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The role of the steward in sustainability
Stewards delight the stakeholders. In a business the customer and the employee are stakeholders. These stakeholders derive a benefit from the business, participate in the business and have a say in the business. The stakeholder operates out of self interest and participates in a small way in the business. Above the stakeholder is the steward. …
Truth is Relative
Go beyond the appearance and the behaviour to the nature that underpins everything. Recent events got me thinking about what truth is. I find that nobody has a monopoly on truth, that truth is relative. Take for example the colour red, I see red as red, the bee sees red as black. Truth is the …
Sustainability and artificial intelligence
Technology can be used to assist sustainability. In the UK we are in the midst of a scandal involving some of our hospitals. Starved of money and people one hospital was the cause of an estimated 400-1200 deaths over five years. None of the agencies that were supposed to monitor standards of care and the …
What is prosperity?
Prosperity is health, happiness and abundance. Live a sustainable life and prosperity is yours. The three elements of prosperity is health, happiness and abundance. I describe these further as follows: Happiness A subjective state of mind that comes from manifesting your full potential. Health Self explanatory, but encompasses mind and body. Abundance Your cup overflows …
Bottom-up is better than top-down decsion-making
The study of bees shows bottom-up decision-making works. Bees run their bee hives without a central control, no managers and no team meetings. In most corporates humanity needs a central control, managers and team meetings. The bees suggest that humanity can do away with centralisation, managers and team meetings. In bee society every bee has …
Global weather turns hostile
2013 likely will be worse than 2012 for extremes of weather. A few days ago I was bouncing around Colchester happy as a bee as the mild spring brought pleasant weather after the floods of rain during December. The winter in Britain depresses me for its cold and darkness, so I have been liking the …
Being a big brother or sister to animals and plants
Supposedly as the most evolved of animals we have a duty to look after the planet. I today wondered how we should view our relationship with plants and animals. Even though we often fail to live up to our potential, we are the most evolved species so far to walk upon this planet. In my …
