Leaving San Francisco for LA

This picture shows the view from our friends Brett and Lyn Johnson's home - if you look carefully you can see the Apple headquarters (1 Infinite loop, Cupertino) and the Google headquarters in the valley. San Jose is a beautiful place!  It was quite cold up there.

Brett runs a company called Rep (short for repurpose).  He is a Chartered Accountant (I think it is called a CPA in the US).  He has a very keen understanding of the nuts and bolts of business.  He helps individuals and companies to repurpose what they do for greater significance and in order to achieve God's aims of transformation in society.  He is an incredible teacher!  You can see more about his organisation (which works with many of the tech companies in silicon valley, including Apple and Google) here.  Brett very kindly wrote an endorsement for my book 'Transform your work life' when it was published in May last year. When I was writing the book he offered some great technical and theological insights and even reviewed one of the critical chapters!  He is a good friend.

In this picture Brett is teaching one of his groups of business people on the relationsihp between faith and Capital (i.e., finance and human capital).  It was an awesome evening.  Graham and I got to share with the group.

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We're sitting in San Jose airport about to fly to Los Angeles. Our time with Brett and Lyn Johnson and the Rep (Repurpose) team here was awesome!

It was fantastic to connect with our friends and I learned such a great deal about repurposing business for purpose, and of course the purpose of business should be to work together with God to transform and bless society.

I don't have much Internet access so I will have to write a more detailed reflection when I have more time.

I'm excited about the 2 day Unashamedly Ethical and Transform your work life conference Graham and I will be speaking at in Rolling Hills, LA.

We also had a chance to do some sight seeing.  Here's a picture of Graham and I at the Golden Gate Bridge.  I just love San Francisco!  It is an incredible city!  I need to visit here again!