May 22, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Granting agency When someone makes a commitment to action, we can distrust them, or grant them agency. It is worth checking the commitment. Are you sure? This is a big task. If they say yes, even after we have challenged their commitment, now is the time to grant...
May 21, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
That myth keeps the neoliberal illusion alive When you have a deck of 52 cards and someone takes away two, it can feel like you have lost something. I used to travel overseas at least four times a year. Overseas for Australia is a long-haul flight, at least 14 hours...
May 20, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Syntropic Enterprise
When we make one side the holy grail Maintain order – invite chaos and creativity Provide security – allow rebellion Develop – break down Progress – decay Grow – shrink Measure – be in awe of the immeasurable Profit – give...
May 19, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Unification through division The Common Language of a Syntropic World Justice for all, applied without bias. Multiculturalism and the wealth it brings everyone. Taking care of the most vulnerable, including our Earth and her creatures. Access to quality education,...
May 18, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Great art is provocation There is a furore over a portrait of Australia’s richest woman, Gina Reinhardt, in the National Gallery of Australia, one of many images of the power brokers of the global stage painted by Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira. Apparently, Gina...
May 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings
Hot coals Navigating a relationship of sensitivities like racism and white privilege is tricky, particularly in the in-between time when a white person is invested in understanding their privilege and systemic racism. It is understandable, given that people of colour...
