I just got home from the Oslo Summit and Business for Peace Award conference. Talk about an international event! Honorees and speakers came from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe to Oslo City Hall, site of the Noble Peace Prize Awards, to a spectacular room covered in magnificent murals. I’ll now describe the day’s three […]
The energy of Conscious Capitalism is blossoming in Germany, Switzerland and Austria! To hear about the German language edition of my book (out in October), my latest trip to Germany, two great interviews in the German language press and a cool citation in Germany’s leading magazine, Der Spiegel, visit the Fall 2008 Newsletter!
Frankfurt. Early one Monday morning in late Feburary, I look out at 70 or so business people, mostly middle-aged men. A few of them look as if they might want to duck out for a second cup of coffee. I myself am wondering how well it is going to go over for an American to […]
I’m relaxing at home in Telluride, Colorado after a busy spring traveling and speaking about — what else? — The Rise of Conscious Capitalism. Soon, I’ll drive to a great gathering at the Vail (CO) Leadership Institute, my last event until autumn. On the road, I expected to discover a bit of resistance to the […]
I’d estimate half the S&P 500 embrace important aspects of Conscious Capitalism. Maybe 50 or so excel on numerous fronts. Among them is super-green Herman Miller — which introduced participatory management in the 1950s! — and wins diversity awards today. “Miller” as insiders call the company consistently hits lists like Business Ethics “100 Top Corporate Citizens,” the […]
The Swedish coaching firm “Lots/Mindo” whose CEO Hans Akerbloom, I met at the World Business Academy’s Global Mind Change Forum in September 2005, brought me to Sweden the first week of May. Before I even got there, a huge article appeared in “Dagens Industri,” Sweden’s Wall Street Journal. There were several exciting events, including lunch […]
I’m excited to announce that director George Araneo, a documentary film maker on the PBS show “Visionaries” has acquired the movie rights of my book and, with producer Chris Carey, will create a feature film entitled “The Rise of Conscious Capitalism.” I’ll be involved in many aspects of the project, especially fundraising. Any thoughts on […]
Spring got off to a great start at the Virginia Festival of the Book. I was delighted so many of you emailed to say you liked the talk at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, later broadcast on CSPAN’s “Book TV” It was also covered by a local station. Pop me an email […]