August 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Surrender To surrender – To give up, to deliver over. On one pole, we have helplessness, inertia, complete lack of resistance, care-lessness, disempowerment. On the other pole, we have a fight-to-the-death, against all odds, endure, never give up. The extremes...
August 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Considering a business or life partnership Building something to endure, to stay alive and healthy through times of Richter-scale stress is rarely achieved by the shake of a hand and a kiss on the cheek. Partnerships are worth investing time, care, love, energy and...
August 22, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The trap of parts thinking The principle of Synergy is that the behaviour of the whole cannot be determined by examining the parts separately. No amount of examining parts can determine what will happen when we put parts together to create a whole. In my days working...
August 19, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Too much Too much carbon in the atmosphere. Too much money in the financial system. Too much power in the hands of the very few. Too much greed. Not enough care for the future. Not enough equality. Not enough economic justice. Not enough wisdom. Not enough courage at...
August 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
To exhale Holding the space for good, for a positive outcome and for hope is an act that we can only really know the extent of once we no longer need to hold. To exhale when the news is good. When the event is complete, when the game is over, and in the exhale, feel...
August 4, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The way of all pioneers When we are holding the space for a massive transformation to occur the pathway is never clear. By the very nature of our work, we must be the wayfinders. It is a step-by-step process. Often even a micro-step by micro-step process. We state our...