Purpose Inspired #52
Prof. Wayne Visser
World Top 10 Pracademic on Regenerative Business, Innovation & Technology | Professor at Catolica Porto Business School | Fellow at Cambridge University | Author of 40+ Books | Inspirational Speaker
PICTURE OF THE WEEK - LEAPFROG
REFLECTION OF THE WEEK - WORDS
Our words are a window into our minds. What we say matters as much as how we say it. A colleague recently questioned my referring to a new cohort of students as a “batch” – and he was absolutely right. Business schools are not factories (or ovens) and people are not widgets (or cookies). We should resist military-industrial words that frame the world as a giant machine with people and materials as replaceable parts. Rather let us favour the language of living, adaptable organisms: development (vs growth), synergy (vs winning), nutrients (vs resources), regeneration (vs construction) and flourishing (vs sustainability).
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK - REASONS
“There are deep psychological - even existential - reasons why we ‘do’ sustainability”
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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK - SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY
Widespread societal and economic transformation will be needed to reach a sustainable future. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect very well on the global challenges we face. But for many businesses, the SDGs are a topic of discussion rather than a strategic element. In this white paper Dr Wayne Visser and Jan Beyne talk about a sustainable strategy as an evolution towards integrated value and thriving.
PODCAST OF THE WEEK - THE WISDOM OF NATURAL INTELLIGENCE
My guest this week is Leen Gorissen, founder of the Centre4NI and author of "Building the Future of Innovation on millions of years of Natural Intelligence". Listen to Leen talk about: What natural intelligence means -- and how it applies to business and government; how termites and whales can help us to respond to climate change; what shifting from a circular economy to a regenerative approach could mean; how nature thrives on chaos -- and how some companies are applying this principle; and what we can learn from nature about rest, redundancy and resilience.
POEM OF THE WEEK - KEYS TO THE MAZE
Upon the path of life’s great maze / Surprises lurk around each bend / There may be dragons, spells or gold / And battles fought before the end
?And on this journey to the heart / Of life’s great mysteries / You’ll have to unlock secret doors / That need some special keys
The first key is IDENTITY – / The quest to know your mind / It helps you bypass cul-de-sacs / And treasure what you find
The second key is CONFIDENCE – / The will to stretch and strive / It takes you where you want to go / And keeps your hopes alive
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The third’s RESPONSIBILITY – / Your footprint on the earth / It means you take care where you tread / And know what life is worth
The fourth key is the shape of LOVE – / With enigmatic flame of red / It burns the heart; it warms the cold / And lights the way ahead
The fifth key is life’s MEANING – / The pattern in the maze / It finds a way to join the dots / With destiny’s bright blaze
I wish you happy twists and turns / On easy trails and steep / Whatever choices that you make / These keys are yours to keep
BOOK OF THE WEEK - WISHING LEAVES
This unique collection brings together nature poems by poet and writer, Wayne Visser, celebrating the diversity, beauty and ever-changing moods of our planet. The anthology includes many old favourites like "I Think I Was a Tree Once" and "A Bug's Life", as well as brand new poems like "Monet's Dream" and "The Environmentalist". Then as we turned our faces to the moon / Our hands entwined, our hearts in sync, in tune / We felt the fingers of the silken breeze / And made our wishes on the falling leaves.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK - DREAMS
Pay attention to the wispy, incoherent images that drift like clouds across the moon of your nightscape. They may be the daily unwinding of a clockwork mind; the uncoiling of highly sprung emotions. But they could also be vital messages from your unconscious depths, just waiting to be deciphered.?
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THRIVING FEATURE - GAIA
At a macro level, we can see that the economy is nested within society, which itself exists within and is entirely dependent on nature. Seeing the whole system means recognizing the earth itself as a living, self-regulating organism, which is what NASA scientist James Lovelock proposed in 1979, calling it the Gaia hypothesis, after the Greek goddess of the earth. At first glance, this is an audacious idea. But the science of complex living systems has continued to develop, and the evidence is increasingly compelling. In the same way that microorganisms contribute to our body’s health—and sometimes its demise—we, too, must decide whether we are a species that is good for the earth’s health, or more like a deadly parasite or an infectious virus.
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