Last week I read a cool tweet by @SimonLongstaff at the St. James Ethics Centre which read: "A proposal: that every regulation automatically lapse after a limited, fixed period - only being renewed if deemed essential" I thought this was a cool idea to change the default from what is most often permanent legislation, to…
Your idea is not unique, so get over it!
Recently someone pitched to me an idea for new organisation they want to establish in Australia, which highlighted what I have seen time and again as a perennial problem in the social space. This new initiative strangely shared the same mission, target group, and even name of an existing and well-known charity in the same…
What’s your hidden curriculum?
In education there is a term called the hidden curriculum, which refers to unintended outcomes or lessons taught in the classroom. These mostly encompass the soft stuff like values, beliefs, behaviours and norms that are transmitted through the social environment or the behaviour of the educator. As a teacher a number of years ago, I…
How To Do Good 