I'm sitting here in the bustling little West 11th Street Cafe in the West Village in New York and I'm contemplating how lucky I've been in my career [Of course I'd like to think that a bit of my hard work & persistence had something to do with it as well, but just go with me on this one...].
I've been fortunate enough to live in 2 different countries & travel the world...& yesterday was full of amazing experiences....traveling with The Change Agent & her best friend [quickly become a friend of mine now], meeting with Gina Warren the VP of Diversity & Inclusion at Nike for an inspiring 2 hour lunch brainstorm, riffing with Piers Fawkes from PSFK & Soho House, going to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks v the Lakers...[I means THE Knicks & The LAKERS!!! every sport boy from Lewisham's dream!], finally ending up at Quentin Taratino's secret underground Mexican club...luckily playing the Amsterdam & I'm wearing Lanvin card to get into the notoriously exclusive spot....
Hell - I've been lucky.
But I worry & wonder [with optimism] about the NOW generation, the kids at school/college/university who have been caught up & are suffering from the fallout of the recession. Nearly one million 16-25yos in the UK are NEETS [not in employment of educational training] & the youth unemployment rate in the EU area is 21% more than double that of 25's & over.
So no wonder we are 'raising' [by default] of passionate & digitally-savvy agitators, from London to Athens [if you haven't seen this on my facebook, you should look at it NOW..[oh, apparently it's been removed by the user...shame] prepared to form unexpected alliances...as The Change Agent would say Viva La Revolucion! It's coming....
