Good morning.  Kind of stormy here in Santa Barbara...

I am continuing to collect "succinct insights" for our Portal project.  I just wanted to quickly show you a very rich vein of insights that I have discovered, in what is really a "business coaching" web system.  This site is about "organizations" and what it takes to make them successful -- but so much of what is included seems broadly relevant to social change and idealism in general...

For some of us (like me), just looking at this material is really rather humbling.  These people have gathered together a really great list of insights, taken from everywhere.  They have special pages for lots of different themes, and here are just three

• The Power of Diversity:  http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/diversity_power.html
• Emotional Intelligence: http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/emotional_intelligence.html
• Building Trust: http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/relationships_trust.html

Here's another one, taken from the ideas of former GE corporate CEO Jack Welch.  Take a look at this -- it's really quite brilliant

• http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/mgmt_new-model_25lessons-welch.html

This site talks about meditation.  They talk about the Tao.  They talk about teamwork. They quote Rabindranath Tagore. They talk about "integrated diversity".  They talk about getting rid of bureaucracy.  They talk about "boundaryless organizations".   They say, "We don't teach, we inspire!"  Many of these things they are presenting, it seems to me, are part of this "emerging new paradigm". 

It's really great to find sources like this place on the net, to help free ourselves from the ignorant tendency to think we have to reinvent the wheel.  What we need -- is some good research on wheels.  We need a treasure box, with all the wheels in one place.  Come all ye faithful, ye who can bring us a new wheel....