Enterprise Excellence 3
Events
Transforming Business
Speaking engagements at i58 retreat
Both the Director of Transforming Business, Dr Peter Heslam, and the Director of Enterprise Research, Dr Flint McGlaughlin, are amongst the speakers at a retreat organized by i58 for business leaders and scholars taking place Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida, USA.
The theme of the retreat is 'expressing your calling through business leadership' and it will be held at the spectacular and legendary Sawgrass Marriott golf resort, spa and hotel from Friday 29th February to Saturday March 1st 2008
Sessions will include interviews of inspiring CEOs and explorations of how the contemplative life can be lived out in the midst of pressing schedules, and how you can build your company by building your people.
Despite the spectacular venue, there is no charge to attend this retreat. Instead, participants will be invited to make a free-will donation to cover costs. You just need to find accommodation nearby, as the hotel itself is full.
To register and to receive more information (including accommodation advice) contact Rick Frantz on rick.frantz@meclabs.com. The registration deadline is 18th February.
Speaking engagements in New York City
Peter Heslam and Flint McGlaughlin will be sharing the platform at three speaking engagements in New York City. They will be speaking at Fordham University on the evening of 4th March 2008, at Columbia University at lunchtime on 5th March and at the Harvard Club on the evening of 5th March. For details of these events, contact Dr Richard Brake, Culture of Enterprise Initiative, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, rbrake@isi.org (www.cultureofenterprise.org)
Social Enterprise Workshop
Social enterprises are springing up all over the place. Creative and entrepreneurial in orientation, they are amongst the most effective agents of change around the world today.
The sectors of society in which social enterprises can be found is on the increase. They include education, micro-enterprise, international development, health care, tourism, recycling, employment bonds and housing. The Social Capitalist awards run by the Fast Company and the Monitor Group reflect this breadth (see here).
The list of award winners reflects something else that is interesting about social enterprises: they are increasing represented in the for-profit sphere. In fact, the boundary between social and commercial enterprise is often becoming blurred.
Within this emerging mix of ideas and initiatives on the border of philanthropy and business, Transforming Business is co-hosting a workshop on social enterprise with Faith in Business, a business group based at Ridley Hall in Cambridge.
Download a workshop flyer (pdf) for more information, including details of featured speakers, full programme and booking form.
Wholeness at Work
Many people claim their lives are becoming increasingly fragmented. Work, family, leisure, community involvement lack a sense of coherence, resulting in increased psychological and relational breakdown. There is, however, a widespread longing for wholeness, a desire to live and work in a way which is integrated and to work for organizations that foster such integration.
How can we discover wholeness for ourselves and create wholeness in the organisations in which we work or which we influence? The business group Faith in Business, convened by Ridley Hall in Cambridge, is holding a weekend conference to address this question. The day is likely to be of special interest to people who work in consultancy, but all are welcome.
Transforming Business will be having input in the programme.
For further details about the conference, including registration, click here. An emailable conference flyer is available here.
Principles in Business
How can Christian virtue ethics enrich and inform the conduct of contemporary business? That has been the key question of a seminar series on the Principles of Business in which Peter Heslam, Transforming Business' Director, is involved. These one-day seminars are co-hosted by Faith in Business and CABE (the Christian Association of Business Executives). They are practically oriented and are by invitation only. Click here to download a summary of the last seminar, on the practice of the virtues in small entrepreneurial enterprises. Information about the programme for 2008 can be obtained from Dr Richard Higginson on rah41@cam.ac.uk
Other organizations
Global Enterprise Week
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Dr Carl Schramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, have launched the countdown to Global Entrepreneurship Week, set to run from 17-23 November 2008. They plan for it to become the world's biggest event celebrating and promoting entrepreneurship amongst young people. Representatives from more than 25 participating countries attended the launch and to plan the events. To find out events due to take place where you are, click here.
Gordon Brown at the launch of
Global Enterprise Week
Acton University
Acton University is the name given to the annual summer school run by the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over four days, participants will explore the intellectual foundations of a free society, with the help of distinguished scholars. It aims to provide an opportunity not only to deepen knowledge but to integrate philosophy, theology and economics. The dates are June 10-13, 2008. Further information here.
CABE
The London-based Christian Association of Business Executives (CABE) is dedicated to bringing Christian values and moral principles to the world of business, particularly at executive level. It has Catholic origins but now fully embraces members of a variety of churches. The CABE Network is an opportunity to meet and discuss issues over drinks at the end of a day at the office. The next meeting of the network is on 12 March 2008, when the speaker with be Matthew Frost, CEO of Tearfund. Click here for more details.
CABE is also co-hosting a half-day conference with other faith and business organization on 2 April 2008 at the Cass Business School in London. Speakers include Mark Greene (LICC), Geoff Shattock (Work Talk), Charles Eve (Goldman Sachs), Eve Poole (Ashridge Business School). Book online or download form.
Spirituality in the Workplace
The Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership are sponsoring a two-day workshop on Spirituality and the Workplace on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 April 2008 at the British Psychological Library, London. Leading the workshop is Martin Rutte, President of Livelihood, a management consulting firm in New Mexico, USA. He has worked with many of America's leading corporations and his pioneering work on spirituality in the workplace was featured on the ABC-TV special 'Creativity - Touching the Divine. He is co-author of the New York Times business bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work, and is currently working on his new book The Work of Humanity: Project Heaven on Earth. For more information about him, visit www.martinrutte.com, www.spiritualityandtheworkplace.ca and www.projectheavenonearth.com
For more information on this workshop, contact Dr Sue Howard, Director of
Corporate Affairs for the JMSR on amsrhoward@hotmail.com. The closing date for payments is 8th March 2008.
Management, Spirituality and Religion
The Academy of Management's 'Management, Spirituality & Religion' interest group focuses on the study of the relationship and relevance of spirituality and religion in management and organizations.
It is interested in both theoretical and empirical approaches to the application of spiritual or religious principles and practices to the sphere of management.
The interest group will be holding a consortium from Friday, August 8th and Saturday, August 9th 2008 at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, USA. Distinguished scholars in this field, including André Delbecq, Ian Mitroff and Jay Conger will be exploring questions critical to informing the future of Management, Spirituality and Religion. For an invitation to the consortium, click here. A registration form is here. For further details, contact Dr Arthur Jue on ajue@sbcglobal.net
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