Purpose Inspired Newsletter #7
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
URE OF THE WEEK - #CROSSES
POST OF THE WEEK - #RESILIENCE
We all want to thrive in the future, but first, we will have to survive. And in order to survive in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world, we need to develop resilience. Here are my 5-D strategies for resilience: 1. Defend your assets through intelligent design and financial buffers, 2. Diversify your people and products to increase creativity and lower risk, 3. Decentralise your infrastructure and markets to reduce single-source dependence, 4. Decouple your growth from scarce environmental resources, and 5. Define your vision and purpose to give people something bigger to believe in. How resilient are you?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - #POWER
Unlocking change is not only about what you do, but also whether you are tapped into your own power
Quote from: Sustainable Frontiers
PODCAST OF THE WEEK - THE AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY
This episode introduces an approach to business in society which is transformative - namely CSR 2.0 or Systemic CSR. We begin by exploring the case of Ray Anderson and Interface.
POEM OF THE WEEK - IT'S TIME
It’s time to redesign, to reconceive the world we leave / For those who follow in our wake, for each child’s sake / It’s time to spark and innovate, to syncopate with / New ideas, beyond the fears of failures past, at last / It’s time to rise, with fire burning in our eyes / And change our ways to giving, for life and for the living
It’s time to re-align, to reassess the mess we make / When what we take is more than need, is greed / It’s time to halt life’s slow decline, the heinous crime / Of ecocide, the plastic tide, the skies of smoke that choke / It’s time to heal the dying soil, to ease the workers’ toil / And make new waves of daring, with love and with great caring
It’s time to redefine, to resurrect the hope that springs / With wings of acting boldly now, with minds that beam / It’s time to dream of futures green, to reinvent our fate / To help the Earth regenerate, where waste is food, renewed / It’s time to turn from death, to take a breath, start afresh / And make a mighty pivot, for life and all who live it.
BOOK OF THE WEEK - THE CSR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COMPENDIUM
In this 610 page Compendium, CSR International compiled summaries of the best research on corporate sustainability, social responsibility and business ethics between 2009 and 2014, including on Governance (Volume 1), Environment (Volume 2) and Society (Volume 3). A great resource for researchers or for conducting a meta-analysis.
REFLECTION OF THE WEEK - #LAUGHTER
One dose of laughter is guaranteed to make you high
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Copyright 2021 Wayne Visser
Author The Ergodic Investor and Entrepreneur; Rebuild: the Economy, Leadership, and You | Builder of net positive business ecosystems using ergodic finance, FairShares Commons incorporation + DDO + Sociocracy | Speaker
3 年Great! I'd add, for incorporated entities: incorporate including all the capitals and stakeholders you touch, giving them an equitable balance of voting and dividend rights, not just investors. That leads to systemic collaboration and to even bigger resilience.
Manal Ibrahim is a civil engineer, entrepreneur, and lecturer. Manal is committed to environmental conservation and sustainability. Currently working behind the scenes to bring disruptive concepts to education worldwide.
3 年Great to listen to. Informative and enlighten ??