INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


MOVING TOWARDS A CLOSER


STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP


Corporates and suppliers have their sights set on a closer strategic partnership to address the changes and challenges of 2017, as Fiona Murchie discovered at the Worldwide ERC Symposium in Washington DC.


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n inspiring keynote at Worldwide ERC’s Global Workforce Symposium, held in Washington DC in October, showed how companies could look beyond the branding power of


‘doing good’ and make a real difference in the world. A recipient of the Muhammmad Ali Humanitarian of the


Year Award and countless other accolades for his charitable and corporate and social responsibility work, Mick Ebeling is CEO of Not Impossible Labs, a multiple-award-winning social innovation lab and production company whose mission is to develop creative solutions to real-world problems. Probably one of the best motivation speakers I have heard, Mr


Ebeling made a powerful connection with his audience. Working with a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies, he shares the important message of creating “technology for the sake of humanity”, and encourages others to do the same. His book, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t be


Done, recounts his career in the film industry and the life experiences that led to the founding of Not Impossible. It describes the science of consciousness, explained simply as changing lives by doing good. The mission of Not Impossible Labs is to change the world


through technology and story. It is all about the power of story – and what powerful stories Mick Ebeling has to tell. By focusing on one person and thinking strategically, you can


help many. Mr Ebeling’s message was to commit and then figure it out. A celebrated street artist he knew, was struck down by the progressive fatal neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Determined to help, he surrounded himself with smart people he thought could, together, find a way to help, and invited scientists and programmers to join him in solving how the artist could be enabled to draw again by movement of his pupil.


Thus the Eyewriter was created, the achievement went viral,


and Not impossible Labs was born. As Mick Ebeling pointed out to his audience, “Name me something that is possible today that wasn’t impossible first.” From there, the innovative work continued with another


high performance team Project Daniel, building a prosthetics factory in Africa utilising Intel technology which won a number of humanitarian awards. Doing good is good branding and good business, Mr Ebeling


explained. Organisations already know this, but there is an opportunity to scale up from self-interest and do something good for the world. Back in the USA, the team has gone on to build up muscle


memory for a child with cerebral palsy using technology from gamification and off-the-shelf automobile parts. Another project involves the deaf experiencing music without their ears. All these things have been achieved with no credentials and no training. Failures can lead to success. Mick Ebeling urged his audience to keep telling their own


stories because this could lead to helping many people. #Helpone. HelpMany. He put out the challenge, “Who is your one, who could start that spark for you?” Read more on relocateglobal.com


Sharing the load There was plenty in the two-day conference to satisfy the thirst for global mobility knowledge among the 1,800 delegates from 50 countries. Topics covered everything from whether traditional assignments were dead to the compliance risks around business travel and managing a global workforce. There were factual sessions, such as the dos and don’ts of entering


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