Les Mottosky

Western society has blown past 'crisis' and is resting solidly in 'emergency'. Much of this is the result of an approach to education designed to turn-out compliant personalities merely prepared to serve industrial-era needs.

Words matter. They really matter. And the specific meaning behind the words matter even more. Few have successfully defined consciousness in clear language that a 10 year old can understand and apply.

The one direction that determines outward progress, requires a 180. To adjust course, respond to changes and adapt in a shifting world, we have to go in. Constantly.

It's not the drugs that get us high, they just facilitate the concentration of feel good chemicals already within us so we can experience them in a new way.

Yesterday's experience is useful. But it can become today's blind spot. What worked before may no longer work.

Organizations are equipped to develop strategy. They can describe where they want to go, identify attractive opportunities and produce an ambitious plan. The trouble begins once the strategy is approved.

We're losing the rhythm our biology expects. Our ancestors experienced intense stress like storms, predators and famine. But those events ended. Modern humans are enduring continuous, low-grade uncertainty.

A motto doesn't make the work lighter. But it gives us a reliable place to put our hands.