Principles
Committed not exclusive
I’m a centre-field player. I like to pass the ball and create opportunities for others to score. This means I always have multiple things going. I’m highly respectful of confidentiality, I don’t care if my name is on the package, but I can’t offer exclusivity.
BRIDGES not bunkers
This is a time for world builders. Cynics get in the way. We need realistic utopias to bridge present and future, local and global, and a whole set of imagined polarities. I work with you to find balance between ambition and realism, not hedge your bets against those who try.
Meaning not success
Most human ventures end up in failure. I offer no promise that my support will help you succeed. But I make sure that if or when you fail, it’s at something that has meaning for you, and for others around you.
What these principles mean
I work on the transition between our world as it is and what comes next. I don't know what the new world will look like. But I believe that if the transition is done well, what emerges will be better, whatever form it takes.
For this, I have to keep myself open. I can’t have too much of a stake in preserving our world as it is, or any particular version of the future. In practice, I invest in the new before it makes much commercial sense. Or as I like to say, if something predictably does good and makes money, someone else can do it. I also refuse despair. I consider it an ethical imperative, and a form of wisdom, to work on better transition for all, not retreat into local protection.
You can read more about what matters to me on my Why page. If this resonates, write to me.