January 15, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Syntropic Enterprise
We are all unique but no one is special. Or everyone is special We are all unique. That is what is so fabulous. But no one is special. Or everyone is special. Pick one or the other. I prefer the latter…to approach everyone as special, which is a big commitment...
January 14, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
How much evil am I willing to tolerate in business? People would describe me as an optimist. I see good and beauty far more than evil. But evil abounds. When we consider oceans, rivers, forests and plains as free to rape and exploit as we wish. When we think they are...
January 13, 2014 | Future of Business
Can we put love in a spreadsheet? When it comes down to it, love is why we get up in the morning. If not for love, then for what? Money, sex, power, empire…anyone who has these in abundance will tell you that they do not take the place of love. Yet love is not...
January 10, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Exactly what is freedom? Most of us want it. To be free. To feel free. We may even want this more than happiness, a subject about which so much has been written and spoken of late. Freedom goes through its own stages of evolving. When we are young (and maybe even when...
January 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Who will care for the common good? Business? If you are reading this, then you have a level of privilege others do not. At the least. You can read. You have access to the internet. You are probably educated. Because these things are normalised in our society, we...
January 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Language creates culture in business Business as usual is a culture of domination, top-down hierarchy, leader as authoritarian, employees as commodities, customers as consumers, and citizens as consumers. If we want to change the world, we need to change our language....