Table for blog May 2021

WHAT CAN I DO TO REFRAME MY BELIEFS?

View myself as a resourceful human, not a human resource

Ditch the economic dogma (i.e., that greed is good and markets are sacrosanct)

Consider “Why not?” before asking “Why?”

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?

End the legal bribery (i.e., disproportionate political donations)

Disperse ownership of the major media

Terminate the legal fiction that corporations are persons

At the tables of public policy, seat common interest rather than special interests

Rebalance the lop-sided laws: stop SLAPPs, prosecute white-collar criminals like blue-collar ones (and not only their organizations), levy fines according to wealth

Internalize the externalities (to ensure the full cost of doing business)

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO REFRAME BELIEFS?

Think “we” beyond “me”

As NGOs, recognize imbalance as our common cause

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMPANIES TO REFRAME BELIEFS?

Privilege quality over quantity

Open governance to all stakeholders

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO REFRAME BELIEFS?

See the world beyond left, right, and center

Favor Gross National Quality

WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO REFRAME OUR BELIEFS?

Recognize the commons apart from private and public property, and the plural sector in general

Spotlight communityship ahead of leadership

Seek playful solutions beyond all these pat answers

WHAT CAN I DO TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?

Confront what’s deplorable (as did Greta “How dare you!” and Geoff “I got the mic”)

Do my part for waste and warming (refuse, reduce, reuse, restore, recycle)

Vote with my wallet: boycott irresponsible enterprise

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?

Target the low-hanging outrages, especially the legal corruption (e.g., intrusive advertising, excessive sugar in foods, pharmaceutical pricing)

Vote with our feet in clever, targeted, and progressive protests

WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?

Eliminate the bogus trade tribunals

Put economic globalization in its place (i.e., the marketplace, out of the public space)

Create a countervailing power to the superpowers

WHAT CAN I DO TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Rebalance myself, then help others do so.

Try something, anything, just to get started. Learn from the mistakes.

After signing the Declaration of our Interdependence, do something else in this table.

Vote to restore and maintain balance, not to exacerbate imbalance.

Create or join a social initiative (Paul Hawken lists over one hundred pages of these).

Support the circular economy and local economies as well as social enterprises.


WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Grow the social economy

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMPANIES TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Become a B Corp (with balanced goals), or a plural form

Welcome CSR 2.0 (i.e., address the cause of problems)

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Consider pluralizing beyond nationalizing and privatizing (i.e., consider plural sector alternatives)

Restore progressive taxation

WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Support PPPPs (Public-Private-Plural-Partnerships) to consolidate activity across the three sectors

Encourage Indigenous development

Build our organizations with engaging management, not lofty leadership

Establish a D21 Assembly of full democracies

WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMPANIES TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?

Fix, quit, or avoid the stock market (find responsible capital)