Archive for October, 2008
Talent and playing to your strenghts
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Malcolm Gladwell launches a new book soon, Outliers, which I can’t wait to read. It’s topic, quite broadly, is talent and the new world of work. I’m not sure which way he is going to swing with the book, but he always ensures a gripping read and a different view point that stun most of […]
Connectivity to solve poverty: How would you connect?
Thursday, October 16th, 2008As I sit at home, exhausted after a huge last week and begin (finally) preparing my post for Blog Action Day, I have been contemplating a comment sent to me by my dear friend, Melina Chan recently. Melina is current located in Cambodia, working on an AYAD program around micro-finance lending and community development to […]
5 key steps to good innovation - lessons from Start Up Camp Melbourne
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I write this from a laundromat in St Kilda, extremely fatigued and keen to hit the hay after the enormous weekend that was #SUCM (or, Start Up Camp Melbourne). The event was based around a simple idea I love - get together with a great group of people, many of whom were strangers or simply […]