Unlearn the Future
Wow, I just came off stage at TEDx Melbourne and it’s way to early for the video recording, but here’s the slide deck and a scractchy audio recording of my 18 minutes. My main takeout message is that we are so full of the past that we don’t have room for the future. If we […]
TEDx here I come!!
I received the most incredible Christmas gift the other month in the form of an invitation to strut my stuff on the TEDx stage in Melbourne on December 3rd and with only 5 sleeps to go I can’t wait to unwrap my present that I’ve titled – Unlearn the Future and don’t worry I haven’t […]
Year 12 – a parents sanity guide
As a baby boomer (or rather a Gen Z stuck in a Baby Boomer’s body), I bought into society’s linear dream of finishing high school, finding a vocation, getting a job or going on to higher education. The employer I started with would see me through most, if not all, of my working life, promote […]
The hypnosis and neurosis of Education
There is a well-intentioned neurosis around education that seeks to justify the educational outcomes of the previous generation by imposing the educational standards, rigours and methodologies onto the next generation. In a past world secondary education most often led to a singular qualification or vocation. This employment choice required pre-employment education and ongoing workplace informal […]
Think and Grow Rich
It is so important to “listen to yesterday and speak to tomorrow” and I am thrilled that in this month’s edition of the Think and Grow Rich magazine that’s exactly what they have done. I was spoiled in this edition by having a number of articles published and the editors comments based around my future […]