On May 16, over 5,000 people from around the world (leaders, advocates, policymakers, journalists, and researchers) will descend upon Copenhagen for the fourth Women Deliver conference. In the world of international development, any conference that includes thousands of people, no matter how interesting or important the focus, is likely to receive some degree of criticism –ranging from questions about usefulness, cost, and objectives to outright eye rolling. But there are times when a … [Read more...]
“Her Goals, Her Future”, Sustainable Development Goals
What Is A Community of Purpose and Why Do YOU Need One?, Irene Becker
What Is A Community of Purpose and Why Do YOU Need One? Purpose is the only sustainable way to create value. Purpose also makes and sustains profit because it is the only true driver of our greatest potential. What is a Community of Purpose? Whether you want to build a happy life, a successful enterprise, small business or professional practice; YOU need a community of purpose. Your community of purpose can be a small group or team, it can be a few people or just … [Read more...]
EVE REVERE: Systemic Dissipative Structure
Systemic Dissipative Structure ______________________________________________ We live in a culture that commends that we get as much as we can and give as little as we can. Yet, life is characterized by flow. This motto, about getting and giving counters this principle about life as flow. In the book: Order Out of Chaos, Prigogine and Stengers show that dissipative structures, are determinate, when and only when the difference between what flows in and what flows out is … [Read more...]