October 6, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Truth is hard. Try Trust instead As we mature we might recognise that there are few absolute Truths. Most truths are partial. Even the wildest conspiracy theory potentially carries a seed or two of truth. To seek truth requires constant commitment. To know the truth...
October 5, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Reset our thinking about property and ownership Why do we have unaffordable rentals and housing scarcity? There is no scarcity of actual houses. The population has not exploded in the last few years. On the contrary. Zero interest rates make borrowing money cheap....
October 4, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Innovation and lies Several years ago I was involved in the tech startup community. It was mostly a ‘bro’ space. By bro, I mean men who appeared to be blinded by the light of bright shiny new things, and willing to sell their souls, through stories,...
October 3, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Wisdom cannot be reduced to intelligence Like culture, we cannot point to a place, size or dimension of wisdom. It is ephemeral and defies measuring. It refuses to sit in a neat box of rationality. Wisdom is not bestowed on smart or intelligent people simply because...
October 1, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Bubbles Burst All bubbles burst. The structural tension makes it so. We might ask, what is a bubble? Where are the structural tensions? We can look at global finance, or housing. The size of a company that might exceed its own structural tension and design. The...
September 29, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Try not to work for someone you do not want to become You may have heard the comment that our character is determined by the people we surround ourselves with. I have written many times about Little Atrocities. How we move slowly towards lies, deception, corruption...
