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Purpose Workplace diversity, gender equality, living wages, social impact, transparency, mindfulness in business, environmental impact, community engagement, triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit) – whew! Plus we’ve embraced a fourth: Purpose. It used to be a person would start a business just to earn a little cabbage on which to live. Times have changed, as […]
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Dharma’s Giving Back – Veteran’s Path Veteran’s PATH reconnects veterans with strength and service. Through practical tools of meditation and mindfulness, physical and outdoor experiences, and a community of camaraderie, veterans rediscover peace, acceptance, transformation and honor in a new journey forward. Established in 2008 by Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin, two long-time mindfulness […]
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Interpretation Afew years ago, I was walking with a friend along an oceanside path at Point Reyes National Seashore when we came across a couple coming from the other direction. As we passed them and said hello, we heard a sound which prompted the man to comment on how anyone could be discharging a shotgun […]
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Stakeholders I just returned from the Social Venture Network conference in San Diego, which is always my favorite annual event. This group, which has been in existence since 1987, works toward creating a just and sustainable world by supporting and promoting companies and their leaders through collaboration, self-reflection, and action. Aside from the insights and […]
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2016 is The Year of Corporate Social Responsibility—Here’s Why One phenomenal change sweeping the corporate landscape is the concept known as corporate social responsibility, or CSR for short. This concept is incredibly promising because it shows that corporations are finally starting to listen to the needs of the consumer. They are finally starting to recognize […]
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What’s for Breakfast? My bad. For years now, I have been attributing the expression “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” to the now deceased author and business expert, Peter Drucker. Turns out he never said that. Never wrote that either. I’m not the only one doing the misquoting, though, as I continue to see it being […]
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Ideals to Consider I recently attended the annual Wisdom 2.0 conference here in San Francisco, which is billed as the intersection of Wisdom and Technology. Attendees from the tech sector, government, local sustainable companies, and representatives from mindfulness/teaching centers were convened to explore how mindfulness practices can impact a business in financial, employee engagement, empowerment, […]
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A New Kind of Political Candidate? In Chinese astrology, 2016 is the Year of the Monkey – which makes total sense given the number of apes, chimps, and bonobos that are running for political office this year! I read that weaknesses of people under this sign are being egotistical, arrogant, crafty, restless, and snobbish, so I […]
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What Is Your Word for 2016? In lieu of the stereotypical new year’s resolution, which I find to be waaaay too difficult to keep, often resulting in the “Second Arrow” of getting down on myself for not fulfilling, I’m taking the lead from our good friend, Mary Mix, who has come up with a much […]
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Practice of Mindfulness Recently, I attended a conference called Mindfulness and Well-being at Work sponsored by The Greater Good Science Center in Berkeley, California. This extraordinary organization is doing research into the nature of compassion, the science of happiness, the practice of gratitude, the fostering of kindness, and so much more. Here in the San […]
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