Making a Difference While Making a Living

The Role of the Conscious Leader: Facing Edges & Embracing Emergent Process

I note that I have been relatively quiet with my blog posting and external communications in general during the past couple of weeks. While I have been under the weather for over a week (which undoubtedly has something to do with the silence in this realm) and intensely focused on the work at hand, I [...]

April 9, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Making a Difference, Together

Shortly after I finished writing my book, Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living, people started asking me if I planned to write another (as if finishing one weren’t enough!) My response typically was, “If I do, I will probably call it Working for Good: Together.” Out of all of the insights [...]

March 8, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Focusing on What Really Matters

Yesterday morning I had a conversation with my friend Chris White. Since we hadn’t spoken for a while, we checked in with each other – to catch up on what we were both engaged in and excited about. I told Chris about the recent C3 Summit and how I’ve been asked to serve as the [...]

November 7, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

A Conscious Capitalism Manifesto

On the last day of the 2009 C3 Summit last week, during the breakout group presentations, Casey Shehan, CEO of Patagonia, read this statement, which he wrote the day before, during the breakout group session, reflecting the conversation of his group
Preamble: Businesses that are conscious will have significant competitive advantage. First you must transform the [...]

October 28, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  2 Comments

Preparation

Saturday night at 9:40 pm, and I find myself at my desk, in final preparation for the C3 (Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism) Summit next week.
My assistant and collaborator Caitlin Ewing is similarly at her desk. This afternoon I spent an hour or so on teh phone with my colleague and collaborator Cheryl Rosner, running through the [...]

October 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments