Vision

"Beware the ides of March, Caesar!"  

Soothsayers have warned the mighty before.  The warnings have been ignored before. Power and success creates blind spots leading to arrogant dismissal of good counsel.  

The Caesars

Compliant governments have allowed North American corporations to reap disproportional economic gains, turning them into modern-day Caesars in terms of power and influence.  Can they afford to ignore the soothsayers?  

The Soothsayers

I am not a 'tree-hugging hippie' or 'angry anarchist'.  I am: 

• Academically, an economist; an MBA from a top-ranking business school.  
• Professionally, a part of the Fortune 100 corporate elite. 
• Financially, in the 1% tax bracket that the 99% is unhappy with.  

Since I pay more in annual taxes than a lucrative paycheck, I have a high stake in holding corporations and governments accountable for my contributions and a vested interest in the environmental health as a global citizen. 

The Warnings

When the 1% shares the concerns of the 99%, something is 100% wrong.  Corporations are listening with social media monitoring tools.  It is important to add your voice through social channels as each voice contributes to the overall 'sentiment'. Eventually, the crowd's roar echoes the soothsayer's warning to corporate Caesars:  "Beware the Ideas of March."

The Ideas

Disregard for sustainability and CSR sets most corporate agendas at odds with ecological values.  Due to their lobbying influence, governments fail to act as trustees of their people and the environment.  Governments can only deliver on this duty if they are transparent and held accountable.  This sadly leaves indigenous / aboriginal people as the best custodians of the environment while corporations ignore ecological realities as economic 'externalities'.  Hence, this blog is a space for ideas related to: 

• Open government, transparency and accountability 
• Ecological and economic sustainability 
• Rights of indigenous / aboriginal people 
• Corporate practices and intentions adversely impacting the above 
• New ideas that corporations can learn and benefit from

YOU

Whether you are among the 99% or the 1%, speak up.  Be counted, be heard.  Share your ideas with me.  Share my ideas with others.  Subscribe via social channels below not just to stay in touch but to add your voice to mine, so our collective voices are amplified.

THE GOAL

Who is it in the press that calls on me?

I hear a tongue shriller than all the music!

Speak! Caesar is turn'd to hear...

(Caesar)

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