Sometimes I’m astounded at the lack of ‘fun’ people have during the day and the amount of fun they are afraid of having. A friend recently wrote about enjoying your job (or not), and at the Stemette launch, the loudest feedback we received was on the lack of PowerPoint slides and prevalence of girls just having … Read more …
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“To lead others, you must first lead yourself.” – A theme from John Maxwell, although I don’t think it originated from him. Last year I sat on two panels for Teach First. The first was a rerun of the popular Inspirational YOU ‘I’m young and I’m winning’ format. The second was a London Leadership panel … Read more …
We need social business models that aren’t about recycling cans and turning the lights off. – Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Portland Trust Not long ago I heard Matthew Taylor of the RSA speak about the success of the UK coalition government’s ‘Big Society‘ concept. I remember clearly one particular point he made that … Read more …