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DISTRESSED DENIM: Fashion that puts the Earth under stress
This season’s hottest fashion, introduced under the Pierre Balmain designer label, are acid washed distressed jeans, designed by Christophe Decarnin…
PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine
Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually…
A WORLD OF WASTE: Effect of poor waste management on the planet
Since the 1970s, major changes in waste disposal have taken place around the planet. Recycling has become a regular component of garbage pick-up—even…
THE INFINITE GAMES: Generative Capacity-Building as a Core Organizing Strategy
Why is it that most business organizations fail to become financially sustainable, much less contribute to the sustainability of the larger whole?…
URBAN FARMING: Growing healthy food in cities—a food revolution
As more and more people grow concerned over what is happening with our food supply—from harmful chemical exposure to under ripe harvesting—urban farms…
GO GREEN: Be responsible for the environment
It seems that more and more companies are implementing “go green” initiatives. From advertising campaigns to operational strategies, green has become the…
ECONOMY OF WASTE: Dumpster diving reduces food price inflation
“What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish?” – T.S. Eliot – The Waste Land. “To a man with an empty stomach…
PALETTE OF POSSIBILITIES: A collection of business design principles and lenses
Leaders and practitioners committed to transformational change can learn to work with these principles and lenses in the same way artist learns…
THE INFINITE GAMES: Generative Initiatives
“Generative initiative” is a North Star distinction. We are aiming high to help ensure that we break free of our traditional boxes—that we break out …
THE INFINITE GAMES: Generative Change – An Overview
My passion is to support organizational change leaders who are committed to the transformation of the organizations they serve. My definition…
PARKS CANADA AT 100: The Successes and the Threats
PARKS CANADA AT 100 The Successes and the Threats Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established as the Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it is the oldest and one of the largest national park services in the world. It’s extensive network of 167 national historic sites, 42 national parks and 4 national [...]
SIMPLICITY: The journey to wholeness
SIMPLICITY The journey to wholeness A Buddhist story relates the life of the great saint Nagarjuna who moved around naked except for a loincloth and, incongruously, a golden begging bowl gifted to him by the King, who was his disciple. One night he was about to lie down to sleep among the ruins of an [...]
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SHARING ECONOMIES by Lawrence Lessig
SHARING ECONOMIES How exchanging prices for gifts is changing the economy Sitting next to me on a cross- country flight was a representative of America’s youth. He was about seventeen, dressed in a complicated mix of black and silver (the metal, not the colour). He had a computer far cooler than mine. And when the [...]
How easy access to information can equalize the economy
WHEN MORE IS BETTER How easy access to information can equalize the economy Since the 1970s, pundits have predicted a transition to an "information economy." The vision of an economy based on information seized the imaginations of the world's governments. For decades now, they have been creating policies to "protect" information—stronger copyright laws, international treaties [...]
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