The Thing About Suffering

The Thing About Suffering

 There are two kinds of suffering. One is the kind you can control. If it is within your power to stop it, not taking action is self-neglect, cowardice or falling victim to self-centred leadership. Today, some find their loyalty is being used as a tool to further the...
Climate Change is Not a Hero Story

Climate Change is Not a Hero Story

In many ways, the documentary An Inconvenient Truth was the call to action against the impending dangers of climate change. The car-driving, hamburger-eating, consumer-driven cultures paused in their tracks to watch the film. It measurably and...

Engagement and Shareholder Primacy

How is a company supposed to deal with the UN declaration of Indigenous groups’ entitlement to ‘free prior and informed consent’ and meet their obligation to shareholders? These competing values are putting mineral companies in a difficult position when they go to the...
Efficiency or Resilience: can we have both?

Efficiency or Resilience: can we have both?

E Efficiency is the elimination of waste. But what if waste is actually a nutrient in a new system. In this case, efficiency is the elimination of nutrients. Resilience, on the other hand is a measure of how ready we are to incorporate those nutrients. It excels at...

The Slippery Slope Myth

No doubt you’ve seen this play out before.  Someone asks for a concession at work, for example, an employee with a sick daughter asks if she can work from home for a few days. The boss considers it but rejects the request because “if we allow this once, then...