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Posts by Patrick Andrews
As a general rule, ownership brings responsibility. If you own a car that pollutes, or a dog that injures another creature, you can be fined or go to jail. Even owning a t-shirt or
“Lack of responsibility”, “lack of connection”, “top down” “individual agenda”, “suppression, keeping things in” “anxiety” “slavery”.
December 17, 2019
I just returned from Lisbon, where I attended a workshop run by K2K Emocionando, a company based in the Basque region of Spain. Over the last 12 years K2K has, they claim,
December 17, 2019
December 17, 2019
There’s nothing in principle wrong with voting, so long as you recognise its limitations. Voting can be an effective way of gauging how a group feels about a particular matter at a point of time.
Purpose is a popular theme amongst business gurus, consultants and strategists these days. Business magazine Forbes publishes articles that urge its readers to make purpose “a pivotal part of your business strategy”. Motivational speaker Simon Sinek tells…
“Can I play Fortnite?”. This is how my son usually greets me upon his return from school each day. After a day of sitting and listening to his teachers droning on, his main desire is to go online, meet up with his friends ...
"We want to see flourishing lives on a flourishing planet.” This was the heartfelt desire expressed by one group of participants in an event we hosted in Bristol in June this year. It is surely something that any human being would echo.
The Human Organising Co has come into being at a time when large-scale human political, economic and social systems are in crisis, struggling to cope with the speed and complexity of life and becoming increasingly disconnected from the true…
March 30, 2017
Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, that time in the year when the nights are longest and the days are coldest.
December 30, 2016
September 9, 2018
Sometimes, I forget I am an animal. Carried away with my ability to think, to calculate and analyse, to plan and strategise,
November 30, 2016
Here's a fascinating article about Handelsbanken, the Swedish bank that has over 200 branches in the UK and is the fastest …
November 29, 2016
It is a rare thing to hear a Conservative prime minister call for more responsible capitalism. Theresa …
November 2, 2016
For years I have been working in the field of organisational structures, driven by a fascination with how business is organised,
February 23, 2016
Here's a nice TED talk by former captain of a US nuclear submarine.
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxScottAFB-
David-Marquet-How Some quotes: when he was first given command, he had "a crew trained for compliance and a captain trained for a different submarine." So "we
stopped giving orders...I had no list of what anyone on that submarine
March 2, 2016
June 3, 2016
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