Purpose Inspired #59
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 - #ISLANDS
REFLECTION OF THE WEEK - #SUPERHEROES
Are you in touch with your inner sustainability superhero? During an interview for the Getting in the Loop podcast, I was reminded of my work on purpose-inspired leadership. For my doctoral research, I asked sustainability leaders what motivates them in their life and work. It turns out we all want to make a positive difference, but in different ways. Like the Fantastic Four, there are four types of purposeful leader: Experts, Facilitators, Catalysts and Activists. To know your natural changemaker type, ask yourself if you are trying to change the world through knowledge, people, organizations or social movements.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK - #PHILOSOPHY
“Sustainability only works when it is a passionately embraced philosophy that infuses every business level and action”
Quote from Beyond Reasonable Greed | More quotes on?social responsibility,?sustainable business?and?transformational change
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK - #STAKEHOLDERS
Listen to my guest appearance on?R. Edward Freeman's The?Stakeholder?Podcast. As always, it was a pleasure speaking with Ed, who brings great wisdom, good humour, and keen insight to our understanding of the role of business in society.
PODCAST OF THE WEEK - CHANGING THE SYSTEM FROM WITHIN
My guest this week is Prof. dr Steven De Haes, Dean of?Antwerp Management School. Listen to Steven talk about: Why shareholder-oriented business?education?can fairly be blamed for our previous global financial crises; How self-awareness, global perspectives and societal consciousness are three pillars of?responsible?management?education; Why integrating?sustainability?into core business subjects is more important than separate sustainability degrees; How technology?innovation?needs the guiding hand of societal purpose and organisational culture in order to effective; Why walking the talk is the key to?#leadership?for thriving, along with the necessity of dialogue to manage difficult paradoxes.
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POEM OF THE WEEK - FOREST INVOCATION
The forests are burning / The skies filled with smoke / The climate is churning / The children still choke / Let’s end all this madness / Let’s halt our demise / Let’s fight for our jungles / Let’s clean up our skies
The forests are falling / The land cleared for oil / The green frog is calling / The life’s in the soil / Let’s end the destruction / Let’s strengthen our pleas / Let’s fight for our future / Let’s care for our trees
The forests are dying / The cancer is greed / The creatures are crying / The rivers still bleed / Let’s end the excuses / Let’s act to survive / Let’s call on our leaders / Let’s keep trees alive
The forests are living / The lungs of the earth / The trees keep on giving / The worlds’ in rebirth / Let’s take up the challenge / Let’s march for a change / Let’s seed revolution / Let’s replant the grange
The forests are spreading / The lesson is learned / The dead skin is shedding / The hope has returned / Let’s dance for the woodland / Let’s sing for the grove / Let’s praise for the jungle / Let’s rhyme as we rove
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The forests are thriving / The chorus is loud / The feeling’s enlivening / The old trees stand proud / Let’s remake this Eden / Let’s rise from our knees / Let’s bring back our forests / Let’s celebrate trees
BOOK OF THE WEEK - THE A TO Z OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CSR has now moved beyond the stage of specialist or niche subject to become an integral part of global business and society. This timely encyclopaedia?is destined to become the definitive guide to CSR, sustainability, business ethics and the organisations and standards in the field. This book?is the culmination of over a hundred of the world’s leading thinkers, opinion formers, academic and business people providing an easy-to-use guide to CSR. This paperback edition includes all the latest developments in CSR as well as incorporating new sections on boardroom pay, the sub-prime market and the financial crisis.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK - #LEADERSHIP
Who are the people that impel you to serve some greater cause, to pursue some larger goal, to believe in some higher ideal? The enthusiasm and confidence of good leaders is infectious; their positive energy rubs off on us. Be on the lookout for those who leave you feeling uplifted, optimistic, buoyant.
ARCHIVE OF THE WEEK - PARTNERSHIPS AND POVERTY
This episode, drawn from my book The Quest for Sustainable Business, describes what I learned about business responsibility from Simon Zadek and Muhammad Yunus. The episode includes the following sections: Responsible Competitiveness; Collaborative Governance; Worm's Eye-View; and Social Business Rising.
THRIVING FEATURE OF THE WEEK - #SYNAPSES
Synapses in the brain are a great example of complexity, which in scientific terms means relationships or connections between parts in a system. At birth, each neuron has about 2,500 synapses, and by age three, when toddlers’ learning is accelerating, there are about 15,000 synapses per neuron. The youngsters are literally making new connections and detecting meaningful patterns about the world around them, which is reflected in the brain’s activity. Over time, this settles back to about 1,000 synapses per neuron, meaning that there are trillions of synapse connections in the average human brain. And each synapse can be firing anything between 1 and 200 times per second. If that’s all a bit mind-blowing, that’s exactly the point.
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