The three guiding images for After Capitalism each have their own story and appeal. Today, let’s look at the values …
Traditional values have problems, too
I have “picked” on the postmoderns a few times with posts about the “mean green meme.” Green, by the way, comes from the …
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Values Shifts the Key to After Capitalism?
I think so! As I get closer to the end and conclusions are dancing around in head, more and more I’m in some sense …
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A preview of integral organizations
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with integral values at the leading edge of values change today, with …
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Values shifts, innovation, and Integral
Clients are most often curious about values shifts as they seek new understanding about their current or new customers …
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A Sixth Characteristic of the Future Economy: More Local
There are all sorts of indicators suggesting a growing preference for things local. It’s part of the long term values …
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Millennials at the postmodern and integral transition
The Sunday New York Times had a piece on Millennial Searchers that sought to dispel the myth that they are lazy, …
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The Economic Transition Landing: Hard, Bumpy, or Soft?
There are different views among futurists and others about the nature of the [economic] transition. Futurists, of …
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Will values shift “in time?”
In a new paper, Shifting Values: Hope and Concern for "Waking Up," I took up the challenge of exploring how changing …
The practical application of values in organizations
Thought I’d share some observations from a wonderful book I just read: Fred Kofman, Conscious Business: How to Build …
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Sharing as another indicator of consuming less
Another post on the trend to consuming less -- I sense a trend here. I came across an excellent piece on the topic by …
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Values shift to consuming less
A key theme of ConsumerShift is that the emergence of postmodern and integral values would lead to less emphasis on …
Does lobbying have a future?
Warning: speculative thought piece ahead. In a workshop a while back, in the course of the discussion, I heard myself …
Values and football
I am a big New England Patriots football fan (US football, not soccer). I grew up outside of Boston and have maintained …
Are American values universal?
I came across a blog post by commenting on Congressman Paul Ryan saying that Preventing Gay Marriage Part of America’s …
New Values Types Summary Graphic
Could no longer avoid the Saturday morning to-do list item: "create summary graphic of values types described in …
Zero Energy House: A Soft Path Indicator?
The New York Times ran an interesting piece Zero Energy Construction Crosses the Ocean on “passive house,” or …
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Are postmodern values enough?
In my file of “interesting ideas” I had stashed a nice blog post called “free your mind” from the YES website – a quite …
Is Homo Economicus in decline?
A few comments on an interesting brief post How the 'Free Market' Is Consuming Our Values on a book by Harvard professor …
Tapping values as central to brand success
A new study by WPP Group’s global research agency Millward Brown and Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer of …
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Values have a center of gravity
Real life is messy and people typically do not fit into neat little boxes with values any more than they do in any other …
A CASE for change: Authenticity
A “rethink” of values is underway and described in ConsumerShift. At the core of the rethink are shifts toward …
The Emergence of Integral Values
While the mainstreaming of postmodern values is the headline of ConsumerShift, the emergence of integral values is …
Introducing Four Types of Values for the Future
Having defined values in my last post, now is the time to describe the types of values shaping the future. I will cover …
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