To achieve mega growth – you best have a plan… I am in Beijing this week for an educational event. It is great to see first hand what we hear so much about in the media in Australia. The last time I visited Beijing was in 1986, only a decade after the...
RedBallooners got moving this week in many ways – one of which is taking part in the Global Corporate Challenge – we are walking, running, swimming and riding around the world (metaphorically) as part of our RedBalloon Wellness program. I found myself...
‘Sharing’ is the new business opportunity. People often ask me ‘what is the next big thing?’ Occasionally one get’s an insight into what the world ‘might be like’. Here are some things we know: There is an anti ‘stuff’ movement – not only can we not store...
One million RedBalloon experiences delivered Today is momentous, for me personally and for the amazing RedBalloon team. Today, RedBalloon is celebrating the sale of a million RedBalloon experiences. It seems like yesterday that I launched RedBalloon (during the dot...
Wisdom From Richard Branson Richard Branson has been in town this week… and I was interested to learn his insights into the importance he places on the people working for the Virgin brands. This was the first question asked at the Business Chicks breakfast on Monday:...
What To Wear To Work I was reading an article recently in HR Daily about what to wear to work. Kind of interesting that it is a topic of discussion in an HR publication. My first job when I graduated from university, as a naive young graduate (1984) was with IBM (in...
I wrote earlier this week about the findings the New Economic Forum gives us on developing our own well-being – and five steps to getting people to ‘flourish’: Connected Be Active Take Notice Keep Learning Give Interesting that I read Marty Wilson...
Flourish is such a delightful word… it makes me think of growth, vibrancy, and excitement; such a positive word. During the research for my recent TEDx presentation – I listened to the headmaster of my daughters school speak of the work by the New Economic Forum… and...