Monday, April 27, 2009

The economy of the World

All over the world people have had a terrible wake up call. Greed & Destruction have taken over Capitalism and the results when the house of cards fell was the shot heard around the world.
While it will take several years for us to get back the wealth we lost in the Worldwide Financial Collapse, some will never get back what they lost.
Recently the Research company McKinsey took a survey of executives across the world and the results were that 25% felt things would get better by the end of June and 35% felt it would be in December. Now this does not mean we will return to where we were prior to the collapse but that we will be heading back in the right direction, banks will be lending more, and employment will improve. Some people will not return to work at the job they  were last employed at.
We are also experiencing what is referred to as a paradigm shift. This means that the entire system has shifted. As an example when the Auto was invented, many were fired from jobs making buggy whips because not as many horses were around compared to Autos. Worldwide production of Buggy Whips is probably less than 5% of what it was in 1880 as a percentage of the population.
I am seeing a positive trend in Social Capitalism which is similar to Social Enterpreneuring. In both cases the leadership is not merely interested in financial profit but also in ecology, social improvement, and conservation of natural resources.
One such group is INSE. That is International Network of Social Entrepreneurs and it is led by an amazing man - Christophe Poizat of France

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Peace on Earth by 2027

I was in my 3rd class of Project Management when the idea hit me for the Peace Project. It was one of those things that just takes over your mind and you want to write it down before you forget it. So first I asked what does the whole world understand in all languages? I decided that almost every tribe and/or country had some sort of game where a goal was incorporated.
So the next thought was that is why we do not have Peace on Earth because nobody set a time or deadline for delivery. Well I wasn't sure at that point how long it would take so I pondered another question: What stands in the way? I came up with 10 topics and allowed 2 years apiece so that came out to 20 years. I graduated December 2006 so 2007 + 20 = 2027.
For now I will tell you the first 3 barriers to Peace on Earth
#1. Eliminate Domestic Violence - This is hard because many tribes do not see this as a crime.
            I have the theory that all human violence is rooted in DV. So it is like weeds. Run over
            them with the lawn mower and they spread. You have to pull them up by the roots.

#2. Proper Sewage & Clean Water - There are children dying before they are 5 years old
            because they drink and bathe in polluted water. They play in streets that have human
            and animal waste open to be walked in. This is just not acceptable. How can we expect
            people to be civilized when they live like animals. Actually worse than the animals of
            the developed countries.

#3. Univeral Education for all People - Online education can reach anyone and much cheaper 
            than constructing schools all over. Besides what is the point of a school where the
            students need to walk 3 hours one way. With 3 hours of education they would put in
            a 9 hour day.