Random thoughts from looking back at the amazing journey that was the Community and Enterprise Leadership Foundation – Elevate Programme
Author Archives: The Optimistic Cynic
My Goal
Here we are !
Let’s thump the table about the positives that people with disability bring to our communities. Hard to believe that this was over three years ago when I first published this – but like so much about disability, things don’t change very quickly (if at all). It may only be a short post (one of theContinue reading “Here we are !”
Your suppliers, your partners
Currently there is a lot of business advice around establishing genuine relationships with your customers. Really this is a no-brainer as customers are the very life blood of your company. If you have no customers, you have no business. If this advice is so sensible, why not take it a step further and look toContinue reading “Your suppliers, your partners”
Transforming the world for a better future
Really pleased to have received my ExO Foundations Certification. Digitise, disrupt, demonetise and democracies – it’s all about exponential growth. Working through the process certainly made me stop and think about the way we currently do things, and how we really do need to change our thinking if we want to seriously see exponential growth.Continue reading “Transforming the world for a better future”
Speak Out! Take Action!
While only a brief mention here on our television news, the football team San Diego Loyal’s move to walk off the pitch midway through a game following a alleged homophobic slur against one of their players certainly brought international attention to the issue. Allegations of racist and homophobic insults have of course been made before,Continue reading “Speak Out! Take Action!”
Don’t just think it, do it!
Do what is right
A Leader
When the system punishes – a never ending story
I don’t usually do a follow up post but in this case I really want to share the ongoing frustrations our systems put people through. So in the first post we got to the stage where a benefit was cut because someone with an intellectual disability hadn’t completed a form that was never sent toContinue reading “When the system punishes – a never ending story”
The Optimistic Cynic 