BUSINESS AT CROSSROADS??
How does this title of the For Good Leaders autumn gathering matter to you and to the #legacay of your leadership?
Crossroads are crucial decision points with a far reaching future.
When does the future start?
Generally, future starts when we have major changes, as Eric Ezechieli stated "we are here to make the future start!".
Marcello Palazzi highlighted the power in our hands "There are 350 M companies in the world to lead the revolution!"
The PROVOCATION we heard from Hans Stegeman:
People think that an economic forecast is a reality! But an economic model is actually based on the past. It’s a useful tool based on a lot of assumptions. The big problem is that once the model is out no one looks at those assumptions. All these models don't understand tipping points and their planet changing effects.
The NARRATIVE
How is it that we are in a story, that we cannot change?
If economics and finance is all a story that we make up, then we should be able to change it. All the solutions in sustainable finance are shallow solutions. It takes a lot of energy to disclose what you do without the obligation of really changing anything. We need deeper points of discussion. What other decisions can I take for the longer term?
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Lorenzo Fioramonti shared the need to reinvent ourselves to unleash our unfulfilled potential. We are leaving messages in a bottle for future generations. We need to avoid repeating what we have heard instead be advocates for change, introduce new ideas. We need a structural and systemic change, looking at how we collectively can be part of radical change.
Bill clark's provocation:?
Let's look at trust: the least trusted group nowadays? Politicians and journalists. The most trusted (see Edelman Trust Barometer)? business leaders.
We need these business leaders to deserve this trust with urgent climate policies living fully their #legacy.?
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Eric added "If all #BCorps" in Italy were put together into one company, it would be the biggest company in Italy with 60BN collective revenue!
PROVOCATION ON TRUE PRICE of products.
We need companies to disclose the true price to let consumers know what they are really buying and the impact it is having, the sum of the supply chain impact of the product you are about to buy.
Aurelia Petrov from Innate Motion:
We need to let go of the weapon of smartness, let go the knower and embrace the learner.
We need to learn empathy, drop the judgement, unleash the innate capacity that used to be a survival tool but today keeps us focusing on our present instead of what we need to aim for.
Recommended reading Christophe Fauconnier book on the human growth code.
Mònica Casabayó, PhD "inspiring and thought-provoking conference in a magical setting. I can’t begin to list all the meaningful conversations and amazing people I met."
We need to stop asking what we need and ask what we want.?
We need to PUSH with a narrative that leads change in society.
