Afghanistan: how did it get to this point?The short message: After nearly twenty years of the latest round of international assistance to Afghanistan, the country has advanced in…Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
How not to crash whilst Zoom-ing your way through Covid-19Although my freelance consulting pipeline has withered due to C-19, there are some activities continuing online for which I am grateful…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Does Scale Matter?Yes, it does, because the question is how will all the 9 billion people in the world of 2030 obtain safe, good food? The scale of that…Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
Too hot to think straight?This article makes the obvious point that after a certain point on the thermometer scale, life is no longer uncomfortable, or unbearable…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Why do we find difference — so easily; yet find it hard to see what is in common?In this little world that we know is so small, we tend to spot the differences between ‘me and you’ which quickly becomes ‘us and them’…Dec 15, 2018Dec 15, 2018
Ergo, therefore I trySon, Sam, has been erging for a while now. He used to sit in the kitchen in Islip sharing his latest PB, daring to trust me with possible…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
I’m struggling today.I’m struggling today because last week I stood with some little Congolese children suffering from kwashiorkor; bellies swollen, skin slack…Oct 16, 20161Oct 16, 20161
Living and learning with good folk29–30 December 2015, Prek Thout Village, Kampot Province.Jul 24, 2016Jul 24, 2016
Impact investing — any progress?A final carry-over from my old blog, from April 2014: “Today, it was good to discover a world with Paul Polak in it. Thanks to the BFP I…Jul 18, 2016Jul 18, 2016