November 5, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The seed of corruption – it has infested us all Corruption is derived from two root words. Cor, which is Latin for the heart, and rumpere, which means to break. To act with corruption is to act from a heart that is broken, not able to feel. A numb heart. How do...
November 4, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
On depression, suicide and choice When I was in my thirties, I met a boy. I fell in love. Joseph was his name. I didn’t know at the time that Joseph suffered from bipolar disease. Some months later, Joseph tried to kill himself, shooting himself in the chest...
November 3, 2014 | Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What do you want to optimise? Escaping the success trap Successful according to what and whom? For all the people in the startup world, most will not make it to the big time. The rare bird will get to hit the jackpot. The lure of the jackpot is enough to keep the many...
October 29, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Creative Tension – holding your nerve, entrepreneurial endurance I am in that place of creative tension. I know it, because everything has brought me to here. While reading Dan Pink’s latest book, To Sell is Human, he writes, backed by research, that...
October 28, 2014 | Future of Business, Historical, Systemic and Political Context, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Mature Leadership – the ability to handle increasing complexity It is quite obvious that our life conditions are increasingly complex and that this complexity is only going to continue to increase. 50 years ago, most leaders simply had to worry about their own...
October 23, 2014 | Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Spiritual Intelligence – what makes a virtuous leader? In my conversation with Cindy Wigglesworth, creator of the magnificent assessment instrument for Spiritual Intelligence, for the podcast to be released on October 31st, she spoke about her definition of what...
