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...
September 25, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
To be a part of something great Make it easy. Reduce it to a sound bite. Don’t use big, strange words. Yes, do all of these things if you want to appeal to everyone and invite participation with low levels of commitment. The reason we love Gold medals at the Olympic...
September 23, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A great business mind I heard a reporter say yesterday that Rupert Murdoch is one of the greatest business minds of our generation. This is what we celebrate? A man who builds an empire that controls three nation-states. The politicians and journalists terrified of...
September 22, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
No one can take our power away Many of us have a warped relationship to power. We have difficulty naming our power, which is always available, yet rarely recognised. We see those who are actually wielding force as being powerful. Does brute strength or welding...
