July 24, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Something needs to change. It starts as a small whisper. Something needs to change. It tugs at the corners of our busy lives. It will not be silenced. We try to ignore it. Then we find ourselves awake at 2:23AM. The whisper has become a roar. Change? To what, how? ...
July 22, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Admitting mistakes, sincerely saying sorry We all make mistakes. Inadvertently, carelessly, out of hubris or neglect. Mistakes are an opportunity to learn. The infant figuring out how to walk learns from each fall, each wobbly step. Our education and culture shames...
July 19, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A touch of the obvious We humans are strange creatures. The number of times the obvious was right in front of me, yet I was blind to it. Perhaps sometimes our vision needs to be pulled back from the horizon of tomorrow. Our habit to seek the future through the...
July 17, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Different forms of profit For some it is money. For others it is fame. For many it is power. I watch as smart people use narrative warfare and hard data to manipulate movements, create new forms of propaganda, stir the pot of conspiracy. To accuse others of doing...
July 16, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Arrogance makes poor decisions I have been there. Head filled with my own self-importance. Steaming satisfaction of a job well done becoming a runaway breeding ground for hubris. “Look at me!” The problem with arrogance is that in our arrogance we separate ourselves...
July 15, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Surely we might consider what is best for the whole? In Australia, our response to COVID has been very different to most parts of the world. We, like New Zealand, have gone for an elimination strategy. Borders essentially shut. The tragedy is that our Liberal...
