March 16, 2010 | Current Affairs, Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
At What Price Integrity in the Workplace I am a reasonably smart woman, very well read, able to converse with pretty much anyone on many issues, able to see complexity as well as most of the most able, and yet I feel I suffer in the world I work in, because I haven’t...
February 24, 2010 | Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Future of Business
GRUNCH of Giants- reflections on Bucky, precession and economic hit men Of the many great things that age brings us one of them is the ability to reflect on the path of our life. When I was 17 years old I read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. It was as if some new door had...
September 11, 2009 | Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Leadership Alchemy – developing leaders in complex times Alchemy = “A science (no longer practised) that sought to transform one chemical element into another through a combination of magic and primitive chemistry. Alchemy is considered to be the ancestor of...
August 21, 2009 | Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Forever Beta – never perfect, always emergent Give up the thought of creating a product that is fixed in time. We are now in a world of forever beta. Constant emergence, constant improvement, constant change. And speedy too, faster every day. Just imagine if you...
June 22, 2009 | Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How to avoid resentment in relationships – understand the Principle of Exchange In designing self-managed organisations, understanding the Principle of Exchange is a critical component to ensure success. When the Principle of Exchange is working well, all...
April 15, 2009 | Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Leadership Development for the 21st Century – How to build a leadership program for complex times Our business schools are pumping out the leadership and business models from last century. I find it stunning and incomprehensible that this is so. As Albert...