Career-change cocktail banter
Yay! My perpetual state of career transition over the past couple of years has ended. I am now firmly in the saddle at Evolutionize.It , a new social enterprise I have started in Belgium. I suddenly find that I need to talk about myself differently in social situations. Each time I do, I end up reinventing it just a bit. I guess it depends on my confidence level that day. That's normal, right? If you and I were face to face over a drink this week and you asked me what I'm up to these days, I might say something like this: Well... I am basically back at the beginning. I left Uganda after 10 years of community development work and now I'm starting something brand new. All I really have are some unproven wacky ideas for making an impact how our global development system works, and I am trying to develop a business around them that can actually pay people salaries. Hmmm... doesn't sound very positive does it? True as those statements may be, on most days I'm actually r...