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Christine McDougall

@christine-mcd

articles: 19
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active: 2026-05-10 → 2026-07-30

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CH Christine McDougall

What moves people?

What moves people? Awe, surprise and astonishment. The moment we drop our capacity for awe, for being surprised, we fall into the shadow of…

May 10, 2026 · 1 min read · 50 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

CH Christine McDougall

Finding the awe gate

Great art, great design, great business is forged from a place that knows what it is like to be on our knees. At this point, when…

Jun 02, 2026 · 1 min read · 3 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

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CH Christine McDougall

Before It Breaks: The Conversation Most People Avoid Having

That treasure — relationships. Human-to-human connection.

Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

Before It Breaks: The Conversation Most People Avoid Having

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CH Christine McDougall

A culture with real integrity is brutally hard to build

Enron once had these words carved in marble in the lobby of their headquarters:

Jul 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

A culture with real integrity is brutally hard to build

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Frozen. Enshittified. Emotional.

For no particular reason, I notice a rising tide of sadness.

Jul 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

CH Christine McDougall

Invite the exiles home

I remember, like most parents, the first time I looked into my newborn daughter’s eyes. I was not prepared, like most parents, for the…

Jul 23, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropy #syntropic

CH Christine McDougall

Arguing skillfully

A healthy ecology includes robust debate and argument.

Jul 28, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

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CH Christine McDougall

Critical to life, health and happiness

I call it bookending. The reference to the very start and the end of every day.

Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

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CH Christine McDougall

In the details

I am a big picture person. I see, with ease, the threads and connections between and within complex systems.

Jul 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic-world #syntropic

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CH Christine McDougall

An independent fourth estate

Once upon a time

Jun 17, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic #syntropic-world

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CH Christine McDougall

Things I am not doing anymore

The idea is to make a list of the things you are not doing anymore. Actual things, or thought patterns or responses.

Jul 22, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic-world #syntropic

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CH Christine McDougall

Times of Anomie

We are there.

May 18, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic #syntropic-world

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CH Christine McDougall

The gift of mature love

At some point, we realise that our demise is closer to us than our birth.

Jun 21, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic #syntropic-world

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CH Christine McDougall

Lead fearlessly with integrity

Freezing rents. Dropping grocery prices. Cheaper transport. Affordable housing.

Jul 27, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

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Harder to break

Human bodies are fractal metaphors of all life.

Jun 11, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropic #syntropy #syntropic-world

CH Christine McDougall

The process of Synergy

Take several seemingly brittle metals, apply serious heat, suck out the air, and you create something with enormous strength.

Jul 26, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropy #syntropic

CH Christine McDougall

Data is not truth

For it misses everything that cannot be measured and reduced to zeros and ones.

Jun 01, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropic-world #syntropic #syntropy

CH Christine McDougall

Arrogance blinds us

Arrogance and superiority ignore true feedback, for there is no room for truth.

Jul 07, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropy #syntropic-world #syntropic

CH Christine McDougall

Poiesis and praxis

Poiesis is to make something. To bring forth creation.

May 28, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #syntropic #syntropy #syntropic-world