In today already walks tomorrow. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It’s human nature to think and talk a great deal about the future. What will it be like? Will it be safe? Prosperous? Do we have what it takes to be resilient in the face of an inevitable crisis? These questions are constantly discussed in our local media, schools, enterprises, and communities today.
This is what “ecokinesis” is about. The Greek word “eco” means “household” and is at the root of everyday words like “ecology”, the study of our household, and “economics”, the law of our household. Put it together with “kinesis”, which means “movement”, and you’ve got the movement of our household.
This blog is a curatorial collection of ideas that have leaped at me from the sea of information out there – mostly because they speak to the things I’m fascinated by: learning, innovation, sustainability, and the role they play in moving our common household forward. Positively. Into the Future.
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Mash-Up Saviours
Mash Ups that blur the lines between the public, private and the voluntary sector could hold the key to a brand new kind of economic order. This is the civic economy. "It is both fundamentally open and social. It's an economy which is fusing the culture of Web 2.0 with civic purpose." Continue reading →
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Green Hopes in the Garbage
What kind of small businesses can be created from one of humanity’s most plentiful resources – garbage and waste? Here’s my list. What other great businesses have you come across? Continue reading
Ron Dembo on Risk Thinking & Green Business
What do different types of risk have to do with the way we respond to complex issues such as climate change? Ron Dembo of Zerofootprint advises that a Hedge strategy rather than a Prescriptive strategy is the smartest way to go. Continue reading
Using Appreciative Inquiry in a Workshop
I have had the pleasure of working with several social entrepreneurs at the start-up phase of their development. Banyan Tree was one of them. I used an Appreciative Inquiry approach to help them Discover the best of their prior experiences, Dream their vision, and Design their roadmap. Continue reading
Riding Your Elephant Part II: Examples of Change in the Apparel Industry
Chip and Dan Heath’s Switch Framework lays out a simple but effective method for any change initiative. Here I illustrate their concept -directing the Rider, motivating the Elephant and shaping the Path – with examples from the apparel industry. Continue reading
Riding Your Elephant Part I: A Primer on Making Change
According to the Chip and Dan Heath in their new book, Switch, for change efforts to be successful, you’ve got to appeal to the instinctive and emotional Elephant, the reflective and rational Rider, and you’ve got to clear a Path to make it easier for them to take their journey. Continue reading
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