June 13, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Our current models say we are winning but we are losing We are measuring and celebrating the wrong things. GDP measures nothing more than the speed with which stuff and money pass through the economy, all the while excluding millions of hours of unpaid labour, and...
June 12, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
All in accounting A report by Trucost, commissioned by the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, found that if environmental costs are counted, almost no industry is profitable. Perhaps we might pause and think about that. If we take the all-in-accounting cost for...
June 11, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Design for good As I gaze across the Pacific, its waters lake like on this morning, the sun not yet cresting the horizon, I think about people. Almost everyone I meet wants to do good. Good work, good art, good citizenship, good parenting, good relationships. The...
June 8, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Poetry from the Future Poetry evokes contemplation, beauty, love, in a few words expressing the human condition and its vast symphony of emotions. To imagine great poetry from the future is to imagine a future where humans express love, beauty, wisdom…where life is....
June 4, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Deviancy is the essence of culture In his magnificent little book, Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse raises the question of deviancy. If we follow the script, live in the box, conform to expectations, we impoverish the culture. Nature is constantly emergent....
June 3, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Good intentions misaligned When we are working on big issues like ending poverty – any big systemic issue – we need to start with the biggest view possible, ideally, with the whole. In the interim, we may need to provide symptom care in the field. Food,...
