Floods, community spirit and Australia #qldfloods
Kate Carruthers Along with most other Australians I have been moved and disturbed by the unfolding flood disaster in northern Australia. The floods are said to cover an area of Australia the…
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Rebooting business and capitalism
Last year with the launch of Social Innovation Sydney I was inspired by the idea of rebooting capitalism. I had become depressed about the nature of business in our world…
Christmas in Paris
I like Paris in winter – there are not too many tourists and the queues to get into museums and galleries are much shorter. Of course, in 2010 western Europe…
Flanders mud is pretty bad too
Recently I visited the site in Flanders where John McCrae wrote the famouns pomen In Flanders Fields. It is at the Essex Farm Aid Station only a few kilometres from…
The Somme really does have sticky mud
I have taken some time out from business meetings in Europe to make something of a personal pilgrimage in the steps of my ANZAC ancestors. It has been a very…
Traveling around Northern France – following tracks of Australians in World War 1
Since I am traveling around there is not always the time or the internet access to blog as often as I would like. Instead I’m sharing links to resources that…
People are still the best thing about LeWeb
Each year LeWeb conference evolves and improves on the last one, but one thing remains – the amazing diversity of people that you meet. And this is one of the…
TEDWomen – might be worth tuning in?
As they say to introduce this latest in the TED stable: “How are women and girls reshaping the future? The first-ever TEDWomen invites men and women to explore this question…
Success but on whose terms? What about personal brands and character?
There is so much pressure on people these days to be successful. And I do not think we are encouraged to stop and think what success actually means for each…
1 more sleep until Social Innovation BarCamp #sibsyd
After many weeks of planning with my co-conspirators Selena Griffith, Michelle Williams and Kim Chen we are finally on the eve of the second Social Innovation BarCamp. This venture was…