If you’ve been anywhere within earshot of me in the past months you’ll have heard about my frustrations with the pathetic school based traineeship (SBAT) systems that Australia currently has in place.
Public art and community recovery
When recently in Christchurch, NZ I was moved and inspired by the public art. I had to learn more about how the artworks contributed to the community recovery process after …
Is the community sector toxic?
If you work in the community (read not for profit) sector, particularly in a community development, coordination or management role I’d say you wouldn’t be surprised to hear the sector described …
Experience your industry before you jump in
A colleague recently commented on the necessity of fledgling business owners (in particular social enterprise owners) trialing and testing their industry before launching themselves upon the world. Personally, I couldn’t …
When a social enterprise is not an enterprise
Unless you’ve been living under a rock by now you’ve heard the term ‘social enterprise’. There are many and varied definitions of the illustrious notion of social enterprise, our working …
Ready to grow your enterprise?
It doesn’t matter what type of enterprise you own / manage there comes a tricky time when you need to take a deep breath, brace yourself and choose to push …
How to change the world
This week we’ve been truly immersed, elbow deep in activities that will change the world around us. Maybe a lot, maybe a little. As I leave my desk, step away from …
Lip service isn’t helping
If there’s anything that boils my blood it’s the use of disadvantaged communities for their sexy statistics of disadvantage. And the resulting commodification of problems. Actually, I ‘get’ the commercial imperative …