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Did you know fiction fuels critical thinking?
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Did you know fiction fuels critical thinking?

It turns out stories don’t just entertain us — they expand our minds. Research shows that fiction readers score higher on empathy, social understanding, and flexible thinking.

In a world obsessed with efficiency, maybe the smartest thing we can do for our leadership and creativity is pick up a novel.

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New Zealand first tackled pay equity in female-dominated jobs 50 years ago.
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New Zealand first tackled pay equity in female-dominated jobs 50 years ago.

Did you know? New Zealand first tackled pay equity in female-dominated jobs 50 years ago, by imagining what a man would be paid to do the same work.

In 1973, unionist Graham Kelly QSO (my father-in-law) became secretary of the Wellington Shop Employees' Union and immediately faced a challenge: employers were creating new, lower-paid job classifications to defeat the intention of the Equal Pay Act 1972.

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