Drucker on abandonment
Effective executives know that they have to get many things done effectively. Therefore, they concentrate. And the first rule for the concentration of executive efforts… Read More »Drucker on abandonment
Sustainability and change
Singapore, tree planting and the new normal
In 1960 Singapore was – in the words of its first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew – a third world country. ‘Normal’ for many Singaporeans… Read More »Singapore, tree planting and the new normal
John Gardner on regeneration
Values always decay over time. Societies that keep their values alive do not do so not by escaping the process of decay but by powerful… Read More »John Gardner on regeneration
Peter Drucker on Freedom
Freedom … is not the same as individual happiness, nor is it security or peace and progress. It is not the state in which the… Read More »Peter Drucker on Freedom
Struggle
Honest love is born from the struggle / it’s lived in the valley as much as the hill Mark Stone I saw a young man… Read More »Struggle
Riches: second best coffee press
I broke the glass on our cafetiere / coffee press this morning. You’re rich when you react to the breaking of the glass by saying,… Read More »Riches: second best coffee press
One type of rich…
… is when you have multiple solutions to everyday problems comfortably within your grasp. The journey to “What will my family eat?” from “Will my… Read More »One type of rich…
Goldilocks
I’ve made yogurt a couple of times a week for the last two years, and quickly reached the conclusion that it’s not rocket science.** I… Read More »Goldilocks
Technology: ubiquity changes everything
The fiercest critics of technology still focus on the ephemeral have-and-have-not divide, but that flimsy border is a distraction. The significant threshold of technological development… Read More »Technology: ubiquity changes everything
Feedback (positive)
When I was a kid, my cousin had a tape-recorder just like this one – it had a microphone with a yellow sponge. Putting the… Read More »Feedback (positive)