PinnedMember-onlyBreakthroughs in Enhancing the Performance of Any TeamIn my last article: “What Makes a Great Team?”, I explained teams from an evolutionary perspective, which gave us powerful insights into the evolutionary and psychological dynamics that form our social glue, create desirable futures and solve problems from the simple to the ultra-complex. …Teamwork12 min readTeamwork12 min read
PinnedMember-onlyWhat Makes a Great Team?Effective teams pursue a common outcome and have a common goal they want to reach. Healthy teams have mutual respect between members of the team and management. Plus, team members value one another’s contributions and skill sets. …Teamwork9 min readTeamwork9 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Art of the Shift- Making it Through to 2100 and beyondFirst, there was the Big Bang, some 13.5 billion years ago. Then, stars began to form, then galaxies, lighting up the darkness of the early universe. …Sustainability6 min readSustainability6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyNo Limits- Evolution in an Open Relational Universe“If we have learned anything from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run- and often in the short one- the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.” Arthur C Clarke In this article, I'm going to explore why I believe there are no limits to…Entanglement16 min readEntanglement16 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThriving: Integrating Being Zones and Life ZonesMuch has been written about happiness over the past few millennia. But what I am going to do in this short article is to change the way you think about happiness, while introducing you to two relatively new concepts: thriveability and antifragility. A lot of my work in the past…Happiness13 min readHappiness13 min read
Nov 20, 2022Member-onlyZen is not No Thing: Meditation & MindfulnessAeons ago, when I was a young investment banker (think early 1980s, without the red braces), an Italian colleague gave a presentation on Zen. In his inimitable Italian accent, Tizziano said: “Zen eez nusssing”. I discovered meditation and mantras at university when TM (Transcendental Meditation) was just getting going in…Meditation4 min readMeditation4 min read
Nov 5, 2022Member-onlyThe Climate Book is Exactly What We Need Right Now- Thanks Greta!Two days ago I received my copy of “The Climate Book”, created by world-renowned climate activist Greta Thunberg. This book should be on everyone’s reading list, nightstand, desk, and bookshelf, preferably well-thumbed and post-it note filled as mine has become in the past 48 hours. Greta invited 100 of the…Sustainability15 min readSustainability15 min read
Nov 2, 2022Member-onlyWhere’s My Money, Dude? Climate Change and COP27: The Road to ExtinctionCOP27- here we go again….it is now 30 years since the first Rio conference that set out to bring the leaders of the world together to tackle climate change, or global overheating, and the sixth mass extinction as I prefer to call it. With homo sapiens directly in the firing…Sustainability6 min readSustainability6 min read
Aug 28, 2022Member-onlyDeveloping Strategies for Thriveability Part Two: Strategic GamingIn part one of this inquiry into the kinds of thinking that will help us survive and thrive now and in the future, we asked the question: What kind of thinking is needed in a complex and uncertain world? We discovered how to avoid the five thinking traps, by developing…Sustainability12 min readSustainability12 min read
Aug 21, 2022Member-onlyDeveloping Strategies for Thriveability: The Future is Multiple- Part OneThe vast majority of earth’s inhabitants now acknowledge that they have to do something about the six interconnected, escalating crises showing up in our lives on a daily basis. What’s missing is the means by which our growing awareness can be transformed into effective strategies to survive and thrive. This…Thinking7 min readThinking7 min read