Responsibility vs. democracy
Responsibility does not come with equality. Continue Reading
Complexity
How a pencil refutes centralized circular economy?
The famous Milton Friedman pencil case concerning the circular economy and integrated reporting is a topic of this post. Milton Friedman’s “pencil case” can be found in his book Free to Choose. A shorter but sufficiently explanatory version can be… Continue Reading
Benefits of circular economy fake trend
The circular economy is not fake; it is a fake trend. Circularity is a necessary feature of life. It becomes a fake trend when vested interests and consultants abuse it. The concept that attracts so much public attention is nothing… Continue Reading
Marketing, PR and Integrated Reporting
Terminology is important. Clarifying the concepts behind important terms has always been a passion of mine. So many conceptual blunders can be found in the so-called social sciences in particular, both in the past and today, and management and communications… Continue Reading
Kitchen logic (1): Holism
I guess we all experience awkward moments from time to time, seeing simple basic truths behind complicated explanations. Buzzwords like “circular economy”, “sharing economy” or “universal basic income” are the most frequent examples. There is an abundance of such buzzwords… Continue Reading
Branding as integration vehicle for IR
Integrated reporting is based on two premises: That organisations behave like living beings (biological premise). That living beings exist holistically (holistic premise). Taken together, these two premises limit the possibilities of organisational philosophy, explanation, design, governance, control, risk management, and… Continue Reading
S-violation as individualization
Individualization and symmetry breaking connected to understand systems better. Continue Reading
Robots cannot de-toil humans
Prophecy of Ayn Rand comes more and more true. Leading industrialists of our era are more and more openly pleading for a future in which an individual would be subordinated to collective. Elon Musk with his prediction about universal basic… Continue Reading
2021 Gift Box
Dear readers, followers, un-followers, non-minders, branders and memologists! I have three important and uniquely designed news for you as a holiday gift: Days are getting longer on the northern hemisphere, shorter on the southern hemisphere. At the same time, on… Continue Reading
Three cardinal misjudgements related to COVID
Misjudgement nr.1 The so-called second wave of COVID disease as a consequence of SARS-COV 19 virus activity is unanimously understood as a crisis. And indeed it is a crisis for our lives are seriously abridged almost all around the world.… Continue Reading