Apparently the UK has a “social mobility tsar”, and she seems to think that people at the bottom of the … Read More
Social Mobility
Leadership
Democracy or Chumocracy?
If you think our present government is doing an excellent job, our politicians are above reproach, and the British political … Read More
Katrina and The Shock Doctrine
Two very different perspectives of Hurricane Katrina appear in the book I’ve just finished, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, … Read More
Beneath the Surface
It was one of my many frustrations that from a rowboat you can mostly only see the surface of the … Read More
Of WOLs and WWIBLs
We have recently started WOL in Samara, our organisation within the SEEDS currency ecosystem. WOL is not just the wise … Read More
The Yin and Yang of Organisations
I’m involved in setting up a new organisation within the SEEDS ecosystem. (I wrote about SEEDS last week, and it … Read More
Reasons to be Cheerful(ish)
“When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels turning in the … Read More
A Brain of Two Halves
“If I am right, that the story of the Western world is one of increasing left hemisphere domination, we would … Read More
Complexity, Emergence and Creativity
I’ve been thinking about emergence a lot recently. It’s the theme of the event that I’m curating, TEDxStroudWomen (which is … Read More
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