November 13, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Empire to fall Departures and endings. Leaving and completing. There is a step into the liminal. One door is closing. No going back. It is simply the scale of the ending that matters; each night we end, and each morning we begin again. Many years ago, I realised that...
November 12, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Maintaining identity is a fiction Okinawa is uniquely itself. Not fully Japan. The indigenous inhabitants, the Ryukyuans, traded with China, and for a time, Okinawa was a vassal state to both China and Japan. It was forced to become a Japanese colony in 1879, and...
November 11, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Off the beaten track I am writing from the island of Zamami, in the Keramas group of islands, off the main island of Okinawa. There is an expression, Keramus Blue, for the colour of the water. It is true, it is a type of blue that has you weep with the beauty of it....
November 9, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
To be shaped by forces not in our control I have been thinking about the word influencer. To be an influencer. In 2025, this word is a status symbol, an actual title people use to define their work. The job of influencing people to do something. It is a sanctioned...
November 8, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The growth humanity needs It is a beautiful day. The perfect temperature. A slight breeze. There is a saxophone piece playing in the background – “Have yourself a very merry Christmas.” Okinawa is a little like Hawaii. And it has that vibe. Very laid back, even...
