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Today's guest is a futurist. Did you even know that was a profession? He's not a fortune teller, he's actually a professional futurist and is very much on the cutting edge of thought leadership surrounding sustainability, and his name is Eric Lowitt. He's doing incredible work as a self-described volatility advocate and expert. He, like I said, he's a futurist, he's a thought leader and the CEO of Nexus Global Advisors. It's an advisory firm that works with CEO's, senior public officials, and leading executives on strategy, collaboration, sustainability, volatility, and business models of tomorrow. And if you're running a business today, what are the forces at play that you may not even see that would likely impact your work and your goals.
August 6, 2014 Greatest Hits Predicatable Success w Les McKeown & the Very Sustainable Eric Lowitt
Eric Lowitt is a globally recognized expert in the fields of competitive strategy, growth, and sustainability. He is the author of The Collaboration Economy: How to Meet Business, Social, and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage. In this interview, we discuss the shift toward collaboration, how to meet social and environmental needs profitably and we invent a new phrase: “SUSTAINABLE sustainable competitive advantage.”
Tough Talk with Tony Gambone with guest Charles S. Faddis & Eric Lowitt Charles S. Faddis, President of Orion Strategic Services, LLC is a former CIA operations officer with twenty years of experience in the conduct of intelligence operations in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. He has worked against the most dangerous terrorist organizations on the planet and has extensive firsthand experience with their methodology and tactics. His last assignment prior to retirement in May of 2008 was as head of the CIA's terrorist Weapons of Mass Destruction unit. He took the first CIA team into Iraq in the Summer of 2002 in advance of the invasion of that country and has worked extensively in the field with law enforcement, local security forces and special operations teams. Since retirement, he has written extensively and provided training to a wide variety of government and private entities. Eric Lowitt advises CEOs, senior public officials, and leaders of nongovernmental organizations in the fields of strategy, collaboration, and sustainability. He is the author of The Future of Value (Wiley, 2011); his latest book, The Collaboration Economy (Wiley, 2013), provides a path toward inclusive growth that addresses our most vexing global challenges. A sought-after speaker, Eric was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior in both 2012 and 2013. He has worked for nearly two decades with Accenture, Fidelity Investments, and Deloitte Consulting and earned his MBA from The Wharton School. Eric is the Managing Director of Nexus Global Advisors, a leading strategy, collaboration, and sustainability advisory firm. To learn more about how Nexus Global Advisors can help you, visit: www.nexusglobaladvisors.com
Moe Abdou, founder of 33voices, interviews Eric Lowitt, author of The Collaboration Economy.
High performance sales expert Ben Newman is a distinguished author, international speaker and coach who hails from St. Louis. In 2012, The Napoleon Hill Foundation recognized Ben as one of the TOP 51 speakers & thought leaders in the World! In the financial services industry, Ben serves as Chief Inspirational Officer for a Top 10 Office of one of the elite Fortune 100 Financial Firms in the United States. He has also qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table every year and ranks in the top 1% of Wealth Management Professionals in the world. Additionally, Ben was recognized by St. Louis Magazine as a Wealth Manager of the Year in 2008 and 2009. Today, Ben also focuses on delivering keynote addresses all over the world, hosting workshops and presenting at The Continued Fight Boot Camps. Eric is committed to sustainability. His hope is that one day every company will take action to restore the environment and support social equity and development. In the meantime, Eric is doing all he can — through his writing, coaching, and speaking engagements — to bring awareness to these critical issues. He's a sought-after speaker and he consults with companies to achieve sustainability and competitive strategy goals.
Dr. Beth (www.drbetherickson.com) first spoke with Eric Lowitt (www.ericlowitt.com) about his work with corporations and public sector individuals taking a macro-economic look at our global interconnectedness and how collaboration is going to be necessary to solve Earth’s problems. His book is The Collaboration Economy. Then she spoke with Tom Payne, author of The Template of Time … Read more about this episode...