Category Archives: Leadership

Safe Journey to Freedom

I sit in front of my computer screen. It’s early in the morning, it’s September 12, 2015.  What happened on this day fourteen years ago, the day after the twin towers collapsed, the day North America announced its “war on … Continue reading

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Gorleben Revisited – The Power of Polarity

Gorleben Revisited – The Power of Polarity Nuclear Power, the Renewables Industry, and “Limits to Growth” The Power of Polarity refers to the power which results from delving deeply, very deeply into a subject, having the courage, and persistence of … Continue reading

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Stressed? Depressed? – Be Happy!

Bombarded daily with news of wars, poverty, violence, corruption, financial crisis’ and climate disasters it’s no wonder we can feel depression setting in. But maybe there’s another way of looking at all this news…? The world is going through big … Continue reading

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Relating, the Implicate and the Explicate Order, and Awareness

I will begin by relating to myself, the only one person I know truly, and the filter through which all I see is tinted. Thirteen years ago I left Brazil, and a five year job as an expatriate CEO that … Continue reading

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Freedom of Speech, and Transparency.

The tragedy of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris is fresh in the mind, as are the countless tragedies around the world; that is the Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria, as well as the many civilian lives lost in the … Continue reading

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Energy & Economy: Smoke, Mirrors, …and Power Games

How will you adapt to the rapidly changing developments in energy supply and demand? How does this relate to an already strained international economy? Energy drives our economy, and the burning of fossil fuels is the acknowledged main culprit (See … Continue reading

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Time to get serious…

Roll up your sleeves, unbutton your shirt, loosen your pants, sit down, and do nothing… actively! That’s something I look forward to doing more of this year of 2015. It’s something I started doing about twelve years ago after spending … Continue reading

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Sustainability and Leadership, Some Reflections

A short presentation delivered during a workshop on sustainability and leadership in June 2009 to the European Professional Women’s Network (EPWN).

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Me, Myself and I . . .

So many words have been written of the Ego; the egoist, the egocentric, the destroyer of values . . . what, who, where is this beast? – and how can we recognize him (I’m talking about me here . . … Continue reading

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Of Doors and Carrots . . .

These past several weeks have been very intense; it seems almost as if there is a growing awareness, awareness of the urgency for change, and it’s growing fast. More important than ever to take time out to Stop, Reflect & … Continue reading

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