Now in its second year, UWA showcased its Launchpad graduates – which gives participants full six credits for any undergrad course at the university – at an annual pitch night… ‘They never had uni courses like this in my day‘ – is what almost every audience member over the age of 25 was probably thinking, as...Read More

In an era of self-publishing, you might expect to find some local West Australians broadcasting their views via the channel of podcasting. I’ve been listening to, and in some cases have been a guest on, some of these pods. Some of the magnificent 7 highlighted here have been podcasting for years, some are relatively new...Read More

A few weeks ago, I gave the address at the UWA graduation, 18 years after I had graduated there in the same hall. Here’s my speech… and here’s a link to watch (from the 16 minute mark of the night) Well, what an occasion. For those of you graduating tonight, smile, take selfies in your...Read More

The rise and fall of once dominant people, companies and economies is common place. These days, if you think of the most amazingly successful, be wondering how well placed they will be a decade from now. 10 years ago, the top website in the world was MySpace. It was the first social media darling, quickly to...Read More

OK, one of my favourite topics – education. I was a classroom teacher for 13 years (3 jobs on 3 different continents) which gave me an insight into perhaps (along with health) the most important of all industries. When I began my first teaching job way back in 1986 (almost 30 years ago, my goodness) I...Read More

About 15 years ago, I remember watching a real bad Bruce Willis movie – I mean really bad – The Story of Us, don’t watch it, it’s dreadful . But it had one saving grace. The family depicted always sat down for an evening meal together, and every night the Dad (Willis) made his kids tell everyone one...Read More

I was recently interviewed by Business Because, a network for MBA graduates. You first studied in the UK – which country are you originally from? England; I lived there for 26 years before moving to Singapore (7 years) and then arrived in Perth in 1997 – 17 years ago. I was an Economics teacher by training...Read More

In order to teach something, you first have to know it well. More than that, you need to know how to communicate that learning so it becomes the learning of someone else. That is a different plane entirely. When I was a school teacher, I found my understanding of Economics grew each year as I...Read More

[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]RE BarCamp Perth 2012 was a distinct improvement on last year. Not to say the last year’s was not good, but this year (perhaps because some of us had done it before?) involved more sharing amongst attendees. And the more you gave, the more you took away. For those of you not familiar...Read More

[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]  Aged just 10, I was packed off to a private boarding school, where I would complete my education over the next 8 years. I had no choice in the matter, and I had a good time and got a decent education. With two older brothers at private boarding schools, my parents would...Read More