August 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
In the land of tea In Ella Sri Lanka, are surrounded by tea plantations. While the tea plantation hills of Ella are beautiful in their own right, they were once native forests. The forest was felled to make way for the tea—a form of terraforming described by Amitav...
August 7, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Too progressive I was listening to the morning news as I was driving home from my pool session. They were discussing Tim Walz, the Vice President pick for the Kamala Harris team. The reporter said there were concerns that he was too progressive. I was curious what too...
August 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Challenging the status quo It is because life is constantly emergent that we must challenge the status quo as a practice. When we sit back and get into that comfortable space of same same, when we resist change in all areas – our learning, physical development,...
July 12, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Life-giving and humanising Imagine if all human activity was towards an increase in well-being for all life. Life-giving. Increasing the optionality for thriving. Humanity: [noun] compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behaviour or disposition: the quality or state...
July 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Care for people It is not that hard. Care for the poor, those without access to quality education, health care and work. Care for the workers that keep society going. Those who have been deemed essential workers. Consider inequity, no matter nationality or race, as...
July 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
The Dangers of a Committee Let’s build a committee—for example, a steering committee or a board. They can help us make the right decisions. What is the purpose of the committee? How does their individual and collective purpose align with the purpose of the enterprise?...
