Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser

This episode looks at  business responsibility through the eyes of American thought-leaders Joseph Stiglitz, Herman Daly and Amory Lovins. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 19 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 19 is broken into the following sections:- How to Tame Globalization- Beyond Uneconomic Growth- The Art of Barrier Busting- Natural Capitalism and Biomimicry

This episode looks at  the evolution of business responsibility from CSR 1.0 to CSR 2.0. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 25 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. In Part 2, we look at the following sections from Chapter 25:- The Principles of CSR 2.0- Shifting from CSR 1.0 to CSR 2.0- The DNA Model of CSR 2.0

This final episode of the season looks to the future of business responsibility with 10 forecasts for the next 10 years. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads the Epilogue from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. The Epilogue is broken into two sections:- The Next 10 Years- A Triple-S Future for Business

In this episode, we start to explore the process of unlocking change through technological innovation. In particular, the episode includes the following topics:- How To Use Technology To Make Our Planet More Sustainable, Not Less- Tackling the Food Waste Challenge with Technology- Meeting Water and Energy Challenges in the Agri-food sector

In this episode, we continue to explore the process of unlocking change through technological innovation. In particular, the episode includes the following topics:- Sustainable Tech in Africa: A Case Study- Why Banning Dangerous Chemicals Is Not Enough- Will Green Chemistry Save Us From Toxification?

In this episode, we continue to explore the process of unlocking change through technological innovation. In particular, the episode includes the following topics:- Lessons from Egypt in Building a Cleaner Chemicals Industry- Iron Ore and Rare Earth Metals Mining: An Industry Under Siege?- Why Metals Should Be Recycled, Not Mined

In this episode, we continue to explore the process of unlocking change through corporate transparency. In particular, the episode includes the following topics:- Trends in Corporate Accountability- Explosive Sustainability Reporting Growth- Proliferation of Reporting Standards- Improvement of Data Quantity and Quality- Shift from Corporate to Value Chain Data

In this episode, we begin to explore the process of unlocking change through stakeholder engagement. In particular, the episode includes the following topics:- Moving Social Media Beyond a Marketing Channel- Growing Use of Crowdsourcing as a Stakeholder Engagement Tool- Transforming the Power of Connection into the Power of Collaboration- Hyper-connectivity Makes Responsiveness More Possible

In this episode, I begin by examining whether Creating Shared Value (CSV) is a revolution or clever con. Many argue that CSR and sustainability are not the way to unlock change. I have been one of the critics, while still believing that reform is possible. More recently, however, the most vocal critic has been Harvard professor Michael Porter.  I go on to introduce Creating Integrated Value (CIV) and a concept that goes beyond both CSR and CSV, bringing us the "how to" for delivering integration in organisations.

In this episode, we continue our exploration of integrated value, beginning wit the 6-step process of implementation: 1. Listen Up! (stakeholder materiality), 2. Look Out! (integrated risk), 3. Dig Down! (critical processes), 4. Aim High! (innovation & value); 5. Line Up! (systems alignment); and 6. Think Again! (audit & review). I then introduce a more philosophical way to look at integrated value, which is to see it as a way to transform the dying metaphor of business as a “rational machine” into a new metaphor:  business as a “living whole”; hence creating integrated value through holism.

In this episode, we look at the first level of business to which a holistic view needs to be applied, namely that of the individual. By contrast, the old view of business regards employees as rational entities who are expected to perform in mechanical ways to further the materialistic goals of the company.  The other level to which holistic thinking can be applied is that of the organisation. Inherent in the new holistic organisation is the idea of flattening the hierarchy, and a move towards the network-type organisation which recognises its composite wholes more fully. The team-based culture, as well as organizing according to process (as opposed to functional silos), is also part of the move towards a more holistic structure 

