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Moving towards a Value Based Economy
How we apply systemic change in a traditional community, breaking the chains of poverty. Continue reading
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Tagged action learning, Basic Income, bottom of the pyramid, business development, change, change management, circular economy, climate change, community, community development, Conscious Company, Dagomba tribe, Dagomba values, decision making, Dipaliya Womens Association, Doghnut Economy, Experential Learning, fair chain, fair trade, finance, Financial Illiteracy, funding, gender, gender equity, Ghana, holistic development, human rights, Illiteracy, innovation, Karite, leadership, leadership development, leap into life, Organic, Organic farming, poverty, SDGs, SGD, Shea, Sheabutter, Sheanut, SocEnt, Social Entrepreneurship, Social innovation, Social Technology, Spiral Dynamics integral, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, systemic change, Systems Dynamics, team, Teamwork, Theory U, tradition, Traditional Leadership, Tribal Leadership, tribe, United Nations, West-Africa, Wisdom of the Crowd, Women Empowerment, World Bank
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Omgaan met complexe vraagstukken – van óf-óf naar én-én
Er zijn verschillende werkelijkheden die tegelijk bestaan en elkaar soms lijken tegen te spreken. Om dát te kunnen beslechten, zijn oplossingen nodig die deze verschillende werkelijkheden omarmen en verbinden. Continue reading
Posted in action learning, Africa, leadership development, leap into life, learning, management development, meshworks, Social Entrepreneurship, Spiral Dynamics integral, Theory U, Uncategorized, Value Based Economy
Tagged action learning, africa, business development, capacity building, change, change management, community development, consciousness, education, Ghana, integral approach, leadership, leadership development, leap into life, management, personal development, poverty, professional development, SocEnt, Social Entrepreneurship, society, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral, Value Based Economy
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Why it is unwise to discuss climate change
and why it is wise to act like it is real and caused by human behavior Climate change is a popular topic in a sense that is currently is under a lot of attention. It is also a topic on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate & Climate Change, leap into life, politics, sharing economy, Social Entrepreneurship, Spiral Dynamics integral, Theory U
Tagged action learning, change, circular economy, climate, climate change, Conscious business, consciousness, earth, foodsecurity, global warming, Hunger, innovation, leadership, leap into life, life, Migration, politics, poverty, religion, SDG, SDGs, SocEnt, Social Entrepreneurship, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral, sustainability, system dynamics, transformation, War
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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
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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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License to kill
Introducing Organic Farming in Ghana, Northern Region. During my first visit to Ghana I saw, traveling through rural Northern Region, many pieces of land burning. In my naivety I asked if the burning was because of drought. I then learned … Continue reading
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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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What can we learn from tradition and conflict?
This article is an English translation of an article previously published in Dutch on July 2nd 2016. With special thanks to Michiel Doorn who helped me with the translation. Those that know me are aware that, already for five years, … Continue reading
Posted in Dagomba tribe, Ghana, Spiral Dynamics integral, Spirituality & Religion
Tagged Al Quaida, Alain Volz, Boko Haram, buddhism, Center for Human Emergence, community development, consciousness, consciousness development, Daesh, Dagomba, Dagomba tribe, Dagomba values, don beck, Geert Wilders, hinduism, Isis, Islam, Judaism, leadership, Muslim, politics, religion, Societal Development, spiral dynamics, Spiral Dynamics integral, spirituality, sufism, Taoism
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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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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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