wed, Jul 29, 7:30 AMA bumper double-header of talks for our July Event with Rashik Prasad and Sydney Testers' own Paul Maxwell-Walters (and graciously hosted by Talenza), with the keynote covering how testers can achieve influence in decision making by Rashik Prasad and the next talk about testing Gen AI system. **Talk 1: How Your Teams can Test And Evaluate Gen AI and the Software that Uses It - Paul Maxwell-Walters** There has been much talk in QA about using Gen AI tools in our work to generate test cases and automation â however until recently very little on how testers can test the non-deterministic outputs of AI and evaluate their quality. Typically, direct testing of Gen AI is ignored and left for AI engineers and data scientists. This is a grave mistake. As products using Gen AI like ChatGPT become mainstream and used by all, testers need to learn how to write and automate testing of them â and fast. My talk is on techniques, tools and workflows used to validate the outputs of AI models and agents â including correct prompting, semantic and sentiment analysis, standard outputs, evals and LLM-as-Judge. I will call on my experience as QA lead at a Gen AI tech-ed startup , along with other approaches and use cases, to give info, tips and one or more demos to help you and your teams meet the challenge of testing Gen AI-powered applications. **Talk 2 (Keynote): Technical Excellent Alone Never Guarantees Success, Rashik Prasad** Technical excellence is the foundation of every successful testing career. \*It's what we're taught to develop. * It's what we spend years refining. \*And it's what our profession rightly values. But after leading testing across some of Australia's largest enterprise transformation and regulatory programmes, I've come to realise something that fundamentally changed the way I think about testing. Technical excellence alone never guarantees success. * Why do technically exceptional testing professionals sometimes struggle to influence important decisions? \*Why can the same testing evidence lead different stakeholders to completely different conclusions? * And why do some testing professionals consistently help programmes move forward, even when the testing itself hasn't changed? In this thought-provoking keynote, Rashik challenges one of the profession's most deeply held assumptions and explores what he believes is the missing half of testing. Drawing on real enterprise experiences, you'll discover why the role of testing doesn't end when the evidence is produced, and why the most effective testing professionals understand how testing helps organisations make better decisions. This isn't a session about becoming less technical. It's about understanding how technical excellence achieves the influence it deserves. Whether you're a Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Manager or senior quality leader, you'll recognise many of the situations discussed throughout the session because you've probably experienced them yourself. You may not leave agreeing with every idea. But I suspect you'll never look at testing in quite the same way again. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- There will be the usual opposrtunities for networking and fun and some prizes to give away! Not to be missed!
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