CONVERSATION WITH IRWIN
I shared this note below this morning with a dear dear friend and then with Irwin. Amazing thinking I received back from Irwin…. Not a surprise. I hope it makes a difference. It is a bit longer than normal Writer’s Circle notes.
Read MoreThis line from Irwin is amazing to me.
“Physical distancing invites us to develop new ways and opportunities to innovate emotional and psychological Nearing.”
Below Irwin connects (re-connects!) investing -- which is the business space of Coburn Ventures with—with whole of human experience. Mother Teresa worried about the “West” thinking our abundance would entice to consider we were independent – that we could escape the gravitational force of interdependence. Here we are now. Thank you, Irwin. A long time ago my friend and mentor in Maine Hale Whitehouse asked “Pip, you sure are generating a lot of energy… what are you planning to do with it?” I think we are all creating a lot of energy and it is fun doing it with all of you and I sense it is one way of contributing to the world.
- Pip
Read MoreI remember being with Irwin at a very intimate gathering a few years ago when a very senior business executive was sharing her consideration of leaving the business world and going back to divinity school. Irwin – a seventh generation Rabbi – suggested to her that she was crazy! His thinking was that business was where all the action is and that people have been widening their spirituality such that once a week in a religious institution now pales in comparison with five+ days a week in business. The reduction in power of religious institutions means all of the “jobs” formerly the domain of churches and temples now need filling elsewhere. Effectively, he said to her, “if you want to make a difference in the world, stay where you are… that’s where all the people are…”
Irwin’s clarity has helped me slice through so much noise. He helps me see.
Here he speaks with clarity about food-meets-society in a fashion that, for me, cut through great noise.
…pip
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