The The Conscious Conscious Business Business World World Summit Summit Panels Panels Host and panelists
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Panel Description
The Conscious Business Declaration – A New Standard for Business in the 21st Century
This panel brings together the four NGOs that initiated the Conscious Business Declaration in 2015. Humanity’s Team, The Club of Budapest, The Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of Public Benefit out of Case Western Reserve University and the Goi Peace Foundation spent over a year creating the Conscious Business Declaration. Their aim in creating the Declaration was to bring truly transformational process to business in a systemic way so that business anywhere in the world serves the health and well-being of communities and the planet. Panel members will share their vision for how things will unfold in the global business economy in the months and years ahead as consciousness takes hold as an essential feature in business and civil society.
Host: Steve Farrell Panelists: Ervin Laszlo Chris Laszlo Hiroo Saionji
Conscious Philanthropy
Who are the new philanthropists and how can they leverage their charitable giving to create transformational change? The Conscious Philanthropy panel shares visions of how to impact society’s most pressing problems at both the individual and systemic level through the conscious allocation of capital. Panelists explore new models for empowering the underserved with financial dignity, transforming the concept of philanthropy for both the beneficiary and the giver, bridging communities of wealth and social entrepreneurship, and directing the flow of capital toward improving the health and well-being of the planet, of humanity and of the web of life.
Host: Claudia Welss Panelists: Robert Smith Rod McGrew Jenny Santi
Tools & Trainings that Transform the Way Global Business is Done
Education and training offerings about conscious business are not yet mainstream, but they are available. In this panel, we explore the essence of three such pioneering programs that provide a combination of principle, theory, inner reflection, and practice to support expanding consciousness among business professionals and leaders.
Host: Stephen Dynako Panelists: Peter Matthies Jeff Vander Clute Sarah McCrum Bibi Shanaz
The Science of Conscious Business
There is a widespread assumption that while cooperation is to be encouraged in some aspects of life, the unbridled pursuit of self-interest reigns in the business world. This assumption is an illusion, based on the “greed is good” ideology of orthodox economic theory. An alternative view is provided by evolutionary
Host: Kurt Johnson Panelists: David Sloan Wilson Michele Hunt
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