Lunchtime....and some work
Grabbing a bite with Steve Crombie...
Luke Harvey-Palmer
Buzzle
Posted from Redfern, Australia
...is a leading thinker and doer on personal branding, social business design and the influence economy! Inspired by helping business uncover its personality, he is connected, thought provoking, and inspiring; some of his thoughts can be found here....
Web 2.0 - changing the way we work
In recent years, using technology to change the way people work has often meant painful disruption, as CIOs rolled enterprise software programs through the ranks of reluctant staffers. Today, employees are more likely to bring in new technologies on their own—and to do so enthusiastically—through their Web browser, whether it’s starting a blog, setting up a wiki to share knowledge, or collaborating on documents hosted online...
Here is an interesting interview with Andrew McAfee, the principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Roger Roberts at McKinsey conducted the interview...you will need to register with McKinsey first (it's free), but the interview can be read here
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Steve Crombie - professional adventurer...
Steve Crombie has travelled to many inspiring locations in his short lifetime. During completion of an MBA he realized that his true passion was exploring the world by any means available. Steve has done everything from journeying around Australia with a circus to navigating down the Amazon River with a home made canoe. He recently returned from a two year 90,000km adventure from Australia to the Arctic by land and sea (link here) and an 8000km off-road motorcycle adventure along the Great Dividing Range (link here) for Discovery Channel.
Today he works as a filmmaker, writer, speaker and consultant. Creating documentaries with Lonely Planet; writing books for Pan MacMillan and working as an ambassador for the Inspire foundation.
Today, I was lucky enough to spend some time with Steve and hear about his next adventure and future plans!
Steve is about to head to Singapore to attend the Asian Film Awards, where his work on Lonely Planet has been nominated for several awards.
Steve will be taking his bike with him, and then riding back through SE Asia and arriving back in Sydney in 3 months time.
It was inspiring to spend a few hours with Steve, and to hear of the great work he has been doing with Inspire Foundation...
If you can, get behind Steve and support him in anyway you can - the work he does is important; it is people like Steve that inspire and encourage people from all areas of our society to live life to their fullest, and be their best!
Good luck Steve, be safe...and have a blast (you lucky bugger!)
You can read more about Steve's adventures and life here at Loston
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I just love a man who loves his job!
Off the back of the thought provoking article by Neerav Bhatt - Realising Your Potential, and doing what it is you love,I got to meet one of the very few people in this world whose job I covet..no ENVY!
I have complete and total job envy for Charley Boorman. This guy gets to ride around the world on BMW GS1200's with his pal, Ewen McGregor, meet amazing people from Africa, Europe, Australia, Philippines and Japan, and make documentaries (and write books) while he is doing it? For Charley and Ewen, it all started with Long Way Round in 2005, followed by Long Way Down in 2007, Charley also rode the Dakar during this time... Charley's most recent adventure is the second installment of By Any Means - a ride from Sydney to Tokyo. I grabbed a copy of this book today...and look forward to read - and the soon to be released documentary! Now, if you have any sort of interest in motorbikes or adventure...this is just way cool!Well today, I got to spend some time with Charley and a new friend Nigel Collin (@leadcreatives), and hang out at one of the coolest establishments in Sydney - Deus ex Machina Charley was approachable, friendly, and just bloody great to be around...After buying his book, getting him to autograph this and my helmet, Nigel and I grabbed a coffee and reflected on what was a great way to spend a morning! Blokes, bikes and adventure...does it get any better??
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Social Media School is back...
Here are all the smiley faces at Social Media School 2..(well the back of their heads at least!)
Early start...and everyone is looking like they are wide awake!Now back to learning!Comments [0]
Max Brenner is evil!
Unlike Google...Max Brenner does evil on a daily basis!
He has opened a chain of chocolatiers that serve chocolate like we have never seen it before! Here are the before and after shots of my chocolate babka....
Posted from Robina, Australia
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Geoffrey Canada - changing the social infrastructure
"because ordinary does not change the world"
This presentation given in 2006 at the GEL conference was recently recognised as one of the 7 most inspiring videos on the Internet today by Mashable! Geoffrey Canada is a social activist who has taken a radical approach to solving some of the problems with the education system in the United States, and here he speaks about the radical approach he took in Harlem. An approach that saw him change the social infrastructure of the Harlem neighbourhood. Are organisations prepared to take this same radical approach to create change and achieve results?Genius, INSPIRING... <p>Geoffrey Canada at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.</p>Comments [0]
Communities...start them young!
There is something special about seeing 100 children running around learning the skills of cricket from adults and their peers...
The fathers are involved, the children are engaged, and it brings together the people of a local area with a common interest... And this for me are the foundations of any strong community...people with diverse backgrounds but with common interests, common goals. There are frequent gatherings and people are enjoying themselves because they are involved in something they feel strongly about! How would you define a community?
Posted from Mosman, Australia
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Does this surprise you?
An article in today's Sydney Morning Herald released some results from a survey conducted on "Social Isolation and New Technology".
The study involved telephone interviews with 2,512 adults between July 9, 2008 and August 10, 2008.
The article read;
Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and people who use the internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.
"All the evidence points in one direction," said Keith Hampton, lead author of the report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project released on Wednesday. "People's social worlds are enhanced by new communication technologies. read more here
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Will it rain?
35 degrees one day....20 the next and looking like a storm..
Is there anywhere better than Sydney in summer?
Posted from Australia
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