The Future Speaks

“Again and again some people in the crowd wake up. They have no ground in the crowd and they emerge according to broader laws. They carry strange customs with them, and demand room for bold gestures. The future speaks ruthlessly through them.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

Where Lies Meaning?

“Meaning doesn’t lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we attach value to things that aren’t love – the money, the career, the prestige – we are loving things that can’t love us back. We are searching for meaning in the meaningless. Material things, of themselves, mean nothing. It’s not that they’re bad. It’s that they’re nothing.”

Marianne Williamson

No One Had A Plan For The Industrial Revolution

“No one had a plan for the Industrial Revolution. No ministry was put in charge. No single business led the way. Instead, countless acts of initiative and daring created a critical mass of unstoppable changes. The Industrial Age was not planned but innovated. The next age will be no different.”

Peter Senge – “The Necessary Revolution”

h/t Charlotte Millar

Winning The Story Wars

Breakthrough Capitalism – My Talk

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at the Breakthrough Capitalism Forum, and it was filmed..

Philanthropy Isn’t Revolution, It Is Risk Management

This is an incredible and insightful piece on the power=play and decisions made in foundation philanthropy. An absolute must-read for those interested in social change strategy.

“Philanthropy and the organizations it funds are what they are.  They are not in the revolution business.  They are in risk management.”

Curtis White

Less Blogging Ahead

Folks,

I’ve decided to pause my daily blogs – you might have already noticed less focus on them over the past couple of months as other parts of my life take priority. I’ll still be writing and linking here, though less frequently.

Thanks for reading,

C

Link Loving 05.06.12

• The Australian Labour Party introduces primaries. Will Straw.
• The silent protest of Chinese activists. Monse Sepulveda.
• Welcome to the Museum of Endangered Sounds.

Link Loving 04.06.12

• Campaign Tips From Cicero. Quintus Tullius Cicero and James Carville. h/t Ingrid Warner.
• Why we need a theory of social change. Alex Wood.
• Is the specter of the Arab Spring haunting Ethiopia? Alemayehu Fentaw.

Meryl Streep’s Wisdom

One final Commencement address – this from Meryl Streep. A whirlwind of humour and insight to an all-women university.

Lots of juicy stuff on gender in here.