What have values to do with energy and power?
Power that is not harnessed by wisdom and order is destructive energy. Continue Reading
Capital
Blockchain exchange of values
We can be sure right now that blockchain technology will significantly impact the way we live. But that doesn’t mean it will change everything. My goal for this post is to show that some changes commonly attributed to the blockchain… Continue Reading
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
Subsidies are contrary to circular economy principles
Value chains in organizations can be understood metaphorically as micro power plants that generate energy (value creation) from consumed inputs ( capitals ). Value chains are constructed to add value by producing a slightly greater output value than the sum… 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
Risk Management and Integrated Reporting
In organisational risk assessment, financial risk assessment (and financial risk management) comes first, followed by occupational injury risk prevention and physical security risk assessment and risk management, especially for properties and facilities that are more vulnerable to a crime or… 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
How “neoliberalism” unmasks totalitarians
I was not only surprised but equally appalled by the fact that it has become commonplace to think of neoliberalism as a phenomenon that has nothing in common with liberalism. How is it that many of those who consider themselves… Continue Reading
An integrated model for societal exchange
There are two triggers for this post: The first comes from the straw man argument against capitalism as a system that assumes humans are homo economicus. This post will show that homo economicus and its rationality can be embedded in… Continue Reading
Borders of the EU diplomacy
Introduction / background My views on EU central ideology and the future of the EU are quite apart from EU mainstream political jargon. So my introduction should be understood as an apology of an untamed freshman in international diplomacy (though… Continue Reading