Community is the center of living. All life is local . Thursday, February 18, 2010. chaotic finances for lower government entities. I would be interested to know what contingency plans are in place. My guess is that rather little has been done yet to address this area of concern. I hope I am wrong. Friday, April 25, 2008.

Conflict does all sorts of damage. most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . Thursday, May 1, 2008. The violence in Somalia seems to go on and on and on. Why is this? This is what has been successful in Somaliland. This is what Michael Van Notten showed me when I was working in the area some years ago. Monday, April 7, 2008.

A key part of any management information system. Should be far more useful than it is. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The value of investments may be based on reality or on a rigged unreality. For most of the past 40 years a rigged unreality has made America look as if it was prospering, when in reality, all that was going on was that wealth once owned by one set of people was being moved to another set of people. But America has huge potential once the financial rigging is eliminat.

Migration is driven by socio-economic factors more than anything else. Mass migration starts when conditions are bad. Sunday, April 13, 2008. Migration is as old as history . but while travel is made much easier by virtue of technology . movement is more and more constrained by government. In New York in 2003. Value Adding and Value Destruction.

The really great business stories have all delivered social benefit. Without social business, civilized society is doomed. Saturday, April 26, 2008. Dr Yunus and Social Business. The CIA system has the potential for universal application as a means for the public to start holding economic entities accountable for their impact on society . with CIA the public can now be heard as a stakeholder that matters. Observations about this are welcomed. Monday, April 7, 2008.

Tr-Ac-Net on Value Adding and Value Destruction. Corporate accountancy sees value adding from the corporate perspective. Social benefit accountancy sees it from the societal perspective. Sunday, April 13, 2008. Identifying Value Adding and Value Destruction. The identification of value adding and value destruction is second nature to experienced accountants . and stock analysts do this work to help value stocks. Saturday, December 22, 2007. Value Adding and Value Destruction.

A key sector for improving society and the quality of life. Friday, April 4, 2008. On performance metrics in the philantrhopy sector. I attended the OnPhilanthropy Summit in New York last month . Subsequently I wrote this note to one of the organizers in an attempt to alert to the critical need for the philantrhopy sector to improve its metrics about performance. The OnPhilantrhopy Summit was a great day . and I learned a lot. And to push as hard as I can to get various modu.