I am attending the Authentic Leadership in Action conference in Halifax this week. A thread throughout are the notions of wealth and currency. Below is a poem created while listening to this morning’s debrief after a world cafe discussion…
How the hell did it happen
That money is more important than people
How do we stay so confused
Every day
Trust is the heart of
Exchange
A core
Of investment in future
Sustaining savings
devalue
Poverty for all
Do we perceive ourselves as being poor?
Complexity measures community
Wealthy when intention and reality are one
What drives our actions
Isn’t real
2 of us came to the table
without talking about money at all
Can you make money of money
Culture, class, gender
Are at the heart of the matter
In social transformation
A shifty mood
Where I put my attention
What if I just put trust out there
In the university
In giving my needs will be provided
Wikipedia, linnux, what’s next
When wealth is genuinely exchanged?
Without fear of scarcity
In touch with humanity
Engaging
Together in
Homes and communities
My back hurts
What am I willing to pay?