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 1 includes the following sections:- Thriving (the poem)- Be Aware But Not Afraid- Thriving As A Force for LifeThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 2 includes the following sections:- What Happened to Our Common Future- The Choice to Hope- Be An Optimist (poem)Thriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser. Episode 3 includes the following sections:- The Great Reset- A Dream Come True- Seeing the Forest for the Trees- Everything That Surrounds and Connects UsThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 4 includes the following sections:- A Theory of Living Systems- The Key of ComplexityThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 5 includes the following sections:- The Key of Circularity- The Key of CreativityThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 6 includes the following sections:- The Key of Coherence- The Key of ConvergenceThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 7 includes the following sections:- The Key of Continuity- Making a Dent in the Universe- RevolutionThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 8 includes the following sections:- The Worst and Best of Humanity- A Moment of Dangerous Opportunity- A Tangle of Knotty Problems Thriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 9 includes the following sections:- Degradation: The Crime of Ecocide- Depletion: The Limits to GrowthThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 10 includes the following sections:- Disparity: Please Mind the Gap- Disease: An Ill Wind That BlowsThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 11 includes the following sections:- Disconnection: The Ones Technology Left Behind- Disruption: It's Going to Be a Bumpy RideThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 12 includes the following sections:- Chaos Points and Decision Windows- The Six Shifts- Lessons in Systems Thinking from COVID-19- Moving through the Tangled Maze- Complexity (poem)Thriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 13 includes the following sections:- Regenerating Nature- Restoration- Where I Feel Most Alive- Valuing Nature's Services- Key Concept: The Ecoservices Economy- The Battle to Save NatureThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 14 includes the following sections:- Hot Trend: 30 by 30 Conservation Goal- Where the Wild Things Are- Case Spotlight: Rewilding in Yellowstone- The Trillion-Tree Challenge- Key Concept: Natural Climate SolutionsThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 15 includes the following sections:- Rhapsody in Blue- Key Concept: Blue Carbon- The Secrets of Soil- Key Concept: Regenerative AgricultureThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 16 includes the following sections:- The Paradox of Modern Agriculture- Case Spotlight: Knepp Estate- The Power of Plants- Hot Trend: Plant ProteinThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Episode 17 includes the following sections:- Embracing Symbiotic Innovation- Key Concept: Symbiotic Innovation- Letting the Earth Thrive- Regeneration (poem)- RenewalThriving is available in the following formats:- Harback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 18 includes the following sections:- Designing to be inherently good- Keeping products and materials in use Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 19 includes the following sections:- Making our living spaces liveable- Working in an oasis Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 20 includes the following sections:- Making a home for nature- Unpacking the issue of food packaging- Turning the tide on plastic  Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 21 includes the following sections:- The coming boom of biofabrication- The movement to reinvent movement - Renewing our eco-empathy- Giving up (poem)  Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 22 includes the following sections:- Regenerating society- Responsibility- The access economy  Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 23 includes the following sections:- The Black Lives Matter movement- Governing for better inclusion- Responsible innovation for inclusion Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 24 includes the following sections:- The spark of social entrepreneurship- When sharing becomes smart- Reimagining the winner-takes-all economy Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 25 includes the following sections:- Human-scale economics- From waste to worth- Shaping our future -  Because I Care (poem) Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 26 includes the following sections:- Revitalisation- Drawing from the well of wellbeing- Key concept: The wellbeing economy- How health tech is helping. Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 27 includes the following sections:- The bio revolution- Opportunities for revitalisation- The rise of plant-based health-  Smart insight: plant-based diets Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 28 includes the following sections:- Staying healthy of mind- Case spotlight: Lendlease- Nurturing resilient employees- Smart insight: skills bricolage- The good work goalsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 29 includes the following sections:- Answering the question "Why?"- Smart insight: aspiration deficit- Nature-based therapy- The healing balm- Nature's embraceSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 30 includes the following sections:- Regenerating the economy- Rewiring- The Fourth Industrial RevolutionSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 32 includes the following sections:- Hot trend: The blockchain- Context-based innovation- Hot trend: Aquaponic systems- Enabling technology transferSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 35 includes the following sections:- Raising ambition on climate action- Bursting the carbon bubble- Case spotlight: BlackRockSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 36 includes the following sections:- To net zero and beyond- Unilever's carbon rainbow- The race for renewables- Breakthrough innovation: Extreme solar- Driving the electrification trend- Hot trend: Fleet managers as energy brokersSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 37 includes the following sections:- Daring to draw down carbon- Regenerative solutions: Project Drawdown top 5- Innovation for climate adaptation- Regenerative solution: Mangrove forestsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 38 includes the following sections:- Innovation for crisis response- Case spotlight: Ushahidi's disaster response- Acts of courage- Alive- Regenerating Organizations- Integration- Food for thoughtSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 39 includes the following sections:- The integration imperative- Fresh insight: SQuELCH issues - Integration brings innovation synergies - Key concept: Synergy - Integrated value management - Rethinking patternsSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 40 includes the following sections:- Re-aligning partners- Renewing principles- Redefining purpose- Reassessing performanceSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 41 includes the following sections:- Redesigning portfolios- Reshaping playing-fields- Spotlight: EU Green Deal- The values dividendSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 42 includes the following sections:- The time for action is now- Acting now (poem)- Leadership- Giants among us- Finding your inner superhero- The lever of leadershipSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 43 includes the following sections:- The Leadership Parable of Gulliver the Goose- Systemic Leadership- Inclusive LeadershipSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 44 includes the following sections:- Strategic leadership- Caring leadership- Innovative leadershipSeason 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 45 includes the following sections:- Courageous leadership- Regenerating yourself- Fresh insight: Ikigai- Rise up, new leaders- To lead (poem)Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Episode 46 - the final episode of Season 6 - includes the following sections:- Giving our witness statement- The fundamental elements of thriving- Living the questions- Reasons for hope- Thriving as a superorganism- Change the world (poem)Season 6 of Purpose Inspired is based on the book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, as read by the author and host of this podcast, Wayne Visser.Thriving is available in the following formats:- Hardback- Ebook- Audiobook

Season 7 is based on the book "The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning". This first episode covers: - A Time to Leave- The Poetry of BusinessThe episode begins: It was time to leave. A bitter-sweet time. The CEO felt sadness, but also contentment. The business he had conceived and birthed and nurtured was mature enough to stand on its own feet now; to live out its own life.Later, it continues:He was leaving behind his scruffy notebooks in the boardroom cabinet - those dog-eared, tea-stained pages on which, over the years, he had jotted down his ideas. Scrawled untidily were the lessons he had learned along the way: about how to make a business 'fit for human beings'; about how to survive in commerce and still sleep soundly at night; about how to create a company that served society, instead of the other way around. So many thoughts …I hope you will join us in this narrative on the purpose of business.

Season 7 is based on the book "The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning". This episode covers profits, responsibility and customers.

Season 7 is based on the book "The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning". This episode covers stakeholders, marketing, success and governance.

Season 7 is based on the book "The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning". This episode covers wellbeing, technology, sustainability and competition.

Season 7 is based on the book "The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning". This first episode covers: - On Business- On Leadership- The Mystery of Business- The Quest for Gold