Never a better time to come home to the Australian social enterprise sector
After seven years in the social enterprise and impact sector in the UK, it turns out that there’s no place like home. Read more
Could this crisis create the empathy we need to build a fairer society?
We are all human in the face of Coronavirus. Could we use this feeling of vulnerability to grow our empathy? Could we emerge on the other side of the pandemic with a commitment to build a more just and equal economy?
Solutions for 2020
We could begin this year thinking about all the challenges we face whether in the UK, Australia or any part of the world. But to list and re-list these again is akin to what might be called the ‘pornography of pain’. Alternatively, we can focus on solutions. We’ve pulled out five solutions from our blogs over the last few years, as a reminder that there is hope everywhere.
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2017: the year for resilience
The curtain has closed on the post-truth year of 2016. A new window opens into 2017.
Given the political, economic and cultural earthquakes of 2016, the year ahead could look pretty terrifying and uncertain. We may feel anxious. We may have visions of moving to a remote island where we could block out the worry and anger about the increasingly unattractive western world.
But there is another option. Resilience. With a big dollop of hope. Read more
Post Trump & Brexit: the communications challenge
The left is loosing.
We throw our hands in the air in despair and disbelief and ask why? How is it possible that when we ask the public what they want, they choose Trump and Brexit?
But they didn’t choose Trump and Brexit – they chose ‘not this’. Not more of what I have now, because it’s not working for me. They voted for change.
And that offer of change was sold using very simple stories, based on deep emotional truths.
Both the Trump and Brexit campaigns used very clever communication. Read more