Being Without Prejudice

Holistic Managers tend to get a bit rummy about practicing Holistic Management. Many of us have seen good results and get a little cocky. We start thinking we know it all and take shortcuts. We begin assuming that we know more than academics, neighbors, and those not using the Holistic Management lingo and acronyms. At it’s worst, Holistic Management practitioners exclude portions of their community due to a self-righteousness.

The success of Holistic Management revolves around looking at our situation from a fresh perspective. Many steps in the Holistic Management process (e.g. clarifying how we must behave, the context checks, and keeping in mind what our quality of life means to us) keep us fresh. Yet, few have the ability to strip away our pretense and ask ourselves to: “Be without prejudice.” This blog challenges us to get past our prejudices and see reality more clearly.

Thank-you and enjoy,

Tony

Tony MalmbergApril 15, 2018 Comments

Soil Acidification: An Awaking Giant

Joel Huesby has taken the initiative to be the first contributor to our blog at HolisticManagement.Guide. Joel has been and continues to be a leader in most everything he undertakes. He was one of the first grass finished producers, at scale. He was one of the first with a mobile slaughterhouse. Being on the cutting edge, Joel has taken many risks and made mistakes. Lucky for us, his humility allows him to share not only what he has learned, but he provides information on what we need to make sound decisions.

Joel farms on the Touchet River, near Walla Walla, Washington, amid an area in the Pacific Northwest where an estimated 40% of the rich Palouse soils have been lost to erosion since farming began in the late 1800’s. Joel points at that we have been poisoning what soil remains. In this article, he lays out the cost Nitrogen fertilizer has brought with soil acidification and how we can reverse this process. Incidentally, reversing soil acidification requires the same treatment as reversing climate change; getting animals and human creativity to the soil surface.

Please enjoy Joel’s contribution on soil acidification. Comment and Follow him!

Sincerely,
Tony

Joel HuesbyMarch 15, 2018 Comments

Funding Human Creativity

If you are a practicing Holistic Manager, you have completed your Holistic Financial Plan (HFP) by now. (It’s February.) You have considered log jams, adverse factors, financial weak links, and completed Gross Profit Analysis of your enterprises. You have planned your income and your profit. You have determined your stocking rate and capital expense plan. You have prioritized your expenses in order of importance.

Tony MalmbergFebruary 22, 2018HolisticManagement.Guide Comments

Releasing Human Creativity with Psychological Safety

“How must we behave to protect those in our community from abuse of power?” The Holistic Management Framework features the power of Human Creativity as a key factor in designing and implementing our actions. The core of Holistic Management, that space between our Whole Under Management and our desired Quality of Life, is where Holistic Management practitioners live. It is in this space that we ask, “How must I behave to create the reality and future that I desire?” The level of our success in that quest will be directly proportional to how freely Human Creativity flows from all involved.

Tony MalmbergJanuary 13, 2018HolisticManagement.Guide Comment