Compassion Informing Business Opportunities

A Wall Street group asked me for some thoughts on investing with Compassion. I thought one angle that could be of interest to their readers is how having compassion can inform business opportunities.  see article below

   Too often when we talk about business ethics, compassion, and doing good, there is a “should” quality to the conversation that tugs on guilt and feelings of burdensome responsibility.    I recommend against that framing of compassion.   Better to ask yourself about your own values that speak to you that gives you the uplifting energy and the joy that can come from positive self-expression.    Riding on this energy gives one the persistence needed to make things happen.

 

Talk at Megafund Temasek on Well Being as an Investment Opportunity

 A little more than a year ago I was asked to share my investment thoughts with the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, which is one of the world's largest asset pools.  This presentation before their senior executives was a high end event, part of their annual eco-prosperity week.  Before my comments, I was approached by the moderator.  When I told him I was going to talk about mindfulness and related trends around suicide, he was a bit shocked and taken aback.  I think they were expecting me to talk about big ideas around climate change.  He kind of tried to nudge me to mute my the mindfulness