November 2, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The architecture of trust Begins with the promises we make to ourselves. If we cannot keep the promises with ourselves we are unlikely to keep the promises we make with others. There is a vast difference in using words such as ‘I will” and “I would like to..” “I would...
November 1, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Keeping the main thing the main thing The first question is…what is the main thing? It might be different than it was five minutes ago. It might not be what you want it to be. It might be something you do not like doing. It might be simple, and you dismiss it for its...
October 31, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The Obvious Is often not obvious. This is why we need trusted coaches and friends to point out what is obvious to them, but blind to us. If we want to create autonomous self-managed teams then we cannot tell them that we want them to achieve ‘x’ results. Telling does...
October 30, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The problem with problems When we focus on problems and solutions we invite a patterned response that has become so enculturated that it is largely reflexive. Here is the problem. What is the solution? The new solution quite possibly creates a whole new set of...
October 29, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Renting our life For many years I thought there was something wrong with me and my relationship with money. I was smart, educated and yet couldn’t seem to make headway. The ease of access to credit was an easy path, with consequences most people have experienced. I...
October 28, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Where does culture live Where does the culture of a city live? Can it be found in the architecture? In the history? In the design of the streets? In the weather patterns? Is it brought alive in the food, the services on offer? Culture is not something that can be...
