The Dance of Life – reciprocating tensions
Nature is continually unfolding in a process of transforming what is forming. The Latin root of the word nature is natura which means ‘to give birth’, to creatively become. This creative reaching...
View Article2015 – a metamorphosis in our midst
We are now settling into 2015 – transformational times no less which quite naturally invoke a feeling of trepidation. Tectonic shifts in our socio-economic models, strategic and operational management...
View ArticleCreating constructive futures in business and beyond
Business strategist, Peter Senge, notes that our world today is shaped not by individuals alone but by networks of businesses and institutions, and that these organisations are currently grounded in an...
View ArticleSeeing Beyond The Veil – Transforming my inner-outer life
Having spent many years advising a variety of public, private and third sector organisations on business transformation and latterly sustainability, I embarked on a life transition directed by my love...
View ArticleActivating the Ancient Yet Fresh Wisdom of the Heart In Business
Either first- or second-hand we know of the power of authentic small-group discussion. Yet how often do we give ourselves the space and time to allow for this in our hectic schedules. In our relentless...
View ArticleEmbracing Natural Wisdom in a Volatile World
The transformational times in our midst demand that organisations redesign for resilience in order to flourish in the volatile times ahead. The most important challenge facing leaders, strategists and...
View ArticleRight to the heart of the matter – right where illusion starts…
There is a profound shift underway in our cultural story, sense of purpose and organisational logic. Deep and complex influences within our own psyche, our collective consciousness and in the...
View ArticleThe time has come to reawaken our humanity
It is easy to blame societal and environmental ills on powerful elites, big business, greedy bankers, corrupt politicians and corporate fat cats; perhaps easier still to blame it all on the ‘system’....
View ArticleSteps Towards a Deeper Ecology of Business
There is much to be downbeat about these days: Whether it’s the daily drip feed of fear-filled news from around the world, or the woeful state of our debt-based economies closer to home relentlessly...
View ArticleAwakening the Sacred: Re-enchanting Our Ways of Relating
We are living through a crucial time where we bear witness to a profound opening between two worldviews, that of yesterday’s story, scientific mind-set and socio-economic behaviour and the emerging...
View ArticleAccessing the Mind of Nature (Part One)
We are in the midst of an evolutionary step change in how we operate and organise: a shift from linear, mechanistic, control-based modes toward living, emergent, self-organising, life-affirming ways....
View ArticleRedesigning for Resilience – Firms of the Future
Since the Industrial Revolution, we have achieved great feats of economic, social and technological advancement for which, as a species, we can be proud. Yet the challenges (and opportunities) now...
View ArticleTime to stand up for what we believe to be right
What our world needs right now is an awakening of our humanity . If we are honest with ourselves we spend a large part of our waking lives half asleep, largely unconscious or unaware of reality as it...
View ArticleActivating the new paradigm while transcending yesterday’s logic
‘In times of turmoil, the danger lies not in the turmoil, but in facing it with yesterday’s logic’ – Peter Drucker Yesterday’s logic is founded upon the illusion of separation created by the objectify...
View ArticleSteps Towards A Deeper Way of Life
Linear thinking and its rationalising objectification provides an important tool for us, helping us abstract our thinking from the here-and-now for analysis, planning, forecasting, scientific empirical...
View ArticleCatalyzing the Great Turning by Re-membering the Mind of Nature
In 1984 E.O.Wilson’s ‘biophilia hypothesis’ brought the West’s scientific attention to the psychical, as well as physical, inter-relation we have with Nature: humans have a deep urge to love our fellow...
View ArticleTimes Like These Beckon Us Beyond The Surface Into The Deep
There are a multitude of factors contributing to these winds of change blowing through our times. Describing these turbulent, transformative times is the now trendy managerial acronym VUCA (Volatile...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Other Side
Oh, what a night: champagne upon arrival, a bubbling hot tub in the garden bar and great live music, all set within the urban-chic surrounds of Proud Camden. Like any atmospheric event, the venue,...
View ArticleA Better Way of Doing Business
Much of today’s organisational management mind-set (whether corporate, non-profit, government institution or start-up) is rooted in a flawed logic about how the world works. ‘We have been, and still...
View ArticleWelcome to the Millennial Age
The next ten years shall bear witness to social businesses outperforming traditional businesses in a big way, and the reason for this can be summed up in one word… millennials. Over half the world’s...
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