Writing
by Keith Gordon
A writer is a lonely person who makes friends with words, and love to a turn of phrase.
Can we Change at Any Age?
“I started a joke and the whole world was laughing. For many years I accepted that I was the joke, but suddenly I was not so sure. We are all pretending; it is just that some of us do it with more confidence than others.” Click here for an 11 minute read.
Staying Small in a Big World
300 Words is a story of life and ideas told using a vocabulary of only the most common words in the English language. If it is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, then there is more to this story than you may think. Click here for a 28 minute read.
Cities are Smart
How do cities get into trouble and how can they change? Are there self-organizing properties inherent in every city on earth that can be influenced by city whisperers? This book is an account of my jouney to understand Winnipeg, Canada in a new way.
An Alternative to Alternatives
This article explores the formation, structure, resourcefulness, challenges, and potential of alternative communities begining with Vaclev Havel’s influence in the last century. The acticle then explores alternatives to alternative communities.
Does Business have a Heart?
Business is known to have a bottom line that values profit above all. But is there more to business than meets the eye? Does business have a heart? Get up close and personal with the sunny side of business and judge for yourself if business have more to offer.
Were is the Power in Small?
nderstanding complex adaptive systems can be highly beneficial for community-based organizations. By modeling agent-based systems, community planners can simulate and analyze how individual agents interact and influence the overall dynamics.
Non-Profits and Profit
I have no doubt that our non-profits have much more to learn about producing balance sheets on par with for-profit entities, but the transfer of wealth to our network of non-profits was a already an unmistakable success. But was this a zero-sum game?
Is Housing Big Business?
The brief explores the financialization of housing in Canada and its consequences. It discusses how CMHC, with a mandate to create housing, unintentionally contributes to the financialization of housing by increasing speculation capacity.
One Atom's Journey of life
In the grand tapestry of existence, our tale begins with a lone atom, a pilgrim of the cosmos, chosen to traverse the celestial expanse. From the very moment of creation, this humble atom was destined to witness the emergence of everything.