“The New World is not only a possibility ~ it’s happening” City of the Dawn is a remarkable documentary about a modern, universal city with 2,000 people from 40 nations who have developed innovative and inclusive solutions in every aspect of human social life: caring relationships, participative government, arts and education, architecture and building materials, … Continue reading
Awareness into Action: The Power of Living and Working as One, a conference held on June 27th in Chicago, IL, sponsored by New Momentum for Human Unity, explored the concepts of human unity, collaboration, leadership and the keys to sustainable, positive change. The goal of the conference was to both inspire and motivate attendees by … Continue reading
The biggest swindle in history has destroyed trust and shattered lives. So many have suffered financially and emotionally. Called a “beast” and “monster,” one Bernie Madoff victim commented: “I don’t trust anyone anymore. He’s changed me as a person.” Ron Stein, author of the Madoff Help Web site, commented, “People need a reason to hope.” … Continue reading
How the Mighty Fall, and Why Some Companies Never Give Up, Jim Collins’ latest book, identifies the stages of decline: “hubris born of success; undisciplined pursuit of more; denial of risk and peril; grasping for salvation with a quick, big solution; and capitulation to irrelevance or death.” For a recent article on Jim Collins, see … Continue reading
Smart People, a newly launched magazine, developed and published by Jerry Ash, turns knowledge management inside out, moves the knowledge dialogue from corporate management to the mainstream and targets a digital audience. The aim of the magazine is to spread the news about the ‘knowledge factor’ and to help ordinary smart people capitalize on knowledge in … Continue reading
My friend Jack Vinson, knowledge management expert, shared a link to a knowledge management blog, Above and Beyond KM, that talks about trust as the secret sauce to knowledge management. The blog’s author, Mary Abraham, cites to a post by Neil Richards (Knowledge Thoughts), How trust & risk affect wiki adoption. In this post, Richards discussed the “trust threshold, … Continue reading
I came across a review of a book, Spiritual Enterprise: Building Your Business In the Spirit of Service, by Lawrence Miller, which talks about the spiritual principles that lie behind all successful business organizations. Specifically, Miller links the following principles with successful corporate practices: • honesty and trustworthiness • the spirit of service • justice … Continue reading
In terms of trust in business, the “soft” stuff is the hard stuff. Trusting relationships increase profitability, boost market value, add competitive advantage, lower costs, and provide efficiencies. Creating bonds of trust leads to higher morale, lower turnover, and improved productivity. Partnerships based on trust provide the greatest value at the lowest cost. Trust need … Continue reading
After contemplating Gregg Braden’s work in The Divine Matrix, I thought of another groundbreaking work in the New Sciences that was published last year. The Biology of Belief, by renowned cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton, showed that genes do not control our behavior, instead, genes are turned on and off by influences outside the cell, … Continue reading
I attended the Celebrate Your Life! Conference in Chicago over the weekend and heard a fascinating presentation by Gregg Braden, the New York Times best-selling author (The God Code, Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer) and former senior aerospace computer systems designer who explores the bridging of science and spirituality. In Gregg’s latest book, … Continue reading