Otherwise Enabled for Work

In recent years, I have been rather passionate about putting the disabled into employment. I sit on the board of ATRIEV Computer School for the Blind (www.atriev.org.ph). Can you believe that we train blind people to use the computer, surf on the internet, and use Microsoft Office? This is not usuing braille, but rather a "screen reader".

Please check out the CSR page in www.kapient-philippines.com, my executive seach business.

I am increasingly looking at businesses which can engage the services of persons with disabilities (PWD). An example http://www.genashtim.com/genashtim/csr/disAbledtowork.pdf.

I am also on the verge of hiring a virtual assistant, who is wheelchair confined, and working from home. I spend about 60% of my time out of the Philippines. And when I am in the Philippines, and I am physically in my office less than half the time. So, for being in my office less than 20% of the time, why do I need an assistant sitting in the office?

Managing Generation Y - PMAP Magazine

So, they did publish the second part of my article about talent management...http://www.genashtim.com/genashtim/news/PMAP_article2.pdf

I remain very energized in working with young people who are passionate about what they do, and want to do it in a hurry. I do hope that the corporate world in the Philippines will try to understand the dynamics of working with the younger generation. I think that it is a much more productive approach. Sadly, I don't see much evidence of this for the time being.