November 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Syntropic Enterprise
The myth of personal responsibility When we discover the agency we have to affect change, to no longer be a victim of whatever circumstance we find ourselves in, to know that we have the power to choose how we respond in every moment, it is the ultimate freedom. At...
October 24, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Tools don’t build culture Tools don’t build culture. Culture builds tools. Yes, it drives me nuts when people try to squeeze culture into a tool – like a DAO. (Decentralised autonomous organisation) I have been crafting Syntropic World as an enterprise for...
October 16, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
We must ask why I look at the world this morning, my heart still broken. My sense of hope in disarray. I look at the rise of the populist leaders worldwide. The hard right, anti-immigration, anti-diversity, anti-humanity for all who are not a facsimile of themselves. ...
October 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Edenic I learned a new word yesterday. Edenic. Relating to or characteristic of the Garden of Eden. Idyllic. Unspoilt. I read it in the context of a desire to return to a life in some fictional past where everything is Edenic. I would imagine in many contexts, Edenic...
October 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Integrity and principles It’s only a principle when it costs you money.” Bill Bernbach Will you stick to your values and ethics when the price is high? Or will you capitulate? How easy is it to speak of principles, values and ethics when life is free and easy? To...
October 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
We need new maps You can’t use an old map to explore a new world. Einstein Bright-eyed social enterprises wanting to create a new world use all the old maps. Old legal codes, old methods of accounting and finance, never realising that the old maps keep them in the old...