May 1, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Human resources. Are you happy being a resource? We know we are in trouble as individuals and people when we are reduced to resources. When our value is measured purely on our ability to provide some predetermined function, with all other domains of value being...
April 30, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Stewardship, economics and new leadership Imagine that, instead of being a CEO, boss, manager, or leader, we were assigned the task of stewardship? ORIGIN Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard‘ward’ (guardian, keeper, ward) That...
April 29, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Making the purpose of business the central attractor People love to galvanise around a purpose. Purpose gets people out of bed. Or not. When the organisational purpose is central to everything, and I mean everything, there is far less need for carrots and sticks,...
April 28, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Typical job inquiry. Only ‘half’ people need apply From the beginning of our education into the workforce… which means from our very first school days… we are trained to leave parts of ourselves out. That might be our crazy way of drawing that...
April 25, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
ANZAC, Oceans, Sunrise, Gratitude and Love Blessed am I. I live in a country where it is OK for me to go running alone before dawn, wearing minimal clothing… without fear. I live by the beach, the climate is warm year-round. Barefoot, swimming, sun-kissed...
April 24, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Syntropic Enterprise
The myth of culture change in organisations We have it backwards. Trying to change a culture by focusing on changing the culture. To change a culture, start at the only place possible…a deeply felt sense of purpose. Align an organisation around a...
