Are our biggest challenges hierarchy and cowardice? I watched Agnieszka Holland’s powerful drama, ‘Mr Jones’, last night. James Norton portrayed the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine known as the Holodomor. Jones brought the tragic events happening in Ukraine to the world’s attention. Moreover, Jones persisted in his mission despite personal … Continue reading We Need More Mr Joneses!
First down to London to deliver a "Resilience Mindset During Challenging and Changing Times' workshop to an international audience... Then a strategy & planning session followed by a stomp in the hills around the Hope Valley. Which would you prefer, indoors, outdoors OR Both!? All possible across a range of contexts and subjects. Freshwalks #strategy … Continue reading An Interesting Week!
A great day spent guiding a Down at the Social private Freshwalks. I wondered about the recipe for a great day freshworking in the hills. -Inspiring outdoor scenery ( They don't call it the great indoors do they? 😉 -Interesting people (we're all interesting but we just have to create the space and opportunity for us all to … Continue reading Fresh Ways of Working in The Great Outdoors
Wouldn’t it be great if hard work really did enable you to achieve your goals? In order for it to be a possible you would need to be motivated and have the resources. If that is the case, a good performance coach could help you achieve those goals. If I’m coaching a business owner, they … Continue reading The Cruel Charade of the Personal Development Industry & Why it’s Bad for the Environment
Please share: https://lnkd.in/egWUG4zE Eco-Coaching utilises ancient wisdom translated into modern insights, supported by practical tools. That’s how complexity is navigated, with simple rules and tools. As Leonardo da Vinci espoused: ‘Simplicity is the greatest sophistication’ ‘Creative collaboration’ is the opposite leadership style of 'Compete & Control' The industrial, technology and capitalist revolutions are based on … Continue reading Introduction to Eco-Coaching on Zoom
I’ve always been a rebel. I wasn’t very successful at school which these days I put down to preferring an exploratory approach to learning. So back then school and its authoritarian approach was anathema to my style of learning and being. It wasn’t long before my dysfunctional home life got worse and so I escaped … Continue reading Eco-Leadership for Rebels, Mavericks and Change-Agents
Interesting Times Indeed! I listened to an insightful discussion entitled: 'Everything We Think We Know About Early Human History is Wrong' There was lots of amazing insights about our early history and there is more being discovered as time passes. Amongst many discussion points was the fact that at certain times, people just turned their … Continue reading ‘Everything We Think We Know About Early Human History is Wrong’
Environment predicts behaviour and the challenge with trying to transform the world is that we're still operating in a culture of 'Dominance Hierarchy'. As Anand Giridharadas notes in his book: 'Winners Take All' the elites begin to lead social change only to let their own bias for power and control, restrict any useful transformation. The … Continue reading Developing Social Systems to Prevent The Four Horses of the Apocalypse
They've no interest in doing so. they're okay. There's little point trying to persuade them either, but what is crucial, is to not be duped into thinking, that they're going to save the planet's biosphere OR create social justice. They just want to appease you long enough until they reach retirement age. If you're stuck … Continue reading The winners of this paradigm are not going to save the world.
Does anybody still believe capitalism without moderation i.e. sustainable and equality is a good idea? Gödel's Incompleteness theorem states that no model of reality is ever complete and should be continually refined in the face of new observations. ...Discuss https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politi.../adam-smith-and-inequality/ #prosperity #sustainable #capitalism #systemschange #equality #socialjustice #egalitarian #economy #politics
