mena+socialgood - changing the way the world works
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Changing the way the world works
“Tradition is the illusion of permanence”
Woody Allen
A business exists not to
amass money but to
create value Richard Cantillon
“Do what true entrepreneurs do: Figure out the best conceivable
option and then make it available.”
Jon Burgstone
Geography Is
HistoryLiam Casey
The winners won’t just be those with more I.Q.
It will also be those with more Passion and
CuriosityThomas Friedman
The Irish – Cultural Middleware
The Irish - Intellect and imagination“The Irish mind remained
free of the linear centralised logic of the Greco Roman culture which dominated
Western Europe”Kearney
“two thinks at a time” James Joyce
EmpathyEmpathy is the experience of
understanding another person's condition from
their perspective.
Frans de Waal, The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons For A Kinder Society
PlayThe craic is an essentially Irish form of enjoyment. It embraces friendliness and hospitality, good conversation, music, dancing, the lively telling of jokes and stories, and the recitation of poetry. Above all, it is about people coming together. – National Museum of AustraliaBusinesses are social organisations and not solely built around economic output.
Story tellingHuman brain receives 14m bits of information per second, but can process consciously only 16 bits per second – John Gray, Straw DogsMost of our thinking is done unconsciously or emotionally – we create narratives to shape our worlds Two native tonguesIrish - a story telling, wild, graphic old languageEnglish the other a structured object orientated trading language - the world’s No. 1
The Irish – Cultural MiddlewareChanging the way the world works