In Dynamic Duos, Mumbrella each week asks two colleagues with a professional and personal affiliation to share with readers the importance of workplace relationships in an increasingly hybridised world of work.

Laura Roberts:

I first met Fi through a recruiter seven years ago. She didn’t see me approaching the reception area where she was waiting for our first meeting, but I could see she was deep in her phone, multitasking, very busy. She was just about to do a huge roadshow around Australia. And she had on a really nice pair of Chanel shoes that I appreciated.

We instantly clicked as we chatted. It was just an instant connection. But she’d been put forward for the wrong role. Wrong job. Right person. I work on gut instincts, and I just knew Fi was awesome. So I said, ’Don’t worry, let me come back to you. I’m going to find you the right role.’

Fi’s first day at Invnt was spent on a plane to New York City for our annual company meeting. Talk about throwing her straight into the fire!

We hit New York for a week, meeting with the entire global agency, attending workshops and networking events and even going to Blondie and Red Hot Chilli Peppers concerts all whilst managing our workload from home. Fi was this fantastic mix of hard work, tenacity, creativity, and fun. She still is.

We’ve been through a lot of experiences together over the years.

Like everyone, Covid was rock bottom for us. We’ve always just referred to that period as hanging on a life raft together. But we held on pretty tight, and came out stronger. And that was largely thanks to Fi and her background. She drove the innovation that meant we were first out of the gates to do big........

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