Growing life into a small town

The title for this blog post is a bit of a play on words but growth is a key focus for a project in the small town of Bingara in northern New South Wales called the Living Classroom. The initiative is turning 150 hectares of little used town common into a journey that...

Regenerative braking … stopping energy loss

Just finished reading the following article on the Amtrak train being rolled out in the NE of USA – “All Aboard! U.S. Vice President Biden Welcomes First Siemens-built Amtrak Locomotive Entering Passenger Service”. What I found interesting was the...

One word to capture what you do

I’m following a post within the Linkedin Group social media marketing that asks people to choose one word that summarises their brand. My word was resourceful to capture how I focus my efforts on helping individuals and organisations cultivate and amplify value...

What are people selling?

At a breakfast meeting a few days back I took some time out to ask myself what this coffee shop was actually selling (which is a  question I ask myself of other entities as well). With this particular shop were they selling coffee or a meeting place? A quiet...

The final whistle

When the pressure is on we tend to get ruffled, nervous, excited, abusive and agitated – I was watching a recent football game and when the losing team started to realise they were being out-muscled and out-played they lost their discipline. But this is often when we...