What Are You Skating Towards?

The British Paralympics – Destination Unknown

Gregor Wolbring is the purest, cheekiest and most prolific commentator I know on issues affecting people with disabilities. Perhaps it's his European origins blended with his Albertan sensibilities as Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.  He does not … Read More

Arthur Wood – A Clauswitzian Interpretation Of Impact Investing

Arthur Wood is the Einstein of social finance. You may not immediately understand everything he says, writes or does but you know he is worth paying attention to. For example, several years ago on a whiteboard in Vancouver he sketched … Read More

Caroline Casey – What Am I Skating Towards? A Global Disability Business Movement

I am in Ireland at Ashoka's massive Change Nation initiative (more on this soon).  One of the organizers is Caroline Casey an Ashoka fellow and force of nature.  Here is Caroline's response to What Are You Skating Towards in 2012?   … Read More

What Are You Skating Towards? The Complete Essay Collection now Available

I am always attracted to unoccupied space. Realms where the dominant culture has not advanced its patriarchal or empire narrative."writes Peter Block in the collection What Are You Skating Towards in 2012? His essay is one of 60 which begins … Read More

Charles Holmes – What Am I Skating Towards? Wish People and Wish Organizations

This is Charles Holmes' response to What are you skating towards in 2012?                                                                                  Wish People and Wish Organizations MY QUESTION FOR 2012: Am I working with wish people and wish organizations? A few days ago I received a touching … Read More

Jacques Dufresne – What Am I Skating Towards? The Hill of Life

Here is Jacques Dufresne's response to What are you skating towards in 2012?                                                                      The Hill of Life MY CONCERN THIS YEAR is … Read More

Lindsay Cant – What Am I Skating Towards? My Own Dog

This is Lindsay Cant's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? My Own Dog THIS YEAR I WOULD LIKE to get my own dog. My family likes dogs. My Dad likes his dog Billy so much I have … Read More

Richard Bridge – What Am I Skating Towards? The Future of the Annapolis Valley

This is Richard Bridge's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? The Future of the Annapolis Valley Despite the exceptionally mild month of December in this part of the world and a rare absence of ice on the … Read More

Cormac Russell – What Am I Skating Towards? Community: The Forgotten Tool of Change

This is Cormac Russell's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Community: The Forgotten Tool of Change OF LATE, the most important lesson to emerge, from what seems to me to be a fledgling renaissance of community life … Read More

Stefan Lorimer – What Am I Skating Towards? Canada’s New Identity

This is Stefan Lorimer's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Canada’s New Identity Respice Nos Exempla — Look to us for Examples — Tournent vers nous pour des Exemples — 希望我們的例子 Multiculturalism isn’t enough to form a … Read More