Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business - Tapa dura

"The genius of this book lies in its marriage of inspiration with investigation, poetry with practice, and resilience with research. Its long view sets it apart from other books on the topic, and takes the conversation about business, sustainability, and spirituality from the margins into the mainstream." -- Margaret Benefiel * author of Soul at Work and The Soul of a Leader * "A much needed business manifesto that shifts the focus of corporate sustainability to the pursuit of profit opportunities aimed at solving global challenges instead of only doing less harm. Through practices that reconnect us to what we care deeply about, it proposes to harness creativity and collaboration in service of a more prosperous and flourishing world." -- L. Hunter Lovins, President * Natural Capitalism Solutions * "Flourishing Enterprise lays out a compelling case and pathway for business to help catalyze a world where all people and life can flourish. I applaud its inspiration and vision for how each of us can create the world to which we aspire for ourselves and our children." -- Paul Rice, President and CEO * Fair Trade USA * "Drawing together decades of research along with in-depth interviews, Flourishing Enterprise argues that strategic, organizational, and operational efforts to be sustainable reach the potential of flourishing when they incorporate one additional ingredient: reflective practices. Offering more than a dozen such practices, this book leads readers down a path to greater business success, personal well-being, and a healthier planet." "Academics Laszlo and Brown take a fresh look at sustainability, claiming there is a gap between talk about sustainability and the ability to actually create value from it . . . This is a road map for the future, with creative solutions for current leaders and those aspiring to be." -- Mary Whaley "Flourishing Enterprise is one of the most important books of the 21st century. It elucidates what we all long for: genuine happiness and how to align our spirituality and our vocation-our life's work. It offers the possibility for co-creating flourishing communities and enterprises of genuine well-being." -- Mark Anielski * author of The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth * "Organized around the notion that flourishing-the aspiration that humans and life in general will thrive on the planet forever-should be a key goal for every business today, this book advocates that businesses purposely connect with the natural world to promote sustainable practices . . .Flourishing is about prospering in a healthful and vigorous way supported by a positive environment . . . Summing Up: Recommended." -- G. E. Kaupins * CHOICE *

The goal of flourishing should be a key aspiration of business today. While corporate sustainability has fostered green and socially responsible investments that "do less harm," flourishing is far more powerful. By presenting mindful management practices that deepen our sense of connection to each other and the world, this book shows readers how to inspire colleagues, solve complex problems, and create new sources of wealth for business and society.