Favorite thing (or things) about Uganda: Positivity and hard work are first, always. There are signs all around the school about how to be active, do hard work, be successful. You see the motivation in the students, the teachers and the whole community towards improvement. Everyone’s handwriting seems perfectly straight and super legible! I am […]
I listened to a Global Director of Human Resources open a training session where she started talking about research she had done on the effect of human behavior and how it’s contagious. This topic really grabbed my attention. She asked for people in the room to raise their hand if they had ever worked with […]
I see the Uganda 2020 trip based on 4 themes: Connect, Learn, Support & Thrive. Connect: Connecting and collaborating with the students of Mpondwe Secondary School and other locals Learn: Getting out of my own bubble (city, country, and mindset) and experiencing daily life through other perspectives Support and Thrive: Supporting the creation of a […]
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest power utility, warned that they would be turning off the power in my county due to high fire danger. Strong, gusty winds and vanishingly low humidity were plaguing the region. Having endured the 2018 fire that burned an entire town of 26,000 people to the ground (which was […]
Working on improving their rainwater collection to offset the cost of municipal water – getting results that matter What David did with the grain truck purchase and seeing that turn into a business – one of many efforts to make the entire operation more sustainable. Seeing how the community is very supportive of each other […]
In January, I was given a free one-year membership to WeWork. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but thought, sure, I’ll sign up and try it out. My first visit was in the new Salesforce tower in San Francisco. As my planned meetings didn’t start until lunch, I thought […]
I love the fact that this school’s leadership is not looking for a “hand out”, but a “hand up”. They are not expecting us to bail them out and care for their finances. They are doing a great job leading in their areas of expertise and integrating our help into their already existing finance plan. […]
Latin is back! When I was a kid, there was always talk of taking Latin at elite schools. For many professions it would be needed, they said, like becoming a doctor. Being a catholic schoolboy, we’d hear the priests talking Latin and the lawyers on TV would utter their own Latin phrases once in a […]
Worth getting up early for: Sunrise at Simba safari Lodge. Top tip: Don’t forget wet wipes, bottled water and sunscreen. Keep an eye out for: Troops of Baboons walking down the road alongside motorbikes carrying 3 to 4 people and a goat. Worth getting stopped in traffic for: A parade of elephants crossing the road. […]
