IDEAS

Communities of Practice/ Interests : Informal gatherings of people who believe in and support an idea sometimes is a more powerful force than established institutions and systems.

Building Ecologies: In the knowledge age, its no longer top down implementations or linking networks. Its building an interdependent and sustainable ecological system.

Social Enterprise: Build Social Capital, Not everything is about Money (Some is good) and Power!

By Projects: Agile, Expository, Incremental & Iterative Management

Multiple Bottom Lines: Clear Goals, Not Short-sighted. And not limited.

Build Relationships and Social Capital: Much can be accomplished if we work together and like each other!

Network Collaborative and Guerrilla Tactics: Project based activities. Organised, not Institutionalised

1+1 = 3 Collaborations: We are Poor in Math, but great on results

80/20 Time Management: Pareto Rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity

The Majority, Niche Markets and The Long Tail. Targetted Marketing Principles. Status quo, Trends and critical mass.

Wisdom Rules, Knowledge is Power, Information is Key, Data is King : Being accurate, concise and precise in the who what when where why and how of doing things.

Middle-Top-Down, Spiral, Chaos: Focused, Planned and Strategic Approaches

Developmental & Incremental: Never Perfect, always making non-stop improvements.

Self-Mastery and Self-Actualisation: Do it for yourself, and let others know through Portfolios, Developing Subject Matter Expert Status.

Closing Vale Chains/Linear Processes into Loops: Collaborative Value chains are Sustainable and For the Long Term. Wastes can become opportunities.

Instil Best Practices, Culture Forming: Motivation through Inspiration and Buy-in (not incentivising with money!)

Sustainable and Scalable: Work smart: build future opportunities and ensure projects run indefinitely.

Strategic, not Reactive: Care in thinking and planning for the long term and for the big picture, not knee-jerk reacting to immediate situations and happenings

Counter-Intuitive Nature of Reality: Science is often weirder than fiction! Don't just to conclusions and rely on cognitive shortcuts. Logic, intuition and instinct can be deceptive.