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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Nice! Looking forward to checking it out Cade 🎉

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🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The 2025 Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram. Can you let me know if you spot any mistakes or typos? Uses Cuisine mag's pick for Auckland, Metro mag's Top 50 (in current issue) & a top 60 TripAdvisor snapshot. Repost #BestAucklandRestaurant #VennDiagram #TamakiMakaurau #BestRestaurantVennDiagram

Venn diagram of 'best' Auckland restaurants 2025 using three data sources: Cuisine's best of Auckland, Metro magazine's Top 50, and a snapshot of the top 60 restaurants in Auckland grabbed on August, 25, 2025.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I’ve reflected on the Women in Technology afternoon at the Tertiary ICT conference (hosted at Auckland University of Technology, Tāmaki Makaurau) #TICT clanyon.medium.com/women-in-tec...

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Women in Technology — Tertiary ICT Conference, 9th September 2025

The Women in Technology afternoon, at the Tertiary ICT Conference hosted by Auckland University of Technology, brought together leaders…

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Amazon leadership principles. Decision making is driven by these principles. Mahek says she also has adopted these principles within her personal life.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

After heading towards a medical path, an outreach event at UoA Engineering school opened Mahek’s eyes to a different career path.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mahek Nangia is a Solutions Architect at AWS, joining us at #TICT

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Contact details for Rikita 😁

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I always remember this quote from Maya Angelou.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Having connections is great but consider who is sitting in your inner circle. Recommendation for this programme: www.mentorwalks.org Keep connected with your circles - send individuals things that you feel they will be interested in.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

CARB: consistency, authenticity, relevance, bold. Don’t join a community then be absent. Be you, tell your story. Be in the right room with the right people who align with your values. Use your voice, ask the challenging questions and stand for what you believe in.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Finding a community is important. Which community is going to help you thrive? Do you have connections that will help you grow and develop? Be intentional about the connections you are building and be aspirational about the connections you are making.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We live in a VUCA world where our connections are increasingly AI enabled, the real conversations had with strong ties give us the power to survive and thrive. When we connect as a group, the energy is buzzing.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

we can maintain strong and close relationships with only 150 people. The quality of relationships is the strongest predictor of happiness (news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...). Connected employees are up to 7x more engaged.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Humans actively seek out connections. Strong social bonds are just as important to our health and wellbeing as diet and exercise are. We meet 10-25k people across our lifetimes. You only truly get to know a small portion of these people (1-5k). At any time…

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The lessons that Ritika learned while attending her first ‘networking’ event at 21yo.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Ritika Singh is Founder and Lead Consultant at Ri-Think: www.ri-think.nz

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Rikita Singh is joining us at #TICT and throws the audience straight in to a ‘connection’ icebreaker

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Tania: ensure the people within your organisation feel included, respected and valued and not just tolerated. (Apologies for spelling Tania incorrectly!)

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Celia: listen to the people who see the things in you that you don’t see in yourself. The stories we tell are key, consider which stories you are telling about women in tech. Liz: highlights examples of times when women (and men) at work have supported and sponsored her through her career.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hemi: the human element is really powerful in technology Steph: has a passion for using tech for efficiency Tania: do things that make you scared and be curious Andrew: Alison Whitbrooks trick yourself to thinking you’re excited - www.youtube.com/shorts/ZEH2I...

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How Saying 'I’m Excited' Tricks Your Brain Into Confidence - Alison Wood Brooks

YouTube video by The Lavin Agency

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Andrew: fair representation is important. Create opportunity and time. Ask questions and make space, provide support. Steph: Provide examples of people who have pushed out of their comfort zone to highlight how easy it can be provide space for diverse staff members to participate / lead projects

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Liz: partnerships between Universities and industry (and schools) are important in supporting more women to come through. Tanya: shared Sparks Tūrama Pathways programme - vimeo.com/1038760946/1...

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Tūrama Pathways

This is "Tūrama Pathways" by Spark on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hemi: 6/10 on their leadership team are women and 61% of the overall team are women (Datacom).

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Celia: remember the power of sponsorship, making sure the right people are at the right tables. Make workplace equity everyone’s business. Steph: identify the team members who can extend outside their comfort zone and use their strengths in different areas that can grow their skills and value

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Tanya: Choose your courage and deliberately ally, support, mentor. Make space to amplify voices. If you have privilege to advocate. Do it. Liz: Reminds us of the power of flexibility and education for working parents. Celia: fostering inclusion as part of your culture is important

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Celia: Formal education has a part ti play in busting myths but how can we support students connect emotionally. Plan to upskill everyone to support them in managing threat states - make ally ship part of leadership development, not a project. Leaders should talk about ally ship-where they fail too

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hemi: reminds us that we need to be seen to show upcoming talent they can do this too (focus on women, Māori and Pacific). Andrew: educators need to create a safe environment & bring experts into the classroom to support students meet high expectations. Leaders have role in hiring appropriately.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Next up: Panel to explore the power of education, transformation, and connection :)

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mahsa contact details (sorry for lack of alt text)

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mahsa invites the audience to join www.shesharp.org.nz

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Ted talk recommendation: www.ted.com/talks/joy_bu...

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We have a big tech divide in Aotearoa. Podcast link (snippet shared during presentation: aipodcast.education/ai-tutors-bi...)

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

AI Forum NZ released AI in Action report, with a plan to launch new versions every 6 months: aiforum.org.nz/reports/ai-i...

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Kiwi’s are 2nd most anxious in the world with AI but we have a high adoption rate. NZ’s strategy was delivered last (in comparison to all other OECD countries)

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mahsa shares her Fulbright Scholarship project

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Currently, there is mixed messaging and NZ needs to double down on AI literacy education. Question farmer role: finding better problems to solve

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

2 Sigma Problem - Benjamin Bloom (1984): the impact of 1-1 tutoring can support students to gain 2 grades. This is the first time when this is a scalable prospect. Our students need agency to understand critical thinking.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Garner says that 40% of Agentic AI projects are likely to collapse. Currently, Agents are 90% software engineering and 10% AI.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Students are saying they are scared and overwhelmed about the future. Mahsa uses the sponge as an analogy for how she feels about the future: ‘Soak, squeeze and spring back’

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The growth of users to 50m is unprecedented

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Mahsa introduces us to her AI twin, created using free applications online. QR codes to her socials in pic.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Dr. Mahsa McCauley (academics.aut.ac.nz/mahsa.mohagh...) joins the stage

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Another BlueSky thread… must mean I am at a conference! This time, #TICT (Tertiary ICT Conference-Auckland) for the ‘Women in Technology’ afternoon. Anyone not used to me doing this, I usually take a bunch of random notes here which I then use to create a summary of my key takeaway from the event.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I’m sure he’d welcome an email from you too.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Did you find his organisation website: newdesigncongress.org/en/

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New Design Congress

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Apologies, we did have a number of conversations but definitely not about this specific topic so I cannot say. I do know this was the first time he’d shared this presentation so that may be why you cannot locate anything else.

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Here’s the thread: bsky.app/profile/clan...

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Claire Lanyon @clanyon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I hosted that one, along with @digivall.bsky.social did you see my thread? Anything I can help with?

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