by Mark Crosweller | Jun 23, 2022 | The Allegorical Life blog, Uncategorized
As any leader who has committed to an ethical life will tell you, upholding a virtuous disposition of character is one of the most challenging and worthy pursuits we could ever undertake. However, for most of us, historically and contemporaneously, it has been and...
by Mark Crosweller | Apr 22, 2022 | The Allegorical Life blog
Most of us take great pride in being seen as ethical. Ethics, and more specifically the Virtues (such as trust, compassion, kindness, care, and courage), form a large part of our identities – how we view ourselves and how we wish to be viewed by others. Being seen as...
by Mark Crosweller | Feb 19, 2022 | The Allegorical Life blog
For those of us that either work within or with institutions, and particularly those institutions embedded within political systems that are accountable to citizens, the subject and scrutiny of leadership character has never been more pronounced. In Australia, we have...
by Mark Crosweller | Nov 18, 2021 | The Allegorical Life blog
For anyone who is a Star Wars fan the term ‘there is always a bigger fish’ will be very familiar, as it was used in the opening scenes of ‘Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace’ in both a literal and figurative context. The implication of the proverb is that there is always...
by Mark Crosweller | Mar 25, 2021 | The Allegorical Life blog
According to historian Yuval Noah Harari, within the span of seventy thousand years, we have advanced from an insignificant animal minding our own business in a corner of Africa to viewing ourselves as the master of the entire planet (and sub-consciously the terror of...
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