We are in a “perfect storm” of trends that are driving a new view of what consitutes “good” business performance. Our internet connected, “Hot Flat and Crowded” world puts all of us in each others’ backyards. A global company can pollute an indigenous tribal area today, and it’s all over the web tomorrow. The [...]
I recently had occasion to facilitate a group of leaders in the Transition movement. Local transition initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that builds community resilience in response to the challenges of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Transition goes way beyond conventional environmentalism in its focus on building resilient [...]
November 6, 2008 – 2:16 am
On the morning after an historic election, what if President-Elect Obama were to call and ask: “OK, I got elected, now what?”
In today’s BlogTalkRadio Show with Dr. Don Beck – bio-psycho-social mapmaker and activist – we explored that question.
In Dr. Beck’s view, our greatest need is a remedy for the polarization in our society. We’ve [...]
October 9, 2008 – 6:50 pm
I’ve now recorded two interviews with very interesting friends on Blog Talk Radio. This is the beginning of a series of conversations with provocative thinkers, business leaders, activists and educators on Sustainable Leadership. We explore the idea that sustainability requires a deep personal and cultural shift in the ways we see, think, act and do [...]
September 17, 2008 – 5:24 pm
As I described in my last post, I have been challenged to see how I “hold the future” in my mind. My habit is to be a green-techno-optimist.
And, that could be completely wrong.
I’ve been through several apocalyptic mood swings ever since I read The Limits to Growth in the run-up to the first Earth Day, [...]
September 9, 2008 – 11:42 pm
I’ve always tended to be a fan of globalization – maybe as much in a spiritual sense as an economic one. As a high school student, I loved reading Teilhard de Chardin’s idea of the emerging “noosphere”, a growing field of global consciousness. I was a huge fan of Arthur C. Clarke’s book, Childhood’s End, [...]