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"CHANGE HAPPENS DEEP IN THE HIDDEN RECESSES OF THE HUMAN HEART."

I deeply love writing. Podcasting and making videos is cool, but the written word is my passion. Over many years, I’ve penned many blogs, not all published here, about my work, things I’m seeing, reflections.

I hope you enjoy this collection of written works.

 
Another Day in Tamale
Another Day in Tamale

Another day. Another day. Another day. How will you spend this time? What will you do?

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Scott Poynton1 May 2022Comment
Reimagining a different, more humble way to co-create a Regenerative supply chain
Reimagining a different, more humble way to co-create a Regenerative supply chain

Might we dump our proudly held notions of all the good we’re going to inflict on people and just sit with them a while?

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Scott Poynton9 March 2022Comment
Bamnut & My Octopus Teacher Moment
Bamnut & My Octopus Teacher Moment

We come together in life with people and other beings, so often for the briefest of moments. My sense is that if we can be in that moment in a way that lets it shine, it stays with us.

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Scott Poynton7 March 2022Comment
Fusheni's Rope
Fusheni's Rope

You can’t lead a cow with an app.

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Scott Poynton18 February 2022Comment
Welcome The Decade Of Cooperation
Welcome The Decade Of Cooperation

Getting to cooperation must be a critical objective for everyone striving to bring change in the world.

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Scott Poynton13 January 2022Comment
We Need To Speak About Cooperation
We Need To Speak About Cooperation

Getting to cooperation is how we’ll get to change and our task in 2022 and beyond, must be to explore and grow our collective understanding of how we get to cooperation.

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Scott Poynton4 January 2022Comment
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane. A Philosophy For 2022
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane. A Philosophy For 2022

As Leonardo Di Caprio and Jennifer Lawrence implore us to wake up to our existential predicament in their newly released movie “Don’t Look Up,” amid reports that more than half the world’s youth suffer wrenching climate despair, I’m supported by a commitment to keep going.

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Scott Poynton30 December 2021 Comments
Youth climate despair a major challenge for your business
Youth climate despair a major challenge for your business

Business leaders are failing as much as governments but have an opportunity to inspire a generation desperately in need of reasons to be hopeful.

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Scott Poynton30 December 2021Comment
The Ancient and the Boy
The Ancient and the Boy

The Ancients are right. If we can bring them the children, perhaps there is hope yet for humans?

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Scott Poynton25 November 2021 Comments
Stay Angry? President Obama's Poor Advice to the Next Generation
Stay Angry? President Obama's Poor Advice to the Next Generation

Stay angry? Don't reckon, not if our objective is transformation or the well-being of a generation increasingly gripped by despair.

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Scott Poynton9 November 2021Comment
Emma Gallagher: Anchored in Family & Community
Emma Gallagher: Anchored in Family & Community

Sometimes, someone just takes my breath away, has me scratching my head. It’s how I feel whenever I have the privilege of speaking with Emma Gallagher.

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Scott Poynton1 September 2021Comment
Josh Beaumont: Quietening The Mind In Service to Community
Josh Beaumont: Quietening The Mind In Service to Community

Josh Beaumont works for Cricket Victoria as a Club and Competitions Specialist. He’s an inspiring young person who devotes his time to serving his community. Here we speak, in a Scott Poynton Podcast, about his life, his work, the challenges of getting through the pandemic, and what inspires him.

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Scott Poynton23 August 2021Comment
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