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“more companies are touting the B Corp logo, a third-party seal of environmental and social credentials, to attract young job seekers who want an employer committed to both a social mission and the bottom line."Ryan Honeyman et al. The B Corp Handbook

"An achievement like that will, among other things, call upon investments and innovation in areas as different as building smart cities, transforming vast mobility industries, propelling the renewable energy economy, creating circular and regenerative approaches to manufacturing, turning waste into wealth, and building out regenerative agriculture and new food systems."David Cooperrider et al. The Business of Building a Better World

"Profitability may be achievable in the short-term through quick fixes by management and factors outside the scope of employee engagement. But in the long-term, turnover and disloyal customers will have direct financial consequences to the business unit."Flourishing

In times of turmoil the danger lies not in the turmoil itself, but in facing it with yesterday’s logic.Peter Drucker

"It is not only that we live in a universe of strengths and unlimited human imaginations, but surrounding every change situation we are part of—whether internal to the system or external to the system—there exists the strength combinations and innovation potentials, including consciousness shifts, greater than any organizational challenge or opportunity we will ever face."Jacqueline Stavos Conversations Worth Having

"there’s nothing quite like staring apocalypse in the eye to humble oneself or a society."Ray Anderson Business Lessons From a Radical Industrialist

Flourishing businesses enable human capabilities, contributing to individual freedom and societal development while achieving sustainable success.Amartya Sen Development as Freedom

“Companies that are breaking the mold are moving beyond corporate social responsibility to … social innovation."Chris Laszlo Sustainable Value

To thrive in the 21st century, businesses must adopt a flourishing mindset, focusing on ecological regeneration and equitable value distribution.Kate Raworth Doughnut Economics

"Positively powerful leadership is a two-sided coin. On one side, it is about being powerful: bringing your best forward, giving voice to what matters to you, and engaging with others in creating a world that works for all. And on the other, it is about helping others to be powerful: knowing their strengths, having confidence and opportunities to share their ideas, and seeking out support, learning, and collaboration to contribute their best.Diana Whitney et al. Appreciative Leadership

Flourishing businesses move beyond â€˜doing less harmâ€™ to actively creating conditions where human and ecological well-being thrive.John Ehrenfeld Flourishing: A Frank Conversation

"Purpose is an intention that creates focus and draws us into the creation of a new future."Robert E. Quinn The Economics of Higher Purpose

"As innovators in the business sector implement strategies aligned with natural systems, new jobs and industries will flourish that will regenerate the biosphere while promoting employment opportunities that support social justice. These win-win scenarios are an encouraging sign for the greening of commerce."Andres R. Edwards Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Enterprises that choose to flourish ensure the health of natural systems, understanding that their future depends on a thriving planet.Rachel Carson Silent Spring

"instead emphasize positive phenomena—for example, positive emotions, positive opportunities, and positive relationships—in the interest of developing a positive climate in the organization."Kim Cameron Positive Leadership

"Few people can envision it and even fewer ever aspire to creating such a reality."Robert E. Quinn The Positive Organization

A flourishing business creates opportunities where there are none, focusing on peopleâ€™s well-being and eliminating social inequality.Muhammad Yunus Banker to the Poor

"Well-being in the workplace is, in part, a function of helping employees do what is naturally right for them by freeing them up to do so—through behaviors that influence employee engagement and therefore that increase the frequency of positive emotions."Flourishing

Flourishing enterprises are future-fit, empowering employees, encouraging self-management, and aligning with deeper societal and environmental goals.Frederic Laloux Reinventing Organizations

"positive deviance represents “intentional behaviors that depart from the norm of a reference group in honorable ways” (Spreitzer & Sonenshein, 2003: 209). Positive leadership aims to help individuals and organizations attain spectacular levels of achievement."Kim Cameron Positive Leadership

"Quick fixes are often faddish."Shelley G. Trebesch Made To FLourish

"Everyone has a voice but not a vote. Top CEOs recognize that there is an art to gathering input as part of the decision-making process. Yet they do not wait for consensus."Elena L. Botelho The CEO Next Door

Flourishing businesses align profit with purpose, creating sustainable growth and resilience by addressing social and environmental challenges.Ryan Honeyman The B Corp Handbook

"Management activities − the activities associated with the strategic planning of Lean and embedding a culture of Lean into an organization. • Prepare − the processes associated with scoping individual Lean activities. • Roadmap − creation of a high-level plan for major projects. • Implement − planning and implementation of changes to processes, products and services. • Sustain − this is concerned with implementing a concept of ‘improvement every day’ as well as embedding any changes made during the implementation phase."Mark Eaton The Lean Practitioner's Handbook

"The collective glue that bonds communities together, the social stability that permits them to function efficiently,and the exchange relationships that create effective interactions all are embedded, ultimately, in ideas of trust, gratitude, respect, forgiveness, optimism, and other virtues."Positive Organizational Scholarship

Companies that pursue flourishing create value not just for shareholders, but for society by solving global challenges through innovation.Michael Porter Shared Value Leadership Summit

"most important factor in predicting organizational performance—which was more than twice as powerful as any other factor—was the ratio of positive statements to negative statements."Kim Cameron Positive Leadership

Businesses can flourish by ensuring the ecosystems they depend on are protected and regenerated, securing a future for all living beings.Jane Goodall The Book of Hope

"almost everything being done in the name of sustainability has been designed to reduce negative impacts rather than contribute to a healthy world."Chris Laslo Flourishing Enterprise

Businesses that commit to flourishing experience long-term financial performance, driven by employee engagement and customer satisfaction.Rosabeth Moss Kanter Harvard Business Review

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