Just a glimpse: Recent Episodes
Greg McKone
Observations and thoughts from somebody who wants the world to be a better place and who wants to have a role in making it a better place come join me on my journey
The first in what I hope will be a collection of accounts if people who have received a glimpse of heaven.
Communicating clearly means communicating in a way that your audience doesn't need to go away and do a research project in order to understand it
Courtesy of @engineers_feed on twitter the comments of their followers attempt to share the. 3 unwritten rules of life. Enjoy this fun and insightful episode.
I consider how some folks see the world in abundance while others see a world in shortage. The one creates contentment while the other contention for limited resources. While this only reflects my current feelings and my own situation. I think there is something valuable for all of us in considering the abundance around us. Be Well
Explain what problem management is and explain how it is looking for more than simply a root cause
We're going to lose the beautiful mountain behind our house in a year now it's going to get developed there's going to be cookie cutter condos in the streets houses businesses plastered up there where we used to see Eagles and beautiful Forest it's going to change we're going to lose that. So I'm already grieving it and lamenting that were losing it and they wonder if maybe the system by which these decisions are made is in itself flawed by West towards capitalism and biased against social good.
A reflection on inventions we didn't ask for Innovation we don't want I like about you and sales people who over promise
Sure 2020 was full of challenges. there are a lot of things that we did not like about this year but in this year we saw a lot of things more clearly and we were forced to look at things in new ways to Value people differently
A giant construction has popped up in my neighbourhood and it might actually be an ecologically responsible answer to demolition in the face of UPS damage
I reflect on seeing a lot more delivery drivers on my street with Amazon going more popular and with covid encouraging people to stay out of stores. Maybe this is not a bad idea after all. It certainly is not a new idea.
Experiencing our town's historic downtown can be an exposure to excessive vehicle noise and exhaust. I attempt to demonstrate how this detracts from a livable walkable down town.
I reflect on my experience with small gas engines both professionally and as a homeowner and I recognize that they take a lot of care a lot of fun in a lot of inconvenience and then they perform really well. With climate change present with us today as a global crisis I'm rethinking whether or not I'll ever buy another small gas engine
I did something really surprising last week and I didn't even notice myself doing it listen to find out what I did to learn from my mistake
The Wildfire smoke has arrived in my neighbourhood and suddenly the news story becomes real. In the same way I think climate change is far too subtle for most people to truly register the scale of the crisis we're in.
I explore how I'm trying to become more intentional in using the best words I can instead of speaking in archaic terms. And I tie this in with how I'm learning the new rules of writing where gender is mentioned when gender is necessary but gender is not assumed to always be masculine. I'm very happy to honour and respect people and to become wiser in the way that I express myself and I acknowledge I am on a journey of getting better at this. So I start by sharing how much it bugs me when church people use English from 1511 interspersed with Modern English and their religious practice as if somehow that is more holy or something but you could just listen to the podcast to get off thanks for listening
I consider an example where a lack of recycling infrastructure makes it hard for people to "do the right thing"
Reflections on fresh air while hiking in an Alpine mountain Meadow and reflecting on vehicle pollution.