Making a Difference While Making a Living

Restoration

I’ve been dancing with this blog post since last Saturday, when the theme appeared to me. I recognized that the week ahead (now nearly past) called for a deep level of retreat and restoration, while maintaining full out engagement with the river of activity in my life (parenting, training, building, serving, etc.).

Adobe Creative Suite [...]

January 29, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Reflections, Working for Good  4 Comments

Reflections on the Week of 1.10.10

The second full week of 2010 was quite extraordinary. If I try to characterize it in a word or two some of those that come up for me are movement, signs, early fruit, acceleration, foundations, and can’t forget full and fulfilling!
There was so much energy flowing in and around me that I found myself waking [...]

January 17, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Going with the Flow

After four years of serving as Executive Director, Chief Activation Officer and Chief Integration Officer of FLOW, I am moving on, to focus on the Conscious Capitalism Alliance (one of the FLOW programs that is “spinning off”), a new campaign I am developing for O.N.E. Natural Experience, and my book and related business.

The past [...]

November 1, 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

C3 Summit

The Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Summit this week was a truly incredible experience. After 7 months of preparation, and a week of facilitation, I am making this a very short post, and promise to upload more soon.
For now, I simply want to express deep gratitude in particular to my colleagues Cheryl Rosner, Rand Stagen, Phyllis Blees, [...]

October 25, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism

Yes, I am up to my eyeballs with the production of the upcoming C3 Summit and working with my colleagues on the board of the Conscious Capitalism Alliance to build out our program for next year. But I think I am being somewhat objective when I observe that Conscious Capitalism is awakening.

Today the Wall [...]

October 3, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  No Comments

Purpose

“When the dust settles from this Armageddon, the only companies left standing are going to be the ones that stand for something that improves people’s lives.” ~ Roy Spence
Purpose is the essential, core, single underlying or overriding reason we move, as individuals and organizations. It is the big “why” underlying what we do. On the [...]

August 18, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Love

“What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.” ~ Pearl Bailey

July 21, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  2 Comments

Focus

“If thine eye is single, thy whole body will fill with light.” ~ Jesus of Nazareth

June 23, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Principles, Working for Good  No Comments

Conceptualizing Conscious Capitalism®

In addition to providing an enlightening survey of work being done in diverse academic disciplines at universities throughout the country and around the world, the event convened an inspiring and energized group of academics and others dedicated to transforming business and business education, and making meaningful progress towards these ends.

May 31, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reflections, Working for Good  2 Comments