November 26, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Jumping out of my skin Sometimes, like today, our excitement bubbles over. I am the fully grown version of a 3-year-old going to get ice cream. It is a glorious morning. Not too hot, though the heat will arrive. An ocean too flat to surf. Our last weekend in this...
November 25, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The point of having an Evolutionary Purpose Start something you cannot finish The point of having an Evolutionary Purpose, a very large goal, a loon shot…includes knowing that you might not be around to see it finished. An Evolutionary Purpose that transcends self in...
November 22, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Emergence, creativity and structure are complementary Structure creates a space. Is the space too big allowing chaos? Or is it too tight creating stricture? In the space created by structure we get to be creative. Sometimes, when our backs are against a wall (the...
November 21, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
How to build a home – or a business – or an economy Imagine you are building a home, a place to find sanctuary, to gather family, to feel safe. A small retreat from everything out there that we do need to retreat from. You might take the time to get the...
November 20, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Measuring poverty Not a human on the planet needs to be financially poor. We have more than enough food, money and energy for everyone. If we consider poverty from multiple domains, we might begin to reshape its story. We might not have access to things that are...
November 18, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Complex to simple Complex work is hard to explain. Just as innovative ideas struggle to find descriptors. Imagine trying to explain what google does ten years before most people were online. The impulse is to attempt to describe the complex through reduction. When we...