October 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
All billionaires are policy failures “All billionaires are policy failures”, Cory Doctorow. I agree. To put billions in perspective, this is what it means. Suppose you landed a job paying $1 per second, or $3,600 per hour. You are paid 24/7. At this rate, it would...
October 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings
Confronting our cruel past In Australia, we have an upcoming referendum to change the constitution to give Indigenous First Nations people recognition in our constitution and to allow them a voice in the decisions that directly affect them It is an incredibly simple...
October 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
We need new maps You can’t use an old map to explore a new world. Einstein Bright-eyed social enterprises wanting to create a new world use all the old maps. Old legal codes, old methods of accounting and finance, never realising that the old maps keep them in the old...
September 30, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Create the right culture and innovation takes care of itself People are naturally innovative and creative. If we create an environment where safety from ridicule, shame and failure is present, yet simultaneously build in self-reflection, other reflection and...
September 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The flavours of exhaustion Grief sucks everything out, leaving an infinite black cavity. Fear desiccates, our interiors shredded into micro fragments, the lizard in us hyper-reactive. Anxiety is walking a tightrope across a chasm of broken glass. A singular focus....
September 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Tracking energy flow This morning I went for a surf. The waves were all over the place, here, there, inconsistent. It was like trying to read a map while riding a downhill mountain bike. I did manage to catch a great wave. It was luck and timing. Certainly not skill...