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Call-to-Action I recently attended my favorite annual conference called Wisdom 2.0, which is billed as the intersection of mindfulness and technology. It seems that a lot of successful tech companies have discovered the value of promoting mindful practices in the workplace, but beyond the scientific and biological benefits of such practices, the greater value is […]
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Transparency I have been invited to speak about transparency on a panel that the local B Corp community is sponsoring next week. I don’t know if there is such a thing as an expert on this subject, but I can tell you that I have over 25 years of experience working in an industry that […]
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Giving Back – Prison Mindfulness Institute This month we are highlighting The Prison Mindfulness Institute, whose mission is to provide prisoners, prison staff, and volunteers with effective, evidence-based tools for rehabilitation, self-transformation, and personal development, using proven mindfulness-based interventions. The higher aspiration is to transform the correction system as a whole in order to mitigate […]
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We Respect All To borrow a line from the B Corp movement, our company was formed to be a force for good; to support and to serve the community of all beings in need. In addition to being a certified B Corp, Conscious Capitalism member, Green Business Network member, Social Venture Network member, and a […]
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Giving Back Normally we highlight a specific nonprofit to which we have made a donation so that our stakeholders can get a sense for the type of charities that we support as part of our Giving Back program. Soon we’ll be updating our website with the list of 2016 beneficiaries, but we want to take […]
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A Practice of Giving Earlier last month I came up with an idea about giving since the end of the year is the traditional giving season. It occurred to me that even though our company gives over $100k/year to charitable organizations, as individuals, we might not be exercising the giving muscle in a more personal […]
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Merchant of the Month – The Cheese Board Collective “Worker-Owned Since 1971” The Cheese Board opened as a small cheese store in 1967. The two original owners sold their business to their employees in 1971 and created a 100% worker owned business of which they remained a part. The transition to a worker-owned and operated […]
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Dharma’s Giving Back – charity: water charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. They invest the money raised into organizations with years of experience to build sustainable, community-owned water projects around the world. Their team works closely to ensure that every dollar is accounted for […]
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Suicide Prevention Walk Recently, our staff participated in an annual walk sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) here in San Francisco, called Out of the Darkness Walk. There are over 350 walks around the country, which raise funding to support suicide prevention programs. We are particularly drawn to this event because everyone […]
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Innocence Project Many of you may know that I have a regular Sunday night volunteer commitment with a meditation group at San Quentin prison here in the Bay Area. This has been a powerful eye opener for me in many ways – visibility into the criminal justice system, treatment of state prisoners, rehabilitation efforts, etc. […]
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