ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF WELL-BEING
www.wfs.org/futuristupdate.htm
A new survey will examine the need to look “Beyond GDP” in determining
national well-being. The survey, conducted by GlobeScan, will be funded
by Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil), according to president Hazel
Henderson, and will be similar to one that the group produced in 2007 for
the European Parliament (see http://www.beyond-gdp.eu).
GDP–gross domestic product–is [...]
From the Wall Street Journal
By PATRICK LENCIONI
Imagine two lists: One contains the qualities that a business person should have, and another includes the attributes that most business people would say they wouldn’t want to have. There’s only one term I can think of that might top both lists: vulnerability.
Whether we’re [...]
In some ways, September is more like New Year’s than January is. Maybe because of our natural connection to earth’s rhythms, maybe because of the school hours that built themselves around crop cycles, maybe because so many businesses come to a halt in the dog days of summer – but whatever the reason, summer is [...]
from: BNET/The Corner Office blog
When a brilliant idea isn’t so brilliant:
Focusing energy on a project just because it’s “brilliant” does not always justify diverting time and resources from other company goals, Steve Tobak writes. He argues that pet projects can lead to a loss of focus and increased opportunity cost. [...]
In a world of cyber connectedness, where political borders are becoming less and less relevant, I ask myself how my choices contribute to such big guns being in the arms of babes. And I want my newscasters to keep taking deeper cuts on that question.
Child Soldiers
“Life will throw a lot of pies in your face, and there will be days when you can’t get out of your own way — so there better be something big that sustains you.”
–Eileen Gittins, founder of Blurb, writing in Forbes
“The World is crying out for a new way of doing business. When the social enterprise concept becomes known and begins to spread through all free market economies, the flood of creativity it will unleash has the potential to transform our world”
~ Muhammad Yunus, winner Nobel Peace Prize 2006
Happy Early Fathers Day
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” (Thoreau)
Dear Friends,
Being a father has been one of the seminal events in my life and to have the joy of being a grandparent has just doubled [...]
Your daily life is your temple and your religion.
When you enter into it take with you your all.
~ Kahlil Gibran
From Smart Brief on Leadership: leadership@smartbrief.com
Which most closely describes how your spirituality or religion affects the way you lead?
I keep my spiritual beliefs separate from the office. 41.45%
I pray or meditate before I make any important decision. 29.81%
I do not consider myself a religious or spiritual person. 16.72%
I look frequently to spiritual [...]
