Consciousness in Leadership: The New Edge for 21st Century Business

Norman Wolfe — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:36:38 -0500

I returned recently from the C3 Summit in Austin TX - that’s the Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Summit. In attendance were some well known CEOs such as John Mackey CEO of Whole Foods, George Zimmer of Men’s Warehouse, and Casey Sheehan of Patagonia, to name just a few. In addition, we had such luminaries as Jean Huston and Deepak Chopra as some of our keynote speakers.

Leadership is determined by Context

Norman Wolfe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:14:58 -0400

I read in the Wall Street Journal how congress has passed legislation to provide shareholders a say on pay. And everyone is celebrating this victory as if it will curb in the large levels of pay received by executives of Wall Street.

In the world energy always flows

Norman Wolfe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:14:39 -0400

I read today an article in the New York Times titled “Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own”. It discusses the trend among many of todays laid off workers to turn their energies toward starting their own businesses rather than looking for work.

Summers call for boost in demand – is it a mistake

Norman Wolfe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:33:10 -0400

Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama’s top economic adviser has urged world leaders to pump more public money into the economy in a coordinated effort to boost demand and lift the world out of recession. Is this a mistake?

The Future looks promising

Norman Wolfe — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:03:00 -0500

In these days of severe decline in economic activity when the very foundation of our economic system seems to be imploding, how can I say the future looks promising?

Is it just a finacial crisis we are in?

Norman Wolfe — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:23:22 -0500

My partner Gregg sent me an article from New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman entitled “Time to Reboot America”. Quite a good article and I want to just quote on key section form it.

Comment on Node ant

Norman Wolfe — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:39:12 -0500

Your comment reminds me of the problem with metaphors and parables - they can only go so far.

The real message intended for this blog post is taht no matter which side of a position one is on, there is always the other side to be considered.

Free market economy is overall the right thing as it frees the energy of creation to flourish. But if uncontrolled it has to potential to run wild and undirected.

Eventually the system will balance itself out, but wouldn't it be better to set balance as an objective all along.

Comment on Node ant

Norman Wolfe — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:29:37 -0500

I want to thank all of you who have commened onmy blog. IT is my hope that we can continue this dialogue to see if a "true" solution can be found for the question of CEO or for that matter any execcutive) pay.

I am going to continue posting a series of blogs to help frame the conversation some more. Please visit the other blogs and keep posting.

Thank you and together perhaps we can bring some effective guidance to this critical issue

Are Entrepreneurs Selling the Soul of their Company?

Norman Wolfe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:40:00 -0500