by GentleWays | Oct 12, 2019 | Good News
A recent report, The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World, showed that for cities in North America, Europe and Oceania, consumption-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are larger than sector-based emissions, in some cases three times larger. According to the...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
I used to drive by the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Québec (Canada) on my way to work. And every day, the same fleeting question would cross my mind. What makes a civilization? One night, I found myself wondering about civilized leadership. What is Civilized...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
There was a time when I used the image of lighthouse to symbolize leadership. It represented clarity, visibility, guidance. However, some of the other implicit messages associated with the symbol no longer reflect my notion of leadership. To me, leadership is not “out...
by GentleWays | Oct 8, 2019 | Leadership
Many years ago I published an article on seduction as leadership competency. I argued and presented some evidence that, everything being equal, leaders who use “seduction” have greater prospects for advancement than those who do not. I defined seduction as the...
by GentleWays | Sep 26, 2019 | Travel
According to an article by Steve Westlake, a Ph.D researcher in environmental leadership, the wealthiest 10 per cent of the global population are responsible for 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and part of that is due to flying. The report indicates that in...
