Portable

Legacy billing systems can slow growth.⁠ ⁠ That’s why MYOB partnered with Portable to deliver a scalable, API-driven payment integration powered by AWS.⁠ ⁠ From real-time billing events to improved automation, the team unlocked a faster, more efficient way to manage payments; while uplifting internal capability along the way.⁠ ⁠ Dive into the full case study to see how it all came together.

Great outcomes start with a clear, proven process.⁠ ⁠ At Portable, our capability is built on 1000+ projects, bringing together researchers, designers, and technologists to deliver end-to-end solutions with speed and clarity.⁠ ⁠ Our approach is simple and effective:⁠ ➡️ Define to uncover the right problem⁠ ➡️ Design to prototype and validate solutions⁠ ➡️ Deliver to build, launch, and improve⁠ ⁠ Guided by human-centred design, co-design, agile delivery, and strong QA, we ensure every solution is desirable, viable, and scalable.⁠ ⁠ I’s not just what we build, it’s how we build it.⁠ ⁠ Want to see how this could work for your team? Let’s connect.

Legacy technology often sits at the core of a business, keeping things running but sometimes holding things back.⁠ ⁠ Modernising it isn’t just a technical decision. It’s about balancing risk, maintaining continuity, and creating space for future growth.⁠ ⁠ With the right approach, teams can make confident decisions, design for scalability and security, and deliver change without unnecessary disruption.⁠ ⁠ The result? Technology that supports where the business is going, not where it’s been.⁠ ⁠ We’ve broken down a step-by-step approach to help guide the journey.⁠ ⁠ 👉 Tap the link in bio to read more

As Blinq grew rapidly, they doubled down on observability, embedding it into their engineering culture, not just their tooling. With support from Portable, they improved visibility, reduced incident response time, and built a more resilient platform without slowing down innovation.⁠ ⁠ Curious how they made it work? See the full case study.

Reinforcing critical learning in child abuse training requires clarity, care, and retention.⁠ ⁠ Portable partnered with the National Centre to design animated module summaries that help professionals recognise signs of abuse and respond safely to disclosures.⁠ ⁠ Embedded at the end of LMS modules, the animations translate complex, sensitive scenarios into clear, actionable guidance without the ethical and emotional constraints of live-action production.⁠ ⁠ Built through close collaboration with subject matter experts, each scenario was carefully scripted, refined in real time, and designed with a considered visual language grounded in real-world contexts.⁠ ⁠ Watch the animations and how the story unfolded 🔗

The University of Sydney modernised its student information system with Portable, moving to containerised environments using AWS CDK, CodePipeline, and CodeBuild. This reduced environment provisioning from weeks to hours, cut running costs by 70%, and lowered maintenance overhead, freeing the technology team to focus on higher-value work. The result is a faster, more automated, and cost-efficient solution that the university can manage themselves.⁠ ⁠ Read the full case study to see how we made it happen.

From idea → impact.⁠ ⁠ Sweep’s journey has moved from grant-funded vision to App Store reality.⁠ ⁠ When Portable received a $1.1M BRII grant to build Sweep, it validated a simple idea: technology can help solve underpayment in Australia.⁠ ⁠ Now that idea is real.⁠ ⁠ Access the beta before the May launch. While Sweep is currently built for retail workers, you're welcome to try it out — just note that entitlement checks and guidance are tailored to the General Retail Industry Award for now.⁠ ⁠ The beta is live in app stores, with a public launch scheduled for May, making wage transparency accessible to the workers and businesses who need it most.⁠ ⁠ Sweep has grown into more than just a pay checker. It now includes:⁠ • Payslip analysis⁠ • Award interpretation⁠ • AI-powered Q&A⁠ • Help prepare conversations with employers⁠ • Legal referral support⁠ ⁠ All in one place.⁠ ⁠ Built to help retail workers understand their pay and take action with confidence.⁠ ⁠ For leaders, it’s a clear example of how technology can surface compliance issues early, before they become bigger problems.⁠ ⁠ Huge credit to Emily MacLoud and Steve for bringing this to life.⁠ ⁠ Read the full story → [Link in the bio]

At Portable, we create workshops that bring teams together, clarify priorities, and turn ideas into action. Every session is tailored to your team, your goals, and your context.⁠ ⁠ For the UNSW Adaptive Design Lab, we delivered a vision workshop that created a welcoming and inclusive environment and encouraged open contribution, bringing genuine care, and thoughtfulness to how the workshop was facilitated.⁠ ⁠ No matter the challenge, we design every session to engage your team, activate stakeholders, and build momentum.⁠ ⁠ Learn more about our Custom Workshops → [Link on bio]

A space to be seen, heard, and understood.⁠ ⁠ A/Part of the Crowd is a microsite build for sharing real stories of loneliness from young people aged 18–25 across Australia. Through words, art, audio, and video, it creates a quiet place for reflection, connection, and understanding. This project forms part of the ALIVE National Centre’s loneliness initiative, hosted at The University of Melbourne, and is supported by the Medibank Better Health Foundation.⁠ ⁠ This platform balances emotional safety with usability allowing contributors to share stories anonymously, helping visitors explore content by theme or life transition. While Researchers and moderators required a low-maintenance tool they could manage without technical support.⁠ ⁠ Portable was engaged to bring it to life; scoping, designing, and building a solution that is both sustainable and future-ready. We worked closely with ALIVE researchers and lived experience advisors, the process was grounded in listening, iteration, and delivering meaningful outcomes at every stage. A/Part of the Crowd is now live and quietly in use, with a public launch planned for April 2026.⁠ ⁠ The platform offers a safe, thoughtful space to read, reflect, and, when ready, share, while providing scalable, sustainable infrastructure to support ALIVE’s ongoing research.⁠ ⁠ Read the full case study to learn more. [Link in the Bio]

In Australia’s tech industry, gender pay gaps are still the norm. The national median sits at around 19%, and many large employers report gaps of 15–25%, most often in favour of men.⁠ ⁠ At Portable, we’re working to challenge that. While technology remains one of the most gender-imbalanced disciplines, our latest data shows that sustaining pay equity is possible.⁠ ⁠ Read our latest report to see what the data tells us and why it matters.⁠ ⁠ Check the link in bio.

As AI becomes embedded into organisational decision-making and into the tools we use, psychological safety increasingly depends on how transparent the systems and guardrails are.⁠ ⁠ We've shared own protections around techniques such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) that helps us to ground AI responses in verifiable sources. This transparency helps people understand how information is generated, builds trust in the system, and reduces the fear of opaque or unpredictable outcomes.⁠ ⁠ Read more via the link in our bio.

How do you build psychological safety into your workplaces and digital spaces?

When @worksafevic  partnered with Portable on the WorkWell program, the goal was to help organisations recognise and prevent psychological harm at work. By researching and uncovering practical tools and guidance that help leaders identify risks and respond early, the program enables workplaces to take psychological health seriously and create environments where people feel safe to speak up. To read more, follow the link in bio.