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Treading Lightly KARL-ERIK SVEIBY has for several years been Professor of Knowledge Management at Hanken Business School, Finland, and Honorary Professor at Griffi th Graduate School of Management, Brisbane, and at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney. He is the author of twelve books on business and management. TEX SKUTHORPE is a Nhunggabarra man from Nhunggal country in northwestern New South Wales and a painter, educator and custodian of traditional stories. He was awarded Aboriginal Artist of the Year by NAIDOC in 1990/1991 and currently works with young Aboriginal offenders in Kariong correctional centre, New South Wales. BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd i 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:34:48:34 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd iiii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:34:48:34 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack TREADING LIGHTLY The hidden wisdom of the world’s oldest people Karl-Erik Sveiby & Tex Skuthorpe BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd iiiiii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:34:48:34 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack Extract from ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar is reproduced by arrangement with the Licensor, c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd First published in 2006 Copyright © Karl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe 2006 Paintings © Tex Skuthorpe 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. Allen & Unwin 83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100 Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218 Email: [email protected] Web: www.allenandunwin.com National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Sveiby, Karl Erik. Treading lightly : the hidden wisdom of the world’s oldest people. Bibliography. Includes index. ISBN 1 74114 874 X. 1. Sustainable development. 2. Aborigines, Australian - Social life and customs. I. Skuthorpe, Tex. II. Title. 305.89915 Set in 12/16 pt Filosofia by Bookhouse, Sydney Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd iivv 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:34:48:34 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack C o nt en ts Nhunggabarra Stories vii Paintings by Tex Skuthorpe viii Acknowledgements ix Tex’s Story xiii Introduction xv 1. In the Beginning . 1 2. The Country is a Story 15 3. The Knowledge is in the Story 40 4. Learning the Story: the Education System 59 5. Knowledge Economy 72 6. Leadership: All Have a Role 95 7. The Fourth Level 147 8. The Spirit of Death Arrives . 162 9. The Nhunggabarra ‘Recipe’ for Sustainability 169 10. Sustain Our World! 184 Yuwaalayaay/Yuwaalaraay Glossary 210 Further Reading and Research Notes 214 References and Sources 246 Index 252 v BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd v 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:34:48:34 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd vvii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack N h u n g g a ba rra St ories Nhunggabarra Stories The Rainbow Serpent (Part 1) 1 The Rainbow Serpent (Part 2) 4 The Big Buurra of Baayami 30 The Crane and the Crow 42 The Creation of Narran Lake 61 Baaluu and Muuboop 80 The Southern Cross 97 The Black Swans 104 Mirrai Mirrai: The Seven Sisters 114 Willy-wagtail and the Rainbow 123 How the Nhunggabarra Got Flowers 154 vii BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd vviiii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack e p r o h t u k S x e T by gs Paintin Paintings by Tex Skuthorpe See also colour plates in the centre of the book The Creation (Rainbow Serpent) 5 Map Over Nhunggal Country 20 The Learning Track 22 How the People Got Their Totems (Big Buurra) 31 The Crane and the Crow 43 The Four-level Art of Storytelling 52 Baayami, the Giant Crocodiles and the Two Women 62 Journey of Knowledge 64 Baaluu and Muuboop 81 The Flower of Law 99 The Black Swans 109 The Seven Sisters 116 Willy-wagtail and the Rainbow 124 How the Nhunggabarra Got Flowers 155 Vision for a Sustainable Planet: Our Actions on Lands and Rivers 207 viii BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd vviiiiii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack A c k n o w le dg em ents We acknowledge with great gratitude our partners in spirit, love and work, Anne Morrill and Dr Kati Laine-Sveiby. Anne, long before we met, had an unshakable belief in the power of the Nhunggabarra concepts for society and today’s organisations. It is her knowledge of management and organisations that has allowed her and Tex to bridge the seemingly irreconcilable gap between traditional Aboriginal concepts and business, and to design seminars that managers can relate to. Without her dedication and work this book would not exist. Kati, with her wealth of knowledge about ethnology and ethno- logical methods, has been an invaluable, frank and encouraging working partner all the way. She has discussed every idea and concept in the book; her eyes have seen every word, her hand has touched every page. We are very grateful to Peter and Abigail Dyson, Christer Jacobson and Pat Sullivan, who have been part of the project from the start; they have walked some of the learning tracks with us and their long mana- gerial experience has been valuable to test the validity of the concepts for modern-day organisations and societies. They were also with us during our fi rst walks to the sacred sites, and Pat gave the manuscript ix BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd iixx 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack x TREADING LIGHTLY a kick in the right direction. Also Tom Lloyd gave valuable ideas at an early stage of the manuscript. Thank you! The assistance of Dr Philip Clarke, Head of Anthropology at the South Australian Museum, has been greatly appreciated. He put Karl- Erik on the right track at the beginning of the project and he has given detailed and helpful feedback on the manuscript. We thank Trevor Winne for his help in painting Vision for a Sustain- able Planet, and Christer Jacobson and Pat Sullivan for permission to reproduce the paintings Baayami, the Giant Crocodile and the Two Women and The Creation, respectively. We are particularly indebted to Dr Jared Diamond. His books have been an inspiration and we thank him for his willingness to share his wealth of knowledge on diseases in ancient cultures. Brother John Giacon and Ian Sim have put a lot of effort into helping us with the spelling of words in the Yuwaalayaay/Yuwaalaraay language. We are grateful to them for their help. Senior Collection Manager Melanie Raberts, Senior Curator Dr Ron Vanderwal and Collection Manager Simon Greenwood at Museum Victoria have been most helpful. Thank you for your insightful discus- sions about cylcons and your help with sources. Special thanks go to the Member for Finland of the European Parliament and presidential candidate Henrik Lax, who has helped us see the relevance of the Nhunggabarra concepts for the European Union. Thanks also go to Professor Andreas Suchanek for the oppor- tunity to bounce ideas about the relevance of Nhunggabarra concepts for modern society. Thank you Karolina Sveiby and Lotta Jacobson for your enthusiasm and belief in the validity of the ideas for a young generation. Karolina was with us in the very beginning and helped us model our ideas into a book. Karl-Erik has presented many of the ideas in the book to colleagues and doctoral students at Hanken Business School, who have given useful feedback and many suggestions. We are especially grateful to Professor Jeff Hearn for generously sharing his knowledge on gender BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd x 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi issues in society and to Professor Guy Ahonen for his help with sources and his commentaries on intangibles. Thank you Elizabeth Weiss and Colette Vella at Allen & Unwin for your help and advice on the final draft and to Andrew Bell, who photographed the paintings. Above all, we are indebted to the Nhunggabarra Ancestors, who kept their wisdom alive for countless generations. Thank you for the Knowledge. BBh1115M-PressProofs.inddh1115M-PressProofs.indd xxii 55/7/06/7/06 55:48:35:48:35 PMPM PProcessrocess BlackBlack Dear Euluwirri, You, whose name means Rainbow, you are all colours in one. This is a book not only for you, but for all the young of all the colours on Earth. You are the future custodians of the world, and now is the time to learn from the past. Sometimes one starts a journey knowing neither its purpose nor its goal. One only knows that one has to go because it touches one’s soul. Then the track takes over; it becomes a journey of discovery. This book has been such a journey for me, one that has taken me to unexpected places. I did not plan to write about the validity for today of the world’s longest record for sustainability when I started this journey, or about the world’s first model for organising – it was the learning tracks of your Ancestors that led me here.
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