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Raj Sisodia
Professor of Marketing, Bentley University Chairman, Conscious Capitalism Institute
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Business is heroic noble ethical good because because because because it it it it creates can lifts based elevate people value on voluntary our out existence of poverty exchange
2011: 88% of Americans believe that big companies have too much influence on government, up from 83 percent in 2004.
2011: 79% believe business is too concerned about making a profit and not enough about responsibilities to workers, consumers, and the environment.
The whole growth model we created over the last 50 years is simply unsustainable economically and ecologically Both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the wall at once.
March 7, 2009
After 1980, we started using more than Nature can renew; now 1.3 times
If everyone lived as Americans, would need FIVE earths as Europeans, THREE earths
% of Americans with a "Great Deal" or "Quite a Lot" of Confidence in Big Business 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%
We are changing
1989
In 1989, for the first time in U.S. history, the majority of adults were over 40
Tim Berners-Lee
He invented the World Wide Web in 1989
A finer sense of right and wrong Understand all the consequences of our actions Commitment to the truth Fully mindful and awake Reject violence Live in harmony with nature
Peter Senge
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
What will it take for companies to flourish in the future? To flourish in the future, companies will have be aligned with the new realities of our lives and embody a more conscious way of being
A conscious business fosters peace and happiness in the individual, respect and solidarity in the community, and mission accomplishment in the organization.
Fred Kofman, Conscious Business
A HIGHER PURPOSE DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE 19:1 93% ANIMAL COMPASSION STANDARDS MEETINGS END WITH APPRECIATIONS MINISCULE MARKETING SPENDING MEMORIAL DAY FLOOD FUTURE SEARCH 1800%
An Epidemic of Apathy
TODAY!
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Happiness Meaning comes ensues from from: living a lifethat of Doing work meaning and matters purpose Selfless love Finding meaning in suffering
Profit ensues from working toward a higher purpose, building businesses on love, and growing from adversity
Uncompensated effort is going up volunteer work is nourishing people in a way that paid isnt
H E A L I N G
The difference you're trying to make in the world Drives everything you do Matters to all stakeholders Is your reason for being that goes beyond making money YET typically results in making more money than you thought possible
Roy Spence
Southwest Airlines
Organize the worlds information and make it easily accessible and useful
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Emotionally intelligent
Strong character and integrity
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Humans are born to care. Our institutions magnify or depress the human capacity to care.
Jane Dutton University of Michigan
Conscious Management
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I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
US Supreme Court Justice
The Opportunity
Those of us alive today have the opportunity to lead the most meaningful lives ever lived Our challenges are great, but so is our consciousness and our ability to change things We have all the tools we need; we just need to unleash human ingenuity on our challenges in a holistic, conscious, caring way
Lynne Twist
www.ConsciousCapitalism.org
Raj.Sisodia@ConsciousCapitalism.org
Please email me if you are interested in being involved with setting up a South Africa Conscious Capitalism Chapter
Some Questions
Can successful profitable organizations really be built on love? Is a Conscious agenda realistic in tough, recessionary times? How can we embed conscious living and conscious business principles in young people early on?