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Monthly BIG Ideas Exchange- Conscious Capitalism

Friday, Jan 16 2015 8:30AM to 11:00AM

Facilitator: Bruce Fritch and Mike Watson
Goodmortgage.com 3325 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28217

Monthly BIG Ideas Exchange

Friday, January 16, 2015 (rescheduled from Jan 9th)

Location: Goodmortgage.com, 3325 South Tryon Street, 28217

http://www.goodmortgage.com/directions/

8:30 am to 9:00 am Continental breakfast and networking
9:00 am to 11:00 am Book Discussion

Free to Members and Guests of BIG: RSVP to terry@bigcouncil.com or register below.

Book: "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business" by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia

Book Links:

http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/resources/538

http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Capitalism-Liberating-Heroic-Business/dp/1422144208


Overview:

At once a bold defense and reimagining of capitalism and a blueprint for a new system for doing business, Conscious Capitalism is for anyone hoping to build a more cooperative, humane, and positive future.

Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue that both business and capitalism are inherently good, and they use some of today’s best-known and most successful companies to illustrate their point. From Southwest Airlines, UPS, and Tata to Costco, Panera, Google, the Container Store, and Amazon, today’s organizations are creating value for all stakeholders—including customers, employees, suppliers, investors, society, and the environment.

Read this book and you’ll better understand how four specific tenets—higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership, and conscious culture and management—can help build strong businesses, move capitalism closer to its highest potential, and foster a more positive environment for all of us.

Reference to the book that inspired “Conscious Capitalism”:
Raj Sisodia, Jag Sheth and David Wolfe. Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2014.

Bruce Fritch and Mike Watson will faciliate this very engaging discussion.  

Bruce has a thought provoking blog: http://fritchconsulting.com/blog  

As a reminder, you don't have to read the book to attend! Most do not, and we always have a very engaging discussion!

During this roundtable we'll:

· share our own experiences in this area in our businesses
· share best practices from our own personal experience or from industry thought leaders
· share ideas on how to improve the area within our businesses to fuel growth

Note: We are looking for people to facilitate book discussions in 2015, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is a book that you’re passionate about and would like to share with the group. The meetings take place the second Friday of every month. Thanks!