I had been aware of and interested in seeing the film Girl Rising since a trailer was first released a year ago. The film directed by Richard Robbins tells the stories of nine girls from nine developing nations that fight to […]
Recent Topics: Journalism’s Future, Innovative Grocer, Corporate Citizens & Chipotle Gets Tough
As we reach the midpoint of October I want to provide a recap of some of the subjects covered on the blog of Tafuro Communications and Conscious Capitalism Florida over the past month and give an update on CCF’s progress. […]
Time Magazine: Why “Maximizing Shareholder Value” Is On Its Way Out
When discussing the higher purpose focus of Conscious Capitalism and balancing the needs of all stakeholders questions often come up about measurement of non-measurable “purpose” decisions and how they translate to the bottom line. Parts of my response are as […]
Corporate Citizens: Rights, Freedoms… and Responsibilities?
For over two centuries capitalism and the companies that people have formed under the free enterprise system have been on a journey. That journey has taken a legal entity, the corporation, from one that had typically been chartered for a […]
Conscious Culture at Publix Creates the Wal-Mart Slayer
Forbes Magazine in August covered Publix and how their Conscious Culture and employee ownership is helping them win the grocer war in Florida. Publix’s president, Todd Jones, who started out as a bagger 33 years ago stated, “We believe that there are […]
Chipotle Shows Tough Side of Conscious Capitalism
I’m often asked when discussing Conscious Capitalism if and how in fact this bold idea will really change long standing practices in the business world that many people have begun to just accept as “the way things are” instead of […]
Finding optimism today – Three (3) short videos
Often I am asked where my optimism about our future comes from. My optimism comes from my belief that due to technology and our growing connectedness through the Internet, that we are growing what is in essence a global central nervous […]
Benefit Corporations for Conscious Capitalism
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]