Sam's Blog

2012 FEAR of the Known

Mon, 16 Jan 2012

Anyone who tells you to have a 3-5 year plan set in stone, is completely nuts… Returning to the office after having 3 weeks vacation is a little difficult, yet organizing and strategically planning for the year ahead is somewhat stressing. Being in the event industry for a few years now, I have had many [...]  Read more

Disruptive Powerful Story Telling

Tue, 29 Nov 2011

Learning to tell stories to disrupt human behaviors is a leadership must for the GREAT. A few days ago I was asked to speak to an outer Melbourne community in Australia that were massively affected by the 2009 bushfires. Hearing some personal stories about what happened early February 2009, where 173 people lost their life [...]  Read more

Irresponsible Innovation

Sat, 29 Oct 2011

Waiting for good times to return is irresponsible, & focussing on ‘the good old days’ to come back is ignorant. Recently I was talking with a manager of a large retail chain, he said that, “retail is very poor at the moment, but we are weathering the storm as it will return to how it [...]  Read more

Crash Through Uncertainty

Fri, 07 Oct 2011

Rhino’s can run over 45km an hour (26 miles) but they can only see 9 metres in front of them. So do you know what a group of Rhino’s are called? … a ‘CRASH’! Uncertainty is surrounding us and closing in faster then ever. Rapid change is becoming one of the only catalysts for growth [...]  Read more