Bucket List

Six degrees away from everything I want to do.

"The highest calling for a professional network is to do something for someone that feels like a trump card only you can pull."

I believe in the six degrees of separation. And I believe the most underused function of a professional network isn't who you know for a job — it's who you know for a moment that changes everything. Someone in your network can unlock something for me that no amount of hustle on my part ever could.

This list is a standing invitation. If you see something here you can move — a connection, a referral, a room I can't get into on my own — reach out on LinkedIn. I'll return the favour.

01 · Places & Experiences

1.1

Watch a live World Cup match Anywhere. Any round. Just once in a stadium with 80,000 people.

Open

1.2

Safari in the Serengeti during the Great Migration The real one — not a reserve.

Open

1.3

Northern Lights — Iceland or Tromsø With the family.

Open

02 · People & Conversations

2.1

A real conversation with a sitting Head of State Not a photo op. An actual conversation about governance and policy.

Open

2.2

Meal with someone who built something that lasted 50+ years And ask what they'd do differently.

Open

2.3

Guest on a podcast with 100K+ listeners Talking AI, governance, or diaspora leadership.

In progress

03 · Work & Impact

3.1

Publish a book that sells 10,000+ copies The premarital counselling workbook or the parenting book.

In progress

3.2

Brief a government minister on AI policy In a room where the policy is actually being written.

Open

3.3

Complete the PhD LLM adoption in nonprofits. University of Alberta.

In progress

04 · Personal Milestones

4.1

Watch my daughter perform at a venue she's proud of 50 people or 5,000 — doesn't matter.

Open

4.2

See Haven Icecream open a second location The hub-and-spoke model working as designed.

Open

4.3

Return to Kampala with my kids No agenda. Just the city.

Open

See something on this list you can move? A connection, a room, a referral — even half a degree closer than I am now. Reach out on LinkedIn. If it happens, I'll write about it — with your permission, I'll acknowledge your role. If you'd rather stay anonymous, that works too. Either way, the favour will be returned.

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