July 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
The Dangers of a Committee Let’s build a committee—for example, a steering committee or a board. They can help us make the right decisions. What is the purpose of the committee? How does their individual and collective purpose align with the purpose of the enterprise?...
July 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
What is atrocious enough? In an age of everywhere-all-at-once media, what is atrocious enough? What is the line that when crossed, is a line too far? Clearly, this line has moved from a standard it once took, where, say a convicted criminal, endless liar, pedophile,...
July 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Brave enough to appear stupid Are you brave enough to appear stupid? To ask questions that might seem basic? To risk trying something new, against the grain of years of being known for something else – the expert? Do you dare to try? To fail, fall down, make...
July 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The antidote to Empire Everything ends. Even things we think will last forever. Empire is a way of being. It has a Pattern Integrity woven into its fabric – from Latin imperium “a rule, a command; authority, control, power; supreme power, sole dominion;...
July 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Justice requires citizen participation Not left or right. Not socialism, capitalism or neoliberalism. Is it possible that the majority of people want the same things? Dignity, equality, access to quality education, health, child and aging care, safe shelter, the...
July 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The desire for black and white, no grey The desire is for simple explanations. Everyone does this. Or that. No shades of grey. Black or White. One rule for all. No exceptions. No change. Life lives in the shades of grey. It is dynamic. No one snowflake, human, tree...