There's a new movement emerging of people who are no longer content with the old model that pits doing good in the world against making a decent income. Social enterprise is about a new option: doing well (financially) by doing good in the world. Are you an accidental social entrepreneur?

Omnimity is a  new social collaboration tool that helps bridge the gaps between existing social media tools. I took a little time to chat with Brian Assam, the force behind this developing project. Here’s what he had to say about where the idea for Omnimity came from where he’s hoping it will go: 1. It[.....]

One of my favourite things to do is sit in a cafe reading a good book with a friend who's also reading. There are those great little moments when you read something interesting and say "hey, listen to this..." So, I thought: why not do that virtually with Twitter. Over the week, I'll be sending out tweets as I'm reading Incognito: the secret lives of the brain by David Eagleman.

I saw an interesting TED talk last night by Simon Sinek. He was talking about inspirational leadership.

The basic concept is what he calls the Golden Circle. In the center is "why," the next ring out is "how," and the outer ring is "what." "What" is what you do - your service or product offerings. "How" is how you differentiate yourself from others. How you do what you do that's different and valuable. The key is why you do it - the purpose behind the whole enterprise.

There are some ideas that you just have to savour like hard toffee. Lately, I’ve been sucking on strange attractors. Attractors are all about complex systems. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that complex systems are all about attractors.

Simple systems usually settle on a single final resting state – tumbling rocks find the lowest point, friction eventually stops a coasting car, and people in Texas will vote for the biggest liar. But complex systems are more, well… complex. Here are a couple different websites that demonstrate the idea with some mesmerizing videos.

In Presence, Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers look at what it takes for profound change to happen. While they come out the topic from the perspective of large organizations and systems, what they find seems directly relevant to the work that many of us are doing - trying to find our way in non-traditional career paths, making meaning while making a living.