April 23, 2014 | Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What if organisations are no longer property? Most of us have heard the quotes from Indigenous American Indians about the impossibility of owning the land. “What is this you call property? It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her...
April 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A short series on money and how it has become central to our existence Money money money… How did we get to a place where we have elevated money to be central in our Universe? Where, instead of considering how best to educate children, we start with how much it...
April 9, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Consumerism only makes sense in a dead Universe Feeding the beast as if there is going to be no tomorrow, the rapacious need for more…these are mere symptoms of emptiness, scarcity, lack. Essential aliveness is regenerative and restorative. If you find yourself...
April 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Learn to love what you have been taught to fear “Learn to love what you’ve been taught to fear.” Felix Baumgartner That quote came into my inbox overnight. I usually delete them quickly, but this one needed pondering. Our fears are such funny things, as they...
April 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The link between Great, great leadership and death The leaders the world remembers as figures who lead change in deeply entrenched systems, such as slavery, an India free from British rule, an America where all people are equal, or South Africa free from apartheid,...
April 4, 2014 | Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Dealing with anxiety as an entrepreneur Anxiety = Uncertainty x Powerlessness This is the formula taken from Chip Conley’s book, Emotional Equations. Unless you are a superhuman, we all suffer from anxiety at times. As an entrepreneur, anxiety can be anything...