Blog Entries tagged 'vision'

The natural law of giving applies to small businesses too!

louise — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Mark Falzon, CEO of The Ark Group and key supporter of the Buy1BUILD1™ initiative, tells me why small businesses, can afford to get involved with Buy1GIVE1:

I’ve been in small businesses and I know how hard it can be at times. I’ve also found in [...]

Like a Child

pauldunn — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:00:00 +0100

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 (in [...]

Is there a heart in corporate culture?

Masami — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:00:00 +0100

One of the biggest pieces of luck this week (there is so much magic happening right now), was meeting with the general manager of one of the biggest ratail chains in Australia at their Sydney headquarters to discuss how we could work together.

To be honest, before meeting this wonderful gentleman at the remarkable new office in the outskirt of Sydney, I had a feeling that working with a company this big may become a little limiting factor for us.

We have many interesting id [...]

Caring Through Business

david.anttony — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:00:00 +0100

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 very little money.

There is a whole story behind why I received such an amazing vision in t [...]