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Tim
McCartney and Embercoombe
Mac
is the founder and chairman of Pathways - Spirit in
Business Ltd - a people and organisation development
consultancy. He has been working with business leaders
since 1984 before which he enjoyed an eclectic career
path that included drama and theatre skills, restaurants,
various adventures, mine rescue, horticulture, and a
number of social enterprises. Believing that business
holds the future of our fragile earth in its uncertain
care, Mac increasingly directed Pathways' work towards
the championing of a business model that is inclusive,
socially and environmentally responsible, and visionary.
In
1998 Mac completed a five-year project with a longstanding
client during which time the company's profitable growth
exceeded all expectations. In recognition of his contribution
the client enabled Mac to purchase a 50-acre smallholding
in Devon and develop the site for the social enterprise
that now occupies most of his time and energy.
The
vision and mission of Embercombe is as follows:
To
make a profound contribution to the urgent and pressing
issues of our time by creating a centre of inspiration,
imagination, and action - a challenging, inspiring,
hope-bringing place that measures its success by the
alumni who go out into the world and light fires that
bring positive change.
To
awaken, inspire, educate, and support people from all
walks of life to an intimate and profound realisation
of their 'calling'.
To
powerfully assist the personal development of people
who have chosen to commit their talents and actions
towards the social, economic, and environmental shifts
that will signal the tipping point of change.
To
influence, encourage, and support organisations of all
kinds to become the engines of positive change - leaders
in thought, word, and deed.
The valley that is Embercombe is now host to many events,
ideas, conversations, and commitments, each of which
in time will find shape and expression in the world.
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