Cooking up change

I think there are three ingredients in the delicious cake that is a just world.

• Foolishness

• Wisdom

• Courage

The recipe is simple: We need these in equal measure, but add them in the correct order.

• Start with foolishness. Dare to dream of what could be, and spend time in that future.

• Add an equal measure of wisdom. Recognise your resources and context. Recognise competing future visions. And understand what it will cost to attempt to make the dream a reality.

• Drizzle with a healthy amount of courage. A good plan, well executed is better than a perfect plan, never executed. And it takes courage to acknowledge the foolishness, the cost, and to step out into action.

The secret ingredient in this all, is feedback. Serve the cake, and find out how it tastes. Share it with the world. And then make another.

Go bake a cake.

Disconnected conversations

How many unheard stories are out there in the world of how a broken capitalist approach to property has broken people, families and communities.

How many dreams, just like your, have gone unshared of how things could be better in your country.

How many conversations, just like ours, happen in your city every week.

How many people, just like us, living in your neighbourhood, wishing, willing and working a new way of living into being.

As always, its the connection between stories, dreams, conversations and people that matters and makes the difference.