Having just experienced the Journey to 100 event, I can honestly say that I am even more convinced of the power of small nations to help the world to make significant breakthroughs. If you watch the talks, you can see that small nations such as Guernsey are truly capable of achieving systemic breakthroughs, like becoming […]
Redefining The Edge
By June 21, 2017 1 Comment
On June 30th, we launch our boldest mission yet. We aim to inspire and engage a nation to become the first country in the world to surpass 100-years life expectancy for our residents – within 10 years. We continually seed bold missions in our community. Although we believe that whatever we set out to achieve […]
Celebrate Your Bright Spots
By June 7, 2017 1 Comment
‘Celebrate Your Bright Spots.’ This phrase came from fellow community changemaker, Greg Tehven, and it is one that has stayed with me. Greg and others’ work is nothing short of incredible in Fargo, North Dakota – a place that is managing to reinvent itself without (what Greg calls) ‘distractions’: no stunning scenery, mountains or beaches […]
Emergence
By August 24, 2016 3 Comments
Could you have predicted the Internet before it happened? Could you have predicted the rise of Donald Trump? Many things that change the world are hard to predict. They seem to emerge from nowhere. Much that is written about the future contains no predictions of ‘emergence’. No mention that unexpected shift can and will happen. […]
Reimagining Curriculum
By August 17, 2016 4 Comments
There is a major problem with traditional education systems around the world that needs to be addressed. Let’s face it – there are numerous problems. Young people are becoming increasingly disconnected with what they are learning in schools. Employers are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the readiness of young employees for the workplace. Teachers are becoming […]
Pyramids to Platforms
By August 3, 2016 2 Comments
One of the real shifts occurring in how the world organises itself is the move from ‘pyramids to platforms’. Old, fixed, hierarchical ways of doing things are shifting to a far more chaotic, organic means of self-organisation. Technology is empowering us to create order out of the chaos. Think about how Encyclopedia Britannica has given […]
The Prophet
By June 29, 2016 10 Comments
You’re never a prophet in your own land. That’s what I tell people who are trying to make changes in my own community. I often see the frustration of people trying to make ideas happen – expecting people to just listen to reason and logic. What they don’t realise is that within your own community, […]
And
By June 15, 2016 3 Comments
‘And’ is such a small word – and yet so powerful. It has so much more positive energy and connection than its close neighbour ‘but’. The word ‘but’ is obstructive and divisive. It negates all that goes before it. ‘I can see your point, but…’ ‘And’ is a connector. Looking at all the division in […]
Healing Money
By June 9, 2016 2 Comments
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in the outlier community Tamera in Portugal, at a conference that talked about money and its impact on people and the world. On the surface, it appears that a big financial divide exists between the haves and have nots, and that division seems […]
The Emergency
By May 26, 2016 3 Comments
I do not like to use fear as a motivator for change, and I don’t often talk about the darker reasons underlying what I do. But, at times, the context helps to to explain some of the decisions I make. This is one of those times. Three years ago, I learnt about the technology – […]