April 10, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
What is money? And other questions we don’t ask What fascinates me in life is the things that we humans take for granted, without question. One of the reasons I fell in love with the work of Buckminster Fuller was that right out of the gate, he challenged...
April 9, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Consumerism only makes sense in a dead Universe Feeding the beast as if there is going to be no tomorrow, the rapacious need for more…these are mere symptoms of emptiness, scarcity, lack. Essential aliveness is regenerative and restorative. If you find yourself...
April 2, 2014 | Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Profit and its illusions – who is really profiting and at what price? Profit – from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’. We seek as humans to advance. To make progress. This is a healthy impulse. But at what price? And is it...
March 31, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
The price of disconnection from the source of productivity The further we are away from the source, the more disconnected we are. And the more disconnected we are, the higher the price…in all domains. Take food…most of us now buy it from a supermarket. It...
March 28, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Part 5. There is a difference between monetary debt and monetary credit. Do you know what it is? In Part 3, I raised the example of a friend or family member lending you money (or time), coming from a place of deeply caring about you, wanting to support you, and...
March 27, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Part 4. Debt – what to do when you are shamed by debt If you have debt shame, then you are not alone. Take me into any cafe in any city in the Western world, and if we asked the question, “Who has debt and who has shame about that?” I would guarantee...
