Since launching this Medium channel in 2016 it’s been a fun writing adventure. My purpose in life is to support the shift to an economy that works in service of life, so that’s what I write about. However, because the English language, the emergent life-affirming economy and I are all…

How to show up in an emergent system (versus complaining about it and making it worse) — I am learning as I go here, and I notice that Medium is learning, too. That’s the nature of complex, dynamic systems — they adapt in response to feedback. It’s kind of exciting when I think about it. It means that we readers create the conditions for a better reading…

How a reality-based approach highlights the difference — Business is masterful at messaging. Public affairs crews create simple, repeatable, easily understood soundbites. This is often a good thing. Life is complicated — we need help with complexity! But it is a problem when it means elements of complexity are cherry-picked — motivated by profit — to influence behaviours…

It’s 4.7 — Modern humans: literate on stuff, semi-literate on life Back when we modern humans* were cosmically young and immature, toddling into the early stages of perceiving a world beyond industrial captivity, we mostly thought in integers. Whole, simple, easy-to-remember numbers gained ground as attractive “answers”. And so the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything being pronounced as 42…

Reminder that weekly accountability updates continue, free, straight to your inbox (if you’re signed up) — This is a friendly reminder that my weekly accountability practice, in which I highlight what I’m up to along the unmarked trail to #IndustrialHealing, has migrated to my (always free) newsletter mailing list. Make sure you’re signed up! You can view the most recent one, with updates on the Matereal…

A final weekly update on Medium… — Welcome to the ***last*** Medium version of my weekly accountability practice highlighting what I’m up to along the unmarked trail to #IndustrialHealing. This weekly update will now go to my (always free) newsletter mailing list so please make sure you’re signed up here*! Greetings! Here comes a recap of the…

Pouring pints, pondering, podcasting, decomplexifying — Welcome to the latest Medium Short, a weekly accountability practice highlighting what I’m up to along the unmarked trail to #IndustrialHealing. Quick heads up: this weekly update will soon only go to my (always free) newsletter mailing list so please make sure you’re signed up here*! I sometimes joke that…

A week of giving voice to problems, learning, and listening for solutions — Welcome to the latest Medium Short, a weekly accountability practice highlighting what I’m up to along the unmarked trail to #IndustrialHealing. I arrived on Manitoulin Island after a long bus trip yesterday. I’m here for a mix of family visiting and pitching in at Split Rail since it was so…

On the importance of knowing what we’re trying to change — Marketing folks talk about five stages of awareness in order to improve sales: problem-unaware, problem-aware, solution-aware, product-aware, and most aware.* This framing helps prioritize marketing efforts. But what happens if the seller doesn’t understand the problem they propose to solve? When it comes…