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"we need greater impact per person, per dollar—and we need resources to be directed to their highest and best use."Leslie R. Crutchfield Forces for Good

"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

"organizations can suppress or amplify the human capacity for caring."Monica Worline Awakening Compassion at Work

A flourishing enterprise creates real value for all stakeholders while ensuring people and communities thrive, and nature flourishes. Various Flourishing Enterprise BizMundi

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

"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

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

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

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

True success in business comes from not only achieving financial goals but from ensuring the flourishing of individuals and society as a whole.Aristotle Philosophy

"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

"With POB [Positive Organizational Behavior], we are simply trying to recognize and emphasize the largely untapped power that positivity may have in contemporary and future workplaces with a specific emphasis on criteria meeting psychological capacities." Definition: Positive organizational behavior (POB) is defined as "the study and application of positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today's workplace"Fred Luthans Psychological Capital

Flourishing businesses foster innovation by embedding purpose and social good into their core strategy, driving both performance and impact.Rosabeth Moss Kanter Harvard Business Review

"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

"Each connection is an asset that has been invested through connections."John, Peter McKnight, Block The Abundant Community

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

Flourishing enterprises embrace regenerative practices, creating positive outcomes for nature and society while growing their bottom line.John Elkington Green Swans

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

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

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

"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

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

Flourishing enterprises see business as a force for good, delivering long-term benefits for both people and the planet without sacrificing profit.Paul Polman Net Positive

"We have lost our appetite for big and idealistic plans because so many previous ones have failed so dismally:"Thomas G. Weiss Global Governance

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

"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

"can be happier working at something you love, build institutions that can act as platforms to catapult change (and create real value while doing it), and maybe even transform the world in necessary and far-reaching ways."John Seely-Brown The Power of Pull

"Embedded in this definition are four formative ideas about Appreciative Leadership: (1) it is relational; (2) it is positive; (3) it is about turning potential into positive power; and (4) it has rippling effects."Diana Whitney et al. Appreciative Leadership

"The challenge we face in creating sustainability demands a lot more of us as individuals and as a society."John R. Ehrenfeld et al. Flourishing

"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

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