Finding Your Voice
Last week I attended a lecture from an overseas visitor speaking about the future sustainability of our cities. To be perfectly frank I went along with a high degree of scepticism and wondered if I would last the distance even […]
KEN’s BLOG
SEARCHING FOR ENGAGEMENT-WHERE IS THE HOLY GRAIL?
It appears the word engagement as in people is increasingly being used to demonstrate the need to bring together various parties to a level of consciousness and so-called “meeting of minds”. The various groups involved include politician’s communities and business […]
THE LITTLE GUY
In the midst of much discussion about change in the world and especially in Australian business perhaps we have been guilty of a lack of focus with the largest contributor to our economy. We have heard a lot of comment […]
GLOBILISATION -MAKING THE MOST OF IT
Today may mark a milestone for the world economy and everyone who cares for our future. The head of one of the world’s largest corporations, G.E., Executive Chairman Jeffrey Immelt today commented on the state of globalisation and how it […]
WHY IS IT SO?
During Entrepreneur Week held in Adelaide the much repeated cry could be heard from entrepreneurs. Their frustration was that Adelaide and South Australia is slipping woefully behind the rest of other states and continues to adopt an ultra-conservative attitude to […]
THE CONSTANT YEARNING
I am sure you will have heard the axiom “ We live in interesting times” whose origins are purported to be a Chinese philosopher but in fact there is no evidence of it being so, in fact a translation of […]
”THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER- IT IS NOW”
“They think it’s all over, it is now” * Kenneth Wolstenholme commentator Soccer World Final Cup 1966 Waking up to the news Donald Trump has won the Republican Party’s Indiana race for the Presidency does not surprise me as much […]
THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER?
Today I was reading yet another report about the changing face of employment and how CEO’s and Leaders will need to adjust to these ever changing times; it struck me perhaps we need to be a little more mindful how […]
SIX DAYS IN THE LIFE OF AN ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Hello ladies and gentlemen, For those who don’t know me my name is Ken Wood, I reside in Adelaide, South Australia and practice as a people and engagement specialist. I would like to share with my contacts the contents of […]
DISRUPTION- MY DEAR OLD MUM
I would like to tell you a little story about my soon to be 94 year old mum Iris, who lives in England, home of my birth. Mum has been a very active and resilience person who like most people […]
