I’ve caught up with two bright and engaging American grad students on work experience in the not for profit sector,
and discovered that our traditional game of rugger is known over there as ‘scottish
rugby’. Whatever that might mean. Maybe they got confused between shorts and kilts, or the shape of the ball?
I’ve spent time with Anglicare to catch up with their fresh learning
on the Foyer approach in Perth (where they are building the Oxford Foyer, which suggests that the Harvard Foyer must happen one day), the quest for the right Foyer evidence base, and the many interpretations of re-brand images.
And today, I turned up for a meeting with Maddock’s – one of
Australia’s top 20 law firms – to find my name printed on a lunch menu with a
lectern to present Open Talent before the arrival of dark chocolate fondant dessert
(the perfect way to keep me focused on keeping to time). Lunch meetings at the Federation are a more
humble affair of sandwiches and water, rather than beef fillet or roast pumpkin
with wine. I never thought I would find myself in a room full of lawyers for 2
hours without worrying about how much it was costing. The outcome was a sparky conversation, a real
engagement from those present about working with young people in transition and
the role of charity and the corporate sector to lead an ‘advantaged thinking’
campaign. The ‘lightbulb’ moment rippled
around the room. I’m not convinced my
days as an after dinner speaker have begun, but certainly this was the
beginning of an intelligent conversation in the potential for Open Talent in
Australia. We ought to be doing more of this in the UK.
The real beef and pumpkin that Maddock’s brings is the ‘talent’ around the table – and the doors for change in different social networks that they can help open. Passing a rather large cut out of Napoleon in the foyer on my way out – an advert for an exhibition in town, rather than a partner in the firm – it felt that the TalentS revolution for a more positive world was marching on. .. Anyone for the Waterloo Foyer?
The real beef and pumpkin that Maddock’s brings is the ‘talent’ around the table – and the doors for change in different social networks that they can help open. Passing a rather large cut out of Napoleon in the foyer on my way out – an advert for an exhibition in town, rather than a partner in the firm – it felt that the TalentS revolution for a more positive world was marching on. .. Anyone for the Waterloo Foyer?
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