I have felt like a naughty school girl recently, having not paid any attention to my blog. Happily this is because there has been so much exciting stuff happening that I thought it was about time I tried to capture some of it.
Through the Clore SLP I have been able to hijack a place on the Social Entrepreneurship elective run as a part of the MBA at London Business School. It has been fascinating and a great experience to debate the merits and pitfalls of social enterprise, charities and commercial business whilst examining great and not so great examples of existing ventures. There have also been a host of insightful and knowledgeable speakers such as Pamela Hartigan and Antony Ross.
Also I finally managed to catch up with John Bird which was a long awaited and much anticipated meet.
John is a character. Like many people, I know of his public journey from Homelessness to founder of the Big Issue. But like most, I also know he still has a few challenges he deals with and would be the first to say he isn't perfect (who is?!).
We had loosly arranged to meet in London and when I arrived at the Impact Hub to meet John quickly ushered me and out to the pub and I knew this meeting was a great decision.
John is a force to be reckoned with which is exactly why I thought he was the right person to spend time with. Through the programme we can work with a mentor, and although John isn't 'mentoring' me, he is someone who I believe will offer the challenge, inspiration and strength I am looking for.
Needless to say he plans to have me talking loudly (something to do with projection) and worryingly singing on a train at some point. (I apologise now if you end up on this train). He spoke about how he deals with his demons accepting them for who he is and forensically scrutinising them as opposed to 'avoiding the subject'. It took me back to the 360 with Clore and learning to know myself. Problem is I know, I'm not loud. I feel more like the quite voice of reason as opposed to a ball busting exec type. Does this mean I'm not destined for the great things Clore would hope? I feel a little as though there is something big and obvious (to others) missing that I'm not picking up on.
I have a Henley residential with my new Clore friends soon and look forward to hearing more about the challenges and opportunities from their journey so far.
