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...
April 22, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Syntropic Enterprise
Why do organisations exist in the first place? Who is up for this question? I mean, really up for it? We could easily come back with a simple quip, which is that organisations exist to make money. Seriously? Yet, legally, if you are a corporation, your number one...
April 17, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Personal Development, Syntropic Enterprise
The Money Series Part 5. Real financial literacy In 2006, I realised that while I was pretty conversant with the global economy, my true financial literacy was very poor. By this, I specifically mean that I, like almost everyone else, made a series of unquestioned...
