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Social Business can be a jarring concept for those who create stark distinctions between profit-making companies and charities. Dominant thinking casts the two as different entirely, with no sensible prospect for overlap. As purpose-driven business people, we challenge that thinking. A Social Business is a selfless business optimised to solve a humanitarian problem, like poverty. […]
The nerdy, yet mesmerising, Simon Sinek visited Sydney on 7 March 2017. He spoke at a Leadership Forum hosted by The Growth Faculty at the International Convention Centre. Sinek captured me with his version of Game Theory in business. He explores two types of games: The Finite Game; and The Infinite Game. The Finite Game […]
On Friday 31 August 2018 at around 9am, Grameen Australia hit our crowdfunding target of $102,000. We had 19 days to raise this amount. It was the purchase price for a critical plot of land in Siem Reap, Cambodia. By 5pm that day, we exceeded our target and closed on $103,160 thanks to the donations […]
It’s not every day you get to put to someone this statement: One day human beings will become one with technology. We will merge with machines. But, on 13 November 2017, at the Creative Innovation Global Conference 2017, I got to do just that. I put the above proposition to Raymond McCauley, the co-founder of […]
“Drive for economic growth means less jobs in the future as companies focus on profits, outsourcing and automation.’” –– Peter Hunt AM at Creative Innovation Global 2017 We have all heard the warning bells: “Robots are taking over our jobs!” Whether we like it or not, the anxiety isn’t unfounded. During the industrial revolution, machines […]
“We have many futures ahead of us. The actual future that we have will depend on what we do today.” – Peter Hunt AM What is something that you believe to be true, that others don’t believe to be true? This was the question I asked prominent investment banker and philanthropist, Peter Hunt AM, on […]
“We are drowning in information, and starving for wisdom” What is the meaning of life? What does it mean to be human? What happens when we die? Is there a better way to evolve than by having children? Can we upgrade ourselves throughout our life? Importantly: Can we hack wisdom? In this age of acceleration […]
Where would we be without technology? Remember those days when we would need a physical map-book to navigate a new city? Or when we would listen to music through a CD player? Many of us can agree that our lives have been enhanced by technology. We all use cell phones to make ourselves smarter. With […]