Good day and happy holiday season! This month, we focus on a couple stories asking the question about transformative business and culture practices that leave much to be desired... as well as some possibilities for the next step.
Mindfulness: Capitalist Tool or Path to Enlightenment?
Wired magazine looks at the mindfulness phenomenon in business, and asks the question of it's connection to underlying systems. How can mindfulness work in business if the purpose of all business activities are to maximize shareholder value... and shareholder value is not always aligned with stakeholder value?
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Inside the Revolution at Etsy
NYTimes with a piece on how one of the largest Benefit Corporations in existence ceased being a Benefit Corporation. The pathway there? the financial system it agreed to abide by.
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Valuing Money... And It's Effect on Happiness
There are many ways to measure wealth (money, culture, time), and many ways to think about it (eg, stores, flows, collectives). Here, Greater Good discusses the psychological impact on the store of money, along with a contrast to relationships as another form of wealth.
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Trust-based Lending Transforming Supply Chains
Triple Pundit highlights stories from RSF Social Finance, blurring the line between money transactions and money relationships. Living in the uncomfortable space of trust-first, and finding a path towards 'real' wealth-building as relationship strength blossoms.
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