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Hoe duurzaam is MUD Jeans?
EN WAT HEEFT DAT TE MAKEN MET SHEA BOTER? Enkele jaren geleden heb ik een MUD Jeans spijkerbroek gekocht. Omdat het concept me aansprak ben ik voor één keer afgeweken van mijn favoriete Levi’s 501. Wat is het concept dat … Continue reading
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Tagged action learning, africa, business, Chocolate, Conscious business, corporate social responsibility, Cosmetics, Dagomba, Dagomba culture, Dagomba tradition, Dagomba tribe, Decent work and economic growth, Dipaliya Womens Association, Ethical Sourcing, Fairchain trade, Gender Equality, Good health and wellbeing, handcraft, leap into life, Living wage, MVO, Natural Cosmetics, Natural skin care, poverty, Reduced inequalities, Responsible consumption and production, SDG1, SDG10, SDG11, SDG12, SDG2, SDG3, SDG5, SDG8, Shea, Sheabutter, Social Entrepreneurship. SocEnt, Sustainable cities and communities, Toontibo, trade, Trading, Zero hunger
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Abandoning pesticides – a harsh reality
With ATMA Ghana, Umar and Alain have initiated organic farming in 3 communities in Ghana Northern Region. We started these projects because the farmers came to us saying they didn’t want to use the chemicals anymore, but didn’t know how … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, agriculture, Business, Climate & Climate Change, Dagomba tribe, foodsecurity, Ghana, Uncategorized, Value Based Economy
Tagged action learning, agriculture, business, business development, change, chemical farming, chemical pesticides, community development, community farming, Dagomba tribe, developmental aid, earth, Farming, food security, Ghana, international trade, leap into life, nature, Nature preservation, Organic farming, organic pesticides, pesticides, poverty, SDGs, Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability, Value Based Economy
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React – Respond
Why reflection is a crucial part of Action Learning I am of the generation that experienced the introduction of the computer, mobile phone, email and social media. My Master’s thesis on Ahold as a Learning Organization was written on my … Continue reading
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Tagged action learning, Adaptibility, Basic Goodness, buddhism, business, change, change management, collaboration, Communication, Competence, Complex Problem Solving, Comppetency, consciousness, consultancy, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Curiousity, e-HRM, Emotional Intelligence, feedback, HRM, Initiative, innovation, leadership, leadership development, learning, People Management, Problem Solving, React-Respond, reflection, Service Orientation, Shambhala Buddhism, Social Awareness, Social Media, technology, World Economic Forum
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Leap into Life – a new business model for a Sharing Economy
Based on traditional values of the Dagomba tribe in Ghana Northern Region and 21st century Holistic principles we are developing a Sharing Economy called Leap into Life. The last 2 years we have been working from grass root level in … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Business, Dagomba tribe, leap into life, meshworks, sharing economy, Social Entrepreneurship, Spiral Dynamics integral, Theory U
Tagged action learning, business, Chaordic design, community development, Community Leadership, economy, entrepreneurship, finance, foodsecurity, Ghana, global warming, Inclusive Development, informal economy, innovation, leadership, leadership development, leap into life, Meshweaving, Meshwork, Organic farming, Organizational Development, poverty, sharing economy, Sheabutter, SocEnt, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral, team, Team Leadrship, the Netherlands, Theory U, trade, tradition, tribe
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Leap into Life – What is a MeshWORKS foundation?
In this post I will share an article written by Dr. Don Edward Beck, the founding father of the global Centers for Human Emergence, including CHE-NL. Dr. Beck has been, and still is, a great teacher and wise mentor to … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, Alain Volz, Atma, business, business development, Center for Human Emergence, CHE-NL, community development, Dagomba Family Sharing, Dagomba tribe, Dipaliya Womens Association, don beck, foundation, Ghana, leadership, leadership development, leap into life, Leap Into Life foundation, Meshweaver, Meshweaving, Meshwork, Meshworking, meshworks, MeshWORKS foundation, Nelson Mandela, Philanthropy, sharing economy, SocEnt, social change, Social Economy System, Social Entrepreneurship, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral
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Leap into Life – Dipaliya
Story of an emerging Social Economy that combines tradition with innovation To boldly go where no man has ever gone before … In this article I will describe the journey Umar Mohammed and I are travelling as Leap into Life … Continue reading
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Leap into Life – activities and progress in the Dipaliya Meshwork
Dear friends of Dipaliya, This month or early next month we expect to hear from Tallberg about our nomination for the Tallberg Global Leadership Prize 2015. Meanwhile we like to give an update on our progress. In Tamale, Ghana, over … Continue reading
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Are you chicken?
How EU subsidies damage local farmers in Ghana Saturday April 18th of this year the Dutch Democratic Party (D66) held its 101st national conference. With the national committee for Social Innovation and Gender Equality (of which I am secretary) we … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Business, EU policy, European Union, Ghana, Trade
Tagged africa, agriculture, Alain Volz, Atma, bottom of the pyramid, business, business development, Chicken, chicken farm, D66, development, developmental aid, economy, EU Parliament, EU policy, European Union, Gerben Jan Gerbrandy, Ghana, Global economy, international trade, Poultry, poverty, Subsidy, Tamale, trade
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Failing states – not a local issue
Current economy is so intertwined on a global scale, that local conflicts have direct impact on global peace and economy. An unstable state is not just a local issue anymore. Some personal observations based on Fragile State Index by the … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, brain drain, business, community, country, demography, earth, economic decline, economy, external intervention, factionalized elites, fragile, fragile states index, fund for peace, group grievance, human being, human rights, instability, life, oil, peace, politics, poverty, refugees, risk, risk management, security apparatus, social science, society, state legitimacy, sustainability, ublic services, une en economic de elopment, United Nations, world order, world stability
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Is capitalism dying?
Jeremy Rifkin – President of the Foundation on Economic Trends: “While I suspect that capitalism will remain part of the social schema for at least the next half century or so, I doubt that it will be the dominant economic … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, biomimetics, biomimicry, business, business development, business spirituality, capitalism, change, change dynamics, change management, circular economy, Clare Graves, climate, community, community development, Conscious business, consciousness, corporate social responsibility, CSR, don beck, earth, economy, education, ethics, foodsecurity, freedom, healthcare, hope, Jeremy Rifkin, leadership, leadership development, management, management development, money, nature, Otto Scharmer, self knowledge, sensemaking, social economy, socialism, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral, spirituality, sustainability, Theory U, Trust, values, wisdom, worldeconomy, worldview
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