July 25, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Contrast and privilege, citizenship of Spaceship Earth Two events led me to consider today’s post. *I read an article that had me consider whether I should remain invested in being a change agent. The article suggested that by focusing our effort on the world,...
July 24, 2013 | Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
On the days our courage fails us We all have these days. You know you need to face something. Make a call, speak to your spouse. Take an action that you have been avoiding. We know that if we try to ignore the action we need to take, it will still be there the next...
July 23, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Fear – the relinquishing of authority No one is exempt from fear. It comes in all shapes and sizes, from the wave of weakness that engulfs us like a tsunami, to the dull, sick feeling gnawing away on the fringes of our consciousness, to the prickle of skin. It...
July 22, 2013 | Future of Business, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Change, addiction to growth and the development of the interiors ‘If change is happening faster on the outside than the inside, then the end is nigh.’ Jack Welsh. I happen to agree with Mr Welsh. Sadly, few businesses spend any time on this. Or few...
July 19, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How do you keep score? All-in-cost accounting and real value Our society is brought up on measuring and keeping score. We don’t even realise how much we do this. We will immediately look at someone’s clothes, shoes, car, hair, skin colour, and make massive...
July 18, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The art of apprenticeship From Old French, apprendre- to learn, apprenticing as an act of reverence to life and our journey across its unexpected contours evokes much-needed humility. In medieval times, all craftspeople started as apprentices, bound to a master for at...