Shared Values: Gyroscope Stability at the Edge of Chaos

Local Visionary, Values

“If I don’t like her, I’m sending her back to your mom the next minute!” Yikes! I’d never seen my usually mild-mannered grandma so vehement! Yet who could blame her? Her strength was ebbing. She needed extra care. But that’s what made her so vulnerable. As vigilant as...

Recognizing Servant-Leaders – Not Drum Majors

Hard Place, Values

It was only after the rice ran out that the British soldier noticed her again. Her tiny face crumpled as it dawned on her that she would get no food that day. Even in the emaciated crowd, she was smaller and thinner than the rest, easily pushed aside as stronger ones...

EPCON 2011: Better Together; Tweeters Respond to Haskell’s Keynote

A Dream, Accompany, Africa, Equip, Hard Place, Invest, Local Visionary, Middle East, Network, Recognize, SE Asia, Values

A simple, yet powerful formula.  Innovative Social Entrepreneurs + Committed Social Investors = Synergy on Social Dilemmas See what people are blogging and tweeting about EPCON 2011:EPCON 2011: How to Solve the World’s Biggest Problems My View: Solving...

New Dreams in Harder Places

A Dream, Hard Place, Values

Bludgeons.  Tear gas.  Water cannon.  Live ammunition.  Upheaval is rocking the Middle East. We tracked the action on-line while on assignment in Southeast Asia.  A photo-journalist who’d covered our dreamers in Beirut was man-handled in Cairo’s alleys.  Our Egyptian...

Hard Places – Staying In, Not Escaping Out

Accompany, Buffer, Values

I did a double-take as the fire and twisted metal flashed across our TV screen.  Breaking headlines scrolled: “Assassination bombing in Beirut suburbs.”  While I finished packing, David text-messaged our friends in Beirut, “We’re still coming tonight; any advice?” En...

Accompany – Simple, Yet Profound, Acts

A Dream, Accompany, Values

The stunned eyes of a ten-year-old confirmed it – mercy triumphs over judgment. On this last day of the summer camp, fifty kids from every conflicted corner of Lebanon were having the time of their lives together.  I was in private consultation with Melhem, founder of...