by Mark Harling | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Farming Tools Don’t Work in Wild Forests When you walk through a managed tree farm, there’s a certain order to it. The trees are planted in neat rows, evenly spaced, growing straight and tall. They are cultivated for predictability and yield. There is little...
by Mark Harling | Aug 25, 2025 | Blog, UK, Uncategorized
Choosing What to Nurture When a gap opens in the canopy, the forest responds. Seedlings that had been lying dormant suddenly push upward, stretching toward the light. Some look strong and promising, others more fragile, even lacklustre. But not all seedlings become...
by Mark Harling | Aug 25, 2025 | Blog, UK, Uncategorized
Facing the Canopy as Business Owners I was walking in the forest this morning when I came across a sign about the forest canopy. It explained how the canopy is always in flux: trees die, storms knock them over, and new gaps open in the cover above. Those gaps are then...
by Mark Harling | Aug 19, 2025 | Blog, UK
The previous article in this series made the case for listening to your ‘canaries’. But what if your current culture actively discourages speaking up? What if trust is eroded? This brings us to the core tension at organic choice points: the instinctive...
by Mark Harling | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog, UK
Article 1, The Invisible Crisis – Why Leaders Miss Organic Choice Points revealed how bias blinds us to organic choice points. Now, we activate your best early-warning system: the voices you’re trained to ignore. The Metaphorical Canaries in the Coal Mine If...
