Purpose Inspired Newsletter #20
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 - #PANSIES
POST OF THE WEEK - #WEATHER
Science matters – and the weather is proof. We like to joke about the weather forecast always being wrong. But the truth is that meteorological science, supported by highly complex computer models, is twice as accurate today than in the 1980s. With each passing decade, meteorologists can see one day further into the future. This matters. When Cyclone Fani struck India in 2019, a million people had been evacuated. Although 89 still died, a similar storm (Odisha) in 1999 killed more than 10,000. The global forecasting system works because of free and open data sharing between nations. Collaboration makes the difference.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - #LONG-TERM
"To use a metaphor, businesses struggle to distinguish between short-term storms and the long-term trend of a climate that’s changing"
Quote from Beyond Reasonable Greed (book)
PODCAST OF THE WEEK - THE ART OF LETTING GO
The theme of season 5 is pursuing the frontiers of sustainability by unlocking change. So much of making a successful transition to a more sustainable future (which is by no means certain) depends on?letting go. In the introduction and episodes that follow, we will explore how we must find ways to let go of an industrial system that has served us well, but is no longer fit for purpose. We will need to let go of old styles of leadership and out-dated models of business, high-impact lifestyles and selfish values. We must learn to let go of cherished ideologies that are causing destruction and beliefs about ways to tackle problems that are failing to resolve crises.
POEM OF THE WEEK - FUTURES BRIGHT
Days may be dark and nights be long / But soon the song will change its tune / The beat will heat the winter’s chill / Until the thrill returns to spark / And mark a sunrise, flaming red / To quench a hunger still unfed, a light / That’s set to reignite the flight / Of dreams and schemes and imaginings
Work may be hard and stress be high / But soon the sky will change its mood / The blaze of rays will melt the clouds / Until the shrouds are memories / Upon the breeze, the blue beyond / Like ripples on a tranquil pond, a sign / Across the arc of time to rhyme / Of scars and stars and destinies
Life may be large and love be wide / But soon the tide will change its sway / The day you make your way towards / A cause that’s calling out to you / To shift and shape, to reawake / The passion that’s inside, the need / To grow and lead, the seed / Of traits and fates and futures bright.
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". Here's an extract from the poem, "Wishing Leaves": 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 - #LEADERSHIP
Leadership is the ability to inspire others to act for the common good
Quotes on social responsibility | Quotes on sustainable business | Quotes on transformational change
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