April 29, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
One small step closer to compassion and kindness – my prayer It is 7.30 in the morning here in Australia as we wake to the news that the Indonesian President decided that the execution by firing squad of 8 people, including two young Australians, Andrew Chan and...
April 23, 2015 | Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Human exploitation in the world of business – our role in being taken advantage of My train today was late. As I was waiting, I overheard a rail employee on the phone complaining about this affecting his total work hours and that he does not get paid overtime....
March 23, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Thinking like planet Earth The ability to stand in the shoes of another is an essential requirement to cultivate empathy and compassion. It is easier when we are able to relate to some of what the other person is experiencing through our own direct experience. What...
March 19, 2015 | Current Affairs, Future of Business, Personal Development
In a post truth world the right to an opinion without the responsibility to explore the whole story is an act of ignorance The older I get, the more I realise that so much of the story of incidents is suppressed. That our role as grown-ups is to observe and ask...
March 3, 2015 | Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Predators in nature don’t do disguise. Not so human predators where disguise is their nature. To continue on the theme from yesterday’s blog, where we looked at biology and relationships such as parasitism and amensalism, and how these types of...
March 2, 2015 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
From parasites to adjuvants Biology is a wonderful teacher, if we pause long enough to honour her. These are some of the relationships that occur in biology. Commensalism – the relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits from the other...
