August 8, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business
Of gifts and dignity, the antithesis of starving in our obesity The mythology of a market society reverses the picture of a gift society. In a market society…Getting rather than giving is the mark of a substantive person, and the hero is the ‘self-possessed’...
August 3, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Future of Business
Financial literacy, new friends, abundance as a way of being In the history of the world, it is often the seemingly small events that have the power to make the most significant changes. Rosa Parks refusing to sit at the back of the bus. Mohamed Bouazizi’s...
July 17, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Historical, Systemic and Political Context
Not Afraid Enough – naming ‘he who cannot be named’ “Instead of medicating ourselves on shopping, food, drugs, alcohol, eternal youth, gossip, reality TV, and intense narcissism as a way to avoid facing what we feel in our increasing fear, far...
May 29, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Integrity in marketing Posted on his Facebook page, this comment by Michael Richardson created a very significant and rich dialogue. Okay, so I just decided to no longer prostitute my email address for “free stuff. Everyone and her mother in the, cough,...
April 10, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Embodying The Archetype of the Whole There is a wonderful story that Bucky Fuller tells about a child on a beach. The child has a stick and draws a triangle in the sand. “Look Bucky, I have drawn a triangle!” says the child with great excitement. “Wonderful,” says...
March 2, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Why Conscious Businesses Collapse We are entering a new era, whether we like it or not. People are seeking new ways of being in relationship to each other, whether that relationship is in business, at work, in our service to, in our home, family and friends. However,...