When I worked in a large corporate many years ago I used to be pretty cynical about corporate values. Words. More words. What did they really mean. Did anyone really care about them? They were something that was paid lip service to once a year and then ignored.

So, its been just over 6 months since we completed sailing around the world. One of the things I reflect on was that for the 2 years ago, we were virtually in a news black out.

Way back in early 2007, my previous business Trovus was only a few months old.

We ran an event in partnership with a small distribution company VADition. One of the team running VADition was charismatic entrepreneur Barrie Desmond. I think back then we had 30 or so people in the room to talk about the power of communities.

I’m feeling like a novice. Like when you start again at a new school and you’re the bottom of the pile and you need to figure out how things work. It’s a strange feeling and you find yourself asking for a lot of help.

The date was 13th June 2009. The location. My sisters garden in Kent, England for her birthday party.