On the evening of my latest speech I was asked why I have chosen to model my modern business on the Papua New Guinea colonial entrepreneurialism of my family’s past. Often we look towards concepts that mirror our existence and we adjust from there, we look to our peers and mentors as guidance when we start new ventures. I felt, that to start a whole new way of doing business, I had to look beyond what was ‘like me’ and into a world and time that didn’t feel like my skin. Like deconstructing to reconstruct. My family’s heritage in PNG as colonialists were a good choice as something close enough to dive into (aka I could just call my parents and ask a lot of questions) yet abstract enough from the high tech corporate strategy world I lived in. Close enough, far enough away. Same same, but different. Colonial State of Mind...> Zum Original