October 13, 2014 | Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Money makes us anonymous Handing over a piece of paper or digits across screens may be the sum total of the relationship between the buyer and the seller. I want milk, I buy from the supermarket, I may or may not smile, or even chat briefly to the person at the check...
October 8, 2014 | Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Jazz Conversations for Business – cocreated, improvised, unique, rich The heart of Jazz is improvisation, characterised by syncopation (where strong beats become weak and vice versa), co-creation, and play. Jazz Conversations is a methodology we use in our...
October 7, 2014 | Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The role of a steward of business – creating and maintaining a flourishing field Today I need to make a difficult request. It feels personal. But on examination, it is not. When I connect to the heart and soul of the business, of Syntropic World, it needs...
October 3, 2014 | Future of Business, Syntropic World Podcast
Season 1, Episode 6 – Robb Smith – The path of large scale systems transformation Robb and I met in Brazil in 2009 at the State of the World Forum. When I began the Syntropic journey, Robb was one of the people I went to for advice, mentoring,...
September 30, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Syntropic Enterprise
A touch of Grace Grace meets you right where it finds you, but it does not leave you where it found you. Anne Lamont The thing about despair is that the moment we open ourselves to receiving Grace, Grace will find us. That may be as simple as the sunrise. Or a chat...
September 29, 2014 | Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Is it possible to make everyone powerful in an organisation? There is a lot of talk about empowerment in business. To bring into the condition of power. Empowering people. Nice, better than nothing…but what if we shifted from empowerment to giving people power?...
