A PR publicist tweets out something offensive and the entire world of Twitter knows about it five seconds later. She is then “out of pocket” and finally gets “back into the game,” when she sees that the world has exploded and attempts to digitally erase her offense as well as Read more…
What is the most perfect gift that you can give? During the holiday season, particularly around Christmas, the societal stress level in the West, increases as people pursue purchasing the “perfect gift.” The inherent, human tendency to have “stuff,” pushed by marketers, advertisers and other consumers, is hyped through Black Friday Read more…
What kind of guy was Ebenezer Scrooge? The character, created by Charles Dickens, was a conglomeration of many things, but was perhaps originally intended as a critique against Adam Smith economic theory. The ideas of poverty and lack put forth by Thomas Malthus may also have influenced Dickens’ creation of Read more…
In an abundance economy, built on trust, generosity and collaboration, the real tragedy of the commons is those who choose to participate selfishly, and in essence destroy the very thing that they are building in the first place. Jasmine Starr’s recent issues in the blogging world are one example. So Read more…
The values of the abundance economy are as follows: Honesty Transparency Clarity Motivation Courage Self-Awareness Focus Discipline How many of those are you in conflict with yourself over? How many of those did you just read and think “I have trouble with that one, that one, that one?” Or, did Read more…
What is the difference between cooperating on a project and collaborating on an initiative? Over the last two weeks, we’ve covered the first two legs of the abundance economy, built online, and of the future, for the purposes of understanding what our leverage points will be to accomplish entrepreneurial goals. Read more…
In an abundance economy, there is one polluting element that is produced. It’s more toxic than carbon dioxide and more damaging to the environment than the plastic bag island floating out somewhere in the Pacific. It’s more damaging to the body politic than a disease epidemic. It corrodes and destroys Read more…
Already acquired wealth generates abundance, right? It follows then, that from wealth a person, organization–or, even an invention or an idea–can spread more quickly, and the people promoting it can decide to be generous or greedy, based upon market forces, government regulation and personal preference. Right? But, what if everybody Read more…