This is part 1 of a 7-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Read Part 6 Here Read Part 7 Here In The Coming Aristocracy I speak of "mini-factories," which are individuals, teams, partnerships, or small organizations doing things that have traditionally been handled by large … [Read more...]
Part V: 21st Century Leaders Must Think Biologically in 7 Areas
August 3, 2009 by 4 Comments
This is the conclusion of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Read Part IV Here The mothers, fathers, entrepreneurs, social leaders, social entrepreneurs, community leaders and national and world statesmen of the 21st Century need to think biologically. They … [Read more...]
Part IV: Preparing for the Biology Age Through Education
August 2, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part four of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Indeed, the statesmen and social leaders of our generation will face a host of challenges unimagined by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Gandhi, Churchill, or Mother Teresa. Which is why we must be better … [Read more...]
Part III: The Ramifications of Bio-Engineering & Bio-Mathematics
August 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is part three of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here The ideas and developments I highlighted in the last article may all seem impossible, or at least impractical. But listen to Dr. Rodney Brooks, MIT Professor and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. He … [Read more...]
Part II: 8 Sub-Trends in the Shift from the Information Age to the Biology Age
July 31, 2009 by 3 Comments
This is part two of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here There are at least eight sub-trends of the overarching shift from the Information Age to the Biology Age [1]. Each is significant, each is currently increasing its power, and each must be understood by the statesmen and social leaders of our … [Read more...]
Biology: Not a Science Anymore, Part I
July 30, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part one of a five-part article. Subsequent parts will be published daily. On the morning of September 11, 2001, biology stopped being a science. For that matter, so did physics and mathematics, but our focus here is on biology. Historically, the great philosophers and thinkers divided knowledge into four major branches: First, the … [Read more...]
The Calm Before the Storm
July 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
Years ago I moderated a discussion about the writings of John Adams and how much we need to apply today the things he taught more than two centuries ago. One of the participants asked poignantly, “So what do we DO about all this?” Others expressed similar concerns: Theory is okay, but what can really be done to impact society the way the … [Read more...]
Be the Link that Strengthens the Chain
April 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
Today, I'm going to let the words of William George Jordan do the talking. The are taken from his book The Crown of Individuality, published in 1909. "He who, from sheer lack of purpose drifts through life, letting the golden years of his highest hopes glide empty back into the perspective of his past while he fills his ears with the lorelei … [Read more...]
Leadership in a Fourth Turning
April 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In 1997, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe unveiled the book of the century, rather for the coming century entitled, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy –- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny. The Fourth Turning predicted 9/11. It predicted the real estate bubble, the banking bubble, the … [Read more...]
Who Will Save Us?
April 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The old conceptions and methods of leadership are as flawed as they are obsolete. Leadership is the answer to the question, “Who will save us?” In the past, weʼve given our rights to kings and rulers in the hopes that they would take care of us. Our hopes were dashed by tyranny. Weʼve looked to the church to rescue us. The oppression of the Dark … [Read more...]
