If you want to get anything done you should ask a busy person!
This must be the big lesson that I picked up when I sat down to record an episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast with the CEO of Camden Education Trust and Co-Founder of Africa Code Week, Bernard Kirk.
An early experience on building sites in the UK set off a powerful light bulb moment for Bernard – without education you will struggle, as he witnessed so many Irishmen slogging their way through life until they could no longer manage the physical toil that was required to do that job.
Bernard is a teacher who progressed to teaching teachers and then got involved in a myriad of events and initiatives that encouraged our youth to advance themselves.
When a Minister asked him to organise a Science and Technology Festival in the West of Ireland this sparked an endless involvement in other projects and initiatives all with the same goal of advancing the potential of young people through education.
Running Africa Code Week, which brings together 1.3 million young people in 35 different countries is a colossal, mind bending achievement.
Where would you even start to organise such an event – Bernard says you pick up the phone, you bring people together, you leverage connections and so on and so on.
Nothing is ever that easy and it is clear that this passionate man doesn’t see roadblocks, he sees opportunities.
Bernard reckons his Irishness is one of his Superpowers and it gives him the unique ability to open doors everywhere.
Click below to listen to the podcast and hear about how this very busy man does it!!
Fuzion Win Happy Podcast – Education is the key to everything
Enjoy the show!
Greg
