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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Thinking Big Enough?
Apparently VP of Environmental Affairs isn’t thinking big enough or perhaps I filled out the wrong application. Look what I saw on Channel 3 News.
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No Comments » - Posted in Jokes, Musings, Recommend by Matthew Rochte
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
The Great Debate
I am passionate about responsible business practices. Not only have I been actively studying, practicing, teaching, and coaching on it my own businesses for the past 20 years, but these experiences were built on top of a foundation of being raised by a family of responsible business owners for the first 20 years of my [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Conscious Capitalism, Leadership, Readings, Recommend, Sustainability by Matthew Rochte
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Binty
In researching (RED) I came across this excellent little film/story.
Filmmaker Armen Evrensel’s winning film from the (RED) Vision Showcase at the Vail Film Festival. Binty illustrates the (RED) themes: “Be a Good-Looking Samaritan” and “We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For.”
Binty - (RED) Vision Film Competition Winner
Perhaps Spiritual Cinema Circle will pick it [...]
No Comments » - Posted in LiveToExplore, New Finds, Spirituality by Matthew Rochte
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Inspi(RED)
After the umpteen time of seeing an “inspi(RED)” tee shirt I decided to go look into what it was all about. At first I assumed it was a Best Buy thing considering it seemed that everyone I met that worked there was wearing one only to find out that that it was actually a Gap [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Conscious Capitalism, Links, Recommend by Matthew Rochte
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Update to ConversationCircle.com
At long last, after nearly seven years of waiting, I have successfully secured the domain name conversationcircles.com - the more logical domain for a website dedicated to learning about conversation circles. I even confused myself when verbally sharing the link with people. Now I no longer have to worry. Both links will take you there.
In [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Circles, Links, Resources, website by Matthew Rochte
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Gin, Television, and the Cognitive Surplus
This came across my desk today. Fascinating presentation by Clay Shirky about gin, television, and the “cognitive surplus” that he gave at Web 2.0. The transcript can be found here
This really speaks to the new thinking that is and needs to continue to be generated as we awaken from our long sleep. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Concepts, Conscious Capitalism by Matthew Rochte
Monday, April 28th, 2008
Film Review: Millions
Three years ago at the Toronto Film Fest I saw a delightful film called Millions - A magically realism story as only a 7 year old can see it - about ethics, love, being human, and fortune in more ways than one. I just picked it up on dvd and remembered just how charming [...]