November 5, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When we get lost in the story For several decades I have been engaged to find a pathway between messy business, team and partnership relationship breakdowns. All of the pain, anxiety, sleepless nights, stress and heartbreak. Add anger, frustration, withdrawal and all...
October 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Rogue actors Biology requires exposure to pathogens to form immunity. This is risky. Some pathogens will cause destruction that may affect health and ability, or even viability, for a long time. Yet, to protect our biology from exposure to pathogens, particularly when...
October 25, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Taking the hate When we take a stand for something – integrity, justice, kindness, love, beauty, peace – we will also become a target for the haters. Hate – regard with extreme ill-will, have a passionate aversion to, treat as an enemy It is sad and...
October 18, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Truth must be faced We can only make a future from the depth of the truth we face now. Ben Okri As Jack Nicholsons’ character yells to Tom Cruise in the movie, A Few Good Men. “You can’t handle the truth.” Consider the truth we can handle today. Can we handle that our...
September 30, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Create the right culture and innovation takes care of itself People are naturally innovative and creative. If we create an environment where safety from ridicule, shame and failure is present, yet simultaneously build in self-reflection, other reflection and...
September 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Tracking energy flow This morning I went for a surf. The waves were all over the place, here, there, inconsistent. It was like trying to read a map while riding a downhill mountain bike. I did manage to catch a great wave. It was luck and timing. Certainly not skill...