The Central Bank of The Bahamas and the Bahamian people are leading the world in the normalization of digital currency and Blockchain technology as ways to build speed, liquidity, access, efficiency and security into payments.
Organizational restructuring is something that should take place within a company fairly regularly. With our modern day economy being as dynamic as it is, and with change being as prevalent as it is, companies need to be adaptive and flexible – and that requires regular restructuring.
Transitioning a business from current state to future state requires clear strategy, adaptability, synergy among all involved and a dedication to execution – among other things.
Students need to be continually exposed to content that is slightly more advanced than their comprehension. This is how minds grow – by having to reach beyond present capability. This is how everything grows – by having to reach beyond.
Invertir tiene mejores resultados cuando se aprende de la naturaleza.
Transitioning a company from present state to future state is not just about the company at large, but also about every single employee and customer and partner also transitioning from present state to future state. We have to consider the macro and the micro if the transition is going to be successful.
Teachers have to model the behaviors they expect from students. If you expect your students to be respectful, you need to be the first one to be seen showing respect to every student and every other teacher. If you expect your students to be curious learners, then you yourself should be a curious learner who is willing to learn from your students sometimes. Do not ask of your students any behavior which you are not willing and able to model.
No necesitas trabajar duro por dinero. Nada en la naturaleza trabaja duro. En cambio, se trata solo de agregar valor y contribuir bien a la sociedad, ser alegre, estar abierto a recibir, sentir gratitud y sentirse rico. Haz estas cosas y el dinero fluye.
Some people like to hate on big companies because they’re big. I like to learn from big companies because they’re big. In business, size is a measurement of success. It’s certainly not the only measurement. But it is an important measurement.
A lot of people are talking about the circular economy. But the ultimate goal is to have a permaculture economy.
There’s a big difference between teaching and instructing. Telling kids what to do and giving them assignments is not teaching, that’s instructing. On the contrary, teaching includes helping students to cultivate talents, foster understanding, and develop skills. Anyone can instruct, but teaching is a gift.
A business is in alignment if it’s employees feel a sense of fulfillment from working for the business and its customers feel a sense of fulfillment from buying from the business. In this case, fulfillment is in both the exhale and the inhale of the businesses activity. And this cycle of fulfillment will lead to sales and profits.
A classroom needs to feel like a safe place for both students and teachers. In order for creativity and higher level thinking to be present in the classrooms, a feeling of safety must first be present in the classrooms.
At Mayflower-Plymouth, we aim to steward capital the way nature stewards capital.
You don’t need degrees or diplomas to be successful in business – you just need an understanding of what people value and how to sell it to them. Now if you have degrees and diplomas in addition to that, then even better.
There’s no age mimimum to entrepreneurship. Kids can be entrepreneurs, kids can be executives. Ultimately succeeding in business is about the skill and capacity to add value. If you have that skill and capacity to add value as a kid, then you’ll succeed in business.
We should give to others what we intend to get. What enters into a circle will complete a full cycle and return to its origin in kind.
The global economy and all of its markets are constantly changing. In order to survive and thrive as an individual in business these days, you’ve got to be always updating your mental models. You’ve got to be always updating the software of your mind and spirit so that you remain capable of seeing the new ways value is being measured and exchanged; and so that you remain capable to plugging in to and profiting from the new ways that value is being exchanged.
Nature doesn’t have puts on one side and calls on the other side of the same things, nor does it waste energy betting against the same life it works to cultivate. Nature doesn’t insure high risk gambles by trying to be both the casino and the player. Instead, nature insures capital and profits through a variety of complimentary approaches. At Mayflower-Plymouth we aim to emulate nature in this way with how we approach investing and asset management.
Change management is a broad term for the many ways of preparing, supporting, and helping businesses, teams, and organizations adapt to, thrive through and initiate change.