Posted by: David Anttony in kids, education on
Aug 20, 2008
For 30 years Kip McGrath Education Centres have dominated the after-school tutoring market with nearly 200 centres worldwide. But now, thanks to Australian Life Member Ken Hawkins leading the way, they have a new purpose.
Now Ken’s centre in Newcastle, Australia, is able to say ‘every time your child attends a session, a child in the Geetanagar slum in Mumbai gets to go to school for a day’. Ken
Like many, I have what some describe as a love/hate relationship with Microsoft. Sometimes I think ‘WOW, that’s cool’. Other times I think “Oh boy, that didn’t work out so well” (And yes, Vista fits in that last category which I why I’m now such a passionate Mac user!)
In any event, I saw something recently in the ‘cool’ category. In fact, more than just ‘cool’, this was almost exactly Buy1GIVE1
Right now I’m on a plane from Australia’s Gold Coast to Melbourne.
And as always, being on a plane is a great time for reflection. Today it’s more than just reflection in some ways. I’m actually heading off for what we might call a ‘high-level’ meeting with one of Australia’s major retailers.
So I’ve done the background. And it’s interesting. This particular retailer gave just over $10
Posted by: Paul Dunn in vision, ONE, kids, Google, Fast Company, corporate, contribution, charity, business, Apple, Air Asia on
Jun 24, 2008
Last Thursday I took a flight on AirAsia from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. And when I fly, I like to read what the Chief Executive is saying in the in-flight magazine.
You can tell so much about the company from the CEO’s articles. Read the QANTAS one and it always strikes me as ‘stuffy’. Read the VirginBlue one from CEO Brett Godfrey and it’s ALWAYS upbeat, always focussed on the customer
Posted by: David Anttony in kids, joy, business on
May 06, 2008
When it comes to life and business there are countless ways that we can do things. In business there are methodologies for everything from improving staff performance to increasing the bottom line results.
One thing that I have noticed in life is that if I observe I learn! Most of what I have learnt in my own life has been free because I've simply observed. One day I was on Sentosa beach in
Posted by: David Anttony in vision, kids, joy on
May 06, 2008
Eight years ago I woke early one morning with a vision. The vision was incredible - so detailed and inspiring. For some reason I felt it would take 40 years to create the vision. Back then, Masami Sato and I had not yet started on our business journey together. We were both deeply inspired by the vision and chose to dedicate our lives to making it happen. We had little of no business skills and
