Walter Glendinning, 10.13.31–03.14.09
“Walter Glendinning, age 77, passed March 14, 2009.
It’s been 10 years since Dad passed away. Over these years, there have been untold numbers of times that I’ve wanted to pick up the phone and have one of the long conversations we used to have as I was traveling on this incredible journey to now.
In addition to obvious physical characteristics I inherited from my Dad, I also got his habit of following my intuition taking me to new places, with the deep interest in meeting new people, listening to their stories and finding ways to be…
Hey! Thanks for stopping by to read my work. I’ve been developing the concepts for over 2 decades and only began writing about them here on Medium in 2017. The essence at the core of my work, and my writing, is about connection, engagement and justice.
I am the founder of Future Story Lab, a platform identifying and activating economic sense making tools for the unfolding future, with a special emphasis on inclusive community engagement spaces, focusing on people with disabilities, women and other historically and systemically disenfranchised community stakeholders.
As you scroll through my articles, you’ll see four main…
The who, what, when, where, why and how of what’s next
I is for Investment
Kent Dahlgren and I speak about soft capital in our podcast, The Anti-Fragile Playbook. These soft capitals include: Attention, Relationships, Time, Trust, Wisdom
Ruth Glendinning and Kent Dahlgren discuss how an investment of attention capital inspires the creation of relationships which magnifies the value of the time invested, building trust, and unlocking normally-overlooked pockets of wisdom, which flowers as a benefit that cannot be purchased with cash. ~ Placeholder to Place-maker: Alternative & Complementary Currencies 201
Applying hard capital investment terms to these ‘soft’ capitals helps transition thinking around their value.
In the full spectrum capital…
H is for Hustle
For many generations, the word hustle has had a negative connotation. It’s usually portrayed as a guy who comes into the scene with a plan to separate people from their money, think about Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason in the 1961 dramatic movie The Hustler
Sixty years later and hustle has a different meaning
The concept of a ‘side hustle’ has been part of the gig economy for over a decade, but it took the pandemic to make it part of the mainstream messaging:
A side hustle is any type of employment undertaken in addition to one’s full-time job. A side hustle is generally freelance…
G is for Grief
“No one escapes grief.”
Opening up to the possibility that there are various types of grief is important for healing. “When we can recognize and name what’s going on emotionally inside of us, we can be kinder to ourselves during the process,” California-based therapist Skylar Ibarra, MSW, LCSW, tells Health. “Once they were able to see their grief for what it was, they were able to start healing,” she says. ~ Grief Doesn’t Just Happen After Bereavement
The Anger Underlying Grief — Keeping the Fires Burning
We see new expressions of anger every day. To be fair, there’s plenty of fuel to keep that fire…
Ruth Glendinning
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