January 21, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Adulting is hard I watched myself get seized by frustration. There was a stern conversation about allowing this emotion to rule. I reached into my personal bag of emotional resources and pulled out determination, an emotion I know well. When determination rules, so...
January 19, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Hello Kali I was lectured by a male recently about how I should show up in my work as a female, particularly in bringing Syntropic World to life. Apparently, I should not reach into the parts of me that have strong masculine energy. I should not be too aggressive. I...
January 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Wise power Oh, I look around our home planet for wise power. It cannot be found in the corridors of government, where power has been corrupted, and wisdom is considered irrelevant. Nor do we find it in the ivory towers of corporatism. Power is with those who have...
January 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Verified facts and culture wars We reach into our grab bag of verified facts to throw as weapons against the other, often inadvertently unaware that our verified facts are stripped of all context. In doing so, we contribute to the culture war. I have been guilty of...
January 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Cultural Hegemony Is when the common people internalise the values, structures, systems and oppressions of the elite ruling class as their own. These rules and structures become normalised and unquestioned. This occurs in most societies slowly slowly. Little...
January 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Why a 100% cooperative doesn’t work for transformative change When we live by consensus we become the average. The edges, the wild ideas and innovators AND the laggards and cautionary are merged into the mean. This is where decay and entropy set in. Life and...
