Intrapreneur – it’s a funny term that pops up from time to time which I’ve always liked. It describe what it sounds like – someone who acts like an entrepreneur within an organisation. More importantly, it continues to be something you find at many progressive organizations with a culture that encourages and supports innovation, creativity [...]
I want to recount a story I was told as I was growing up, playing hockey in Victoria. The story is about one of the most successful clubs in the Hockey Victoria competition, Camberwell. Quite a few years ago, my dad was speaking to someone involved in the coaching and administration of the club about [...]
I’ve been re-reading various sections of the book by Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, lately and thought I’d share a few of my favourite passages so far. The truth is that I’ve not actually read the book all the way through, from cover to cover, before. Yet it has always had a place on my [...]
I’ve just got done watching the video embedded below from Jared Cohen, who is the head of Director of Google ideas and someone whose work I’ve been following for a while. There’s another great interview with Jared and Eric Schidt (another of my favourites) at a Foreign Affairs magazine event you can watch too. Jared [...]