International Women’s Day Hear about our team’s experiences and passions to engage in a world of equality through championing equity. As a female founded and female led IT consultancy in a mainly male dominated industry Accuteque celebrate the achievements of women and their wider team. As we approach International Women’s Day for 2023, we want to take a look back and reflect on what it means to us as individuals and as a company to be where we are today after 20 years in the business.  The fight for equality What does innovation for a gender equal future look like to you ..read more

Accuteque Academy – Business Users Testing 101 Training Accuteque Academy held its first onsite Testing Training at Charles Darwin Univeristy. We recently had the opportunity to travel to Darwin to Charles Darwin University where we held our Business Users Testing 101 2-day course. Trainees represented the various business areas of the University where they will be involved in a Digital Transformation program, positioning the University as a digital first school, with contemporary systems and technology, for both students and faculty.  Training covered all aspects of testing, i ..read more

Celebrating 20 years at Accuteque Our CEO and Founder, Caroline Patton reflects on the journey of the last 20 years and celebrating this amazing milestone The start of Accuteque When I first started in business the plan was to ‘make a difference’ leaving everyone that we connected with, whether this be the team, our clients, or delivery partners, in a better place than when we started. In our 20 years of business, we have connected with over 2500 IT professionals, support staff, employees, clients and delivery partners. On reflection our engagements have developed long-term friendships, trus ..read more

Balancing Fatherhood We asked a few of our team what it has been like becoming a new father during the COVID pandemic and how has it changed approaches to work. Peter and Alex are two young fathers from the Patton Group of Companies. Peter is a Business Analyst in Accuteque’s Operational Excellence division and Alex is a Customer Success Manager at The AVR Lab. Both have joined parenthood during the COVID pandemic and embraced the life changes it has subsequently brought. COVID has brought forth many changes both professionally and personally and Peter and Alex have used the challenges and o ..read more

Does Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose lead to the best job?      Discussing what makes a job one of the best you have ever had Michelle Prosser-Roberts explores what has led her to consider what the best job she’s ever had has been and why. My son recently asked me about the best job I have ever had.  What was your best job?  Can you identify why it was the best job?  Here is my response, but I would be interested to hear what you have to say and what it is about a job that makes it the “best”.  Given that we are always hoping that the next job will be better than ..read more

Working Mums through the pandemic What has it been like being a working mum during the COIVD-19 pandemic?  The steadfast approach of Mother’s Day at Accuteque has made the team reflect on what role parenthood and work play together, and in particular how to get the balance of ebing a working mum right for you. Mary Batzakis and Vy Pham from our QA team put down some thoughts on what being a working mum means to them and how work has impacted their roles as mothers, particualrly during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Has the COIVD-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown ..read more

A New Perspective on   Social Contracts How I discovered social contracts Michelle’s recent discussion about Accuteque’s social contracts formation and writing process has made me reflect on my own introduction to our social contract. Having never heard of the term before this new type of agreement sounded quite daunting to explore and contribute to. During the revision process I heard the team state that they were reviewing the social contract to ensure it was relevant and simplified, which included a lot of back and forth internally. Shortly after, the new Accuteque social contr ..read more

Social Contracts Do you have a social contract with your team or your workmates? If not, have you thought about creating one?  Or are you on the fence?  I am a big believer in Social Contracts and was thrilled to facilitate a new social contract for Accuteque recently. Working in a team is so fundamental to how we work these days but it can be hard to find your way around different personalities and preferences. And we are all individuals, people that are responding to changes ourselves, dynamically, and full of complexity.  Why a social contract? Having an agreement or contr ..read more

Taking Time Out It’s the best medicine for mind, body and soul The last two years have been a challenge for many, and with Christmas just around the corner it is important to look after yourself so that you can support others around you. Taking time out has been pushed aside with everything else going on. Looking after others takes energy and if you are running low, you may find yourself falling into a heap and putting your immune system at risk. This is not ideal, and in our current climate, can be devastating. We often get busy with life and get caught up in the day to day of work, and ..read more