February 12, 2019 | Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Capitalism is Broken The problem evidenced by the Banking Royal Commission in Australia “There can be no doubt,” the report states in its introduction, “the primary responsibility for misconduct in the financial services industry lies with the...
February 11, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What can I do Is a great question. In the asking exists the impulse to get over the self-serving aspect of what is in it for me. We might ask it of another in need. “What can I do?” Or we might ask it as an existential question to address issues that seem beyond our...
February 10, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Human centred design Strange that we do not do human-centred design very often. We designed cities for cars and transport. We design elections for rigging and hard access. We design technology to optimise technology. We designed the internet to be captured by a few...
February 9, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Naming the elephant We skirt around naming the elephant, as if to do so will protect us from facing it. We say nice things, we sugarcoat. The aim is to not hurt. To be sensitive. What we are actually doing is prolonging the hurt, extending the consequences of the...
February 6, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial lessons from the art of gardening I am not a gardener but I appreciate the art of gardening. There is a way of being in relationship to soil, seed, sun, rain, and life that requires a combination of attunement and trust. The soil needs to be prepared....
February 4, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The Commons Our air, our water, the oceans, these are obvious commons. Pollution in one location translates to another. This is the globalism we must face. To throw away from me is to throw to you, and while I might feel free of my burden, I have simply passed it to...
