Tag: Psychology

Talk Nerdy to Me: Understanding Gen-Y & the Barnum (effect)

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*The following blog post contains views that are personal and entirely my own*

Since starting my own career journey in the glossed halls of retail in 2008, I have had some compelling experiences. As a result, I am motivated to improve the experience of Gen Y in our workplaces.

As a paid employee and Intern/Volunteer, I have regularly witnessed and experienced (the) varying degrees of success in the workplace.

Generation Y are an information-saturated Generation, our interests are in no way limited by our chosen industry or study.  I, personally orbit both the creative  and the analytical (in no particular order): fashion, retail, social media, blogging, current affairs, politics, history and digital communication.

Contrast can be challenging for such a talented generation who are attempting to harness the benefits of this so early in our careers.

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You Spin or You Die: A Public Relations interpretation of Game of Thrones

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I watch Game of Thrones.
I’ve re-watched it a few times, and I’ve developed a couple of different understandings of it — through Public Relations and International Relations perspectives; cultural phenomena such as popular TV shows can do more than just depict theoretical scenarios, they are highly complex and can be understood, or ‘read’ in many ways.

Here is my understanding of Game of Thrones, Seasons 1-4, from a Public Relations perspective.

*******PROBABLY CONTAINS SOME KIND OF SPOILERS*******

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Harry Potter-tics: The Power of Personality

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A distraction from the abhorrent politics of personality happening in #auspol at the moment.

This is one for the Pottermores.

Interning at an Image Consultancy, I have learned a lot about psychology and image. Far and away the most interesting piece of knowledge I have acquired is about personality; naturally I linked it to one of the distinguishing books of my childhood!

Politics is all about personality, right?
Let’s look into personality a bit more…..

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Fashion, Politics and Personality: The rise of Personalit-ocracy

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Two things have had me thinking lately –

  1. Julia Gillard’s quote in her pre-spill interview “we all know politics isn’t about personality”.
  2. The role that personality plays over policy in contemporary politics.

I recently started an internship at an image consultancy firm, and it re-ignited my train of thought. As something of a politically and fashionably aware person – depending on the day, I pride myself on one over the other, these days perhaps more the latter [!]

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