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2014 Business as an Agent of World Benefit (BAWB) Global Forum

In collaboration with PRME, the 2014 Global Forum for Business as an Agent of World Benefit series will bring together leading business executives, management scholars, civil society leaders, and government policy makers from around the world to identify and to leverage new solutions that have the potential to change the nature of 21st century society. The format and content will encircle the globe, with delegates coming from around the world to attend the Forum and additional participants attending virtually. We will connect insights across disciplines, sectors, cultures, and geographic regions.

When and where:
October 15–17, 2014 at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Confirmed Speakers:

  1. Naveen Jain, Founder and CEO of inome and the founder of InfoSpace, Moon Express, and other companies
  2. Michel Giannuzzi, CEO of Tarkett
  3. Dr. Stu Hart, Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations, Johnson School of Management at Cornell
  4. Dr. Raj Sisodia, FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He is also co-founder and co-Chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc.
And other globally recognised thought leaders such as Dr. Peter Senge, Dr. Ron Fry, Dr. David Cooperrider and Dr. Chris Laszlo.

Presentation and panel themes:

  1. Going beyond the business case for sustainability to engage hearts and minds in the pursuit of flourishing;
  2. Launch of the Prizing for Business as an Agent of World Benefit; and
  3. Sector specific action plans including rapid prototyping of possible solutions that are good for business and society.

The Forum is designed to galvanise change, and you are invited to be apart of it. Join the mailing list to stay up with the 2014 Global Forum's progress.

History of the 2006 and 2009 Global Forums for Business as an Agent of World Benefit

Inspired by several thousand interviews of business and society innovation, delegates at the first (2006) Global Forum shared the vision that business has the opportunity to be one of the most creative forces on the planet, challenging "the great trade-off illusion"; and exploring fresh research on the business case for sustainability. Nearly 500 leaders attended. An important innovation was the creation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).

In the second (2009) Global Forum the theme was "Manage by Designing in an Era of Massive Innovation," focused on uniting design thinking with sustainable business practice and education. Over 600 leaders of business, policy and management explored the primacy and potency of design thinking as the vortex for creating a new breed of industry–leading stars, showing how the creative designer's attitude can transform 21st century corporate citizenship into a source of business opportunity and world–benefiting innovation. Designers from IDEO and the methods of Appreciative Inquiry helped turn the conference room into a real–time design studio—the place was rocking—and again books, major initiatives and agendas were shaped.

View event website for further information.

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