Girl Code – women soaring together
Book review of Girl Code, by Cara Alwill Leyba. This wasn’t the book I was expecting – there are a couple of books with the same title about girl coders.…
SSI – Showcasing how community sector partnerships can work
A corporate colleague once commented that he was surprised how competitive the not-for-profit sector was. "You guys are even more cut-throat than the retail sector - you treat everyone as…
Five Questions to help Get Unstuck
I'm participating in an online course with lots of assignments and some of our group have gotten behind and are feeling stuck. It seems overwhelming if not impossible to catch…
Voicing our Values
Thanks to ever-growing social networks, research shows the average person has the ability to influence 8,000 people or more (our friends, our friends' friends, and even our friends' friends' friends).…
Connect with a young person and improve our tomorrow
Just a thought. If you are feeling too old and stuck in your habits to change the world (hehe) but have lots of ideas and "wishes" - get connected with…
How to work with more givers and matchers
A good interview by Wharton's Adam Grant about givers and takers, from McKinsey and co. Initially my reaction was "you cannot screen out the takers, they are the ones who've…
The new work frontier – human powered organisations
With human power being the most plentiful resource on our planet, I cannot understand why so many organisations are still focused on lowering headcount and replacing people with technology. I…
The Ultimate Negotiation Strategy
What do you do when negotiating – start high, low, tender or tough? Research shows that ‘tit for tat’ is the ultimate negotiation strategy. This updated version is an enhancement that…
Citizen Sector
Our Big Conversation group has been talking about better names for the "not-for-profit" sector, so it was good to read that the American organisation Ashoka (who support social entrepreneurs and…
Teaching our kids life literacy – we owe it to them
I spent yesterday out at James Meehan High School at Macquarie Fields and then the Claymore Neighbourhood & Youth Centre talking to some amazingly passionate women and men, courtesy of…
Australian Giving Week – give and you get the benefit
Thanks to Rainforest Rescue for reminding me that this week is Australian Giving Week. A perfect way to start the silly season by doing a big cleanout of "stuff". As…
Vote 1 Earth
I must be one of the many people who haven't yet met Todd Sampson via the Gruen Transfer, but as of next week I will be an avid viewer. Tonight…