What Is Conscious Business & How Can We Cultivate It?
To have a conscience in business, and to be a conscious business leader, are seemingly similar terms. Yet are they? Somehow, we have collapsed the distinction between conscience and conscious, eclipsing an important difference. Investigating how these terms are different is crucial in developing a leader whose awareness becomes more inclusive, more flexible, and more responsive to the rapidly changing needs of business today.
Published WorkMore Relevant Reading
The Game of Business: What Sets It Apart From Every Other Game?
Are you clear about the game of business? Clarity reshapes everything. Especially when we are navigating across multiple domains at once – education, finance, health, public service, creative industries. Lines can blur. The rules that govern one domain drift into another, and the distinctions that once felt solid start to soften. In the midst of […]
The Nature of Time in the Game of Business
In sports, duration gives shape to the way a game is played. A game ends when the clock runs out, when the final set is played, or when a specific point total is reached. Tennis runs on sets. Soccer on halves. Basketball on quarters. Even golf has its own temporal architecture, measured through a fixed […]
Game On: Are You Clear About the Game You’ve Agreed to Play?
It’s not uncommon to think of business as a game. Consider this reflection from an influential leader: “Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.” – Thomas J. Watson, early IBM leader In any game, there are agreements to participate. We make countless agreements each day […]