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But It’s Impossible! Do It ANYWAY!

By Charlene NormanJanuary 10, 2026Change your thinking, continuous improvement, good stewardship; lasting impact, humanity, leadership, not business as usual, sustainability

What Actually Works for Systemic Change. Part Two of the Look Back; Look forward series

It’s Supposed to Feel Impossible

By Charlene NormanJanuary 3, 2026continuous improvement, good stewardship; lasting impact, humanity, leadership, not business as usual, transformation

Looking back to look forward. A new three part series begins the new calendar year

The Gift of Pause

By Charlene NormanDecember 21, 2025Business strategy, Business Success, Humanity, LeadershipChange your thinking, good stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, not business as usual

Today, December 21st, the winter solstice arrives. It’s the darkest day of the year, when our ancestors had no choice but to stop. Not because they were lazy or unambitious, but because the world itself demanded it. Short days, long nights, and the simple biological truth that human beings cannot extract indefinitely without breaking. They […]

When Power Becomes a Hollow Shell

By Charlene NormanDecember 6, 2025Change your thinking, compassion, good stewardship; lasting impact, humanity, leadership, not business as usual

Journey Through the Darkness of Collapse. Four part series specifically geared to sustainability professionals, entrepreneurs, changemakers and business leaders struggling to keep positive, hopeful and focussed.

The Gap: Why No One Talks About the Middle

By Charlene NormanNovember 29, 2025Change your thinking, compassion, good stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, messy middle, sustainability, transformation

Journey Through the Darkness of Collapse. New four part series specifically geared to sustainability professionals, entrepreneurs, changemakers and business leaders struggling to keep positive, hopeful and focussed.

Taking Back Control: Building Businesses for the Long Term

By Charlene NormanNovember 22, 2025Change your thinking, good stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, not business as usual, sustainability

The Myth of Market Demands. Taking Back Control

Truck Month Forever: A Most Profitable Con

By Charlene NormanOctober 18, 2025climate action, humanity, leadership, not business as usual, sustainability

The Shame Game: How Marketing Broke North America. Episode Two. Fossil Fuel Feats

Stop Serving, Start Leading

By Charlene NormanOctober 6, 2025Business Success, Humanity, Leadershipgood stewardship; lasting impact, leadership, not business as usual

I had a friendly dust-up this week with an old colleague about a term that, at least to me, feels like fingernails on chalkboards. Servant Leadership. Y’know that lovely, friendly term that means NO leadership! It’s the catchphrase that gets thrown around as if it’s the gold standard we should all aspire to. Here’s what […]