I want to thank everyone that has provided financial and advocacy support for Conscious Capitalism Florida in the past two weeks and give you an update on our progress. We wrap up our first quarter this week so please keep the support coming. You can donate or become a member here. Just three months before …
Introducing Conscious Capitalism Florida
As we quickly come to the close of the first quarter of 2013 I am pleased to announce the launch of Conscious Capitalism Florida, Inc. The organization was established on January 15, 2013 and I am proud to be a founder and to serve as the president and CEO of this new chapter of Conscious …
Whole Earth Catalog – Behind the Cover of Corporate Empathy
One year ago today the vision to write and publish a book came into focus and began as a Word document saved on my laptop. The day prior I had no plans to write a book and had laughed at the suggestion of it by a friend just two months earlier. The physical and mental …
Conscious Capitalism Requires Corporate Empathy
“Corporations embody the human spirit of life (profitability), liberty (free enterprise), and the pursuit of happiness (improving our human experience).” – Vinny Tafuro It has been two months since I published the Kindle version of Corporate Empathy and the discussion it (and the subsequent print edition) prompts is proving very timely. Continually I am finding new …
Zuckerberg protected the mission of Facebook and himself from Jobs like ouster
As Facebook has gone public this year there has been debate surrounding Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership abilities and what his role should be going forward. There has even been commentary on whether he should remain CEO as illustrated below. However, Zuckerberg’s decision to hire Sheryl Sandberg away from Google in 2008 as Facebook’s COO was likely …
Sheryl Sandberg’s Book and Her Influence for Gender Equality
I firmly believe that “Sheryl Sandberg will likely be one of the most influential people of the technology and digital age” and was pleased to learn last week that she would be releasing a book titled Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead this coming March. While working on my own book Corporate Empathy over the past …
Is the private sector finding empathy?
Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Last month at TEDx Tampa Bay one of the presenters, Deena Fidas, Deputy Director of the Public Education and Outreach Department for the Human Rights Campaign gave a great talk on how the private sector is way ahead of the government when it comes to …
The Future of Stories is Coming Full Circle
The two videos I missed for the TEDx Tampa Bay event last month, themed The Future of Stories illustrate where stories, or technology’s ability to share stories, may be heading. The first was The Gods Must Be Crazy, (trailer) a 1980 South African comedy that tells a wild story of a Bushman’s encounters with modern man, …
Taking my own advice in school and TEDx Tampa Bay
This past Friday was the end of my fourth week since returning to college at The University of Tampa since receiving my Associate in Arts from Hillsborough Community College in 2004. It was also the first day of class that I missed by taking my own advise. For nine years as a leader in Ad …
Notes & Quotes: Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
Notes & Quotes are where I post links to and information about the resources used in my book Corporate Empathy. Sheryl Sandberg will likely be one of the most influential people of the technology and digital age. Her views are spot on and her goals for the equality of men as well as women are great. …