Why we took the BRG to Uluru ‘Company offsites’, ‘kick-off meetings’ and ‘sales incentive trips’ have long been part of the business landscape. Getting people together, talking about the future, educating, inspiring and creating alignment. It’s easy when you only have...
Mongolia reconnected me to my purpose I’m known for my busyness. People often remark: “I don’t know how you fit everything in”. Always somewhere to go, someone to meet, somehow on a deadline. Yet when Lisa Pagotto asked me to join her on one of her Crooked Compass...
Bringing purpose back to business for FY19 Last week I flew back from an amazingly enriching experience, where I rode horseback for days on end to reach a dwindling community of reindeer herders in remote northern Mongolia. I met local people, slept in an ancient...
Travel with the Reindeer Tribes of Mongolia I have a very exciting trip coming up! I am going to Mongolia with Crooked Compass, one of the Shark Tank companies because I said I would go and host a team of small businesses. It’s one thing to say you’re off to...
NSW 3 year expiry gift cards legislation In 2001, when I thought it was a good idea to start a business from home, no one had ever heard of experience gifting in Australia. There were very few gift cards in the market and most gift certificates were handwritten by the...
Ecto Handplanes: Too good to swim past When Chris came into the Tank and said ‘In this case Sharks and Surfers are a perfect match’, or something like that, I think he is probably right. Chris from Ecto Handplanes is all about design. As he hands each of us our very...
Things to do in Sydney Following my recent post about Vivid Sydney and how cruising the Harbour is the only real way to see the lights… it made me think about Sydney in general and all my favourite things to do here. So, I thought I’d elaborate a...
Valentine’s Day activities Well-being starts with some ‘we’ time. It’s mid-February, the festive season has long since passed… I thought this year would be different – that I would control my diary – but as it happens I find myself as busy as ever. The thing is,...
