ODNChicago
September Meetings
Both
featuring speaker J. Jeffrey Spahn, on "Re-imagining Business
in the 21st Century; a New Capitalist Manifesto?"
Suburban
Meeting
Wed,
Sept 24, 2003
Where:
Underwriters Labs, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL
Agenda:
6:30, Social & net- working; 7 pm, Meeting begins
Cost:
Free to members, $15 to nonmembers
RSVP
essential (even if you only think you MIGHT come)-see below:
Please call (773) 561-4919 or email odnchicago@aol.com |
Downtown
Chicago Meeting
Thu,
Sept 25, 2003
Where:
Harris Bank, 111. W. Monroe, 20th Floor, (20C), Chicago
Agenda:
6 to 7 pm, Open Space; 7 to 9 pm, Program
Cost:
Free to members, $15 for Nonmembers
RSVP:
Unnecessary |
Description of
both programs
There
now exits a window of opportunity for Corporate America to address the
seeming paradox of money and meaning and forge a common voice about its
reason for being. Clarifying business's role in the world lays the foundation
for long term economic renewal
This
event is a call to re-imagine business motivation in the 21st century.
The emerging capitalism understands that self interest and the common good,
purpose and profits, ethics and economics need not be mutually exclusive,
but rather can be mutually enhancing.
Based
upon interviews with some of the top CEOs in the country, work within major
corporations, current scholarship and the article "A New Manifesto? Re
imagining Business in the 21st Century", by J. Jeffrey Spahn, this workshop
invites us to:
-
participate
in the emergence of a new capitalism
-
expand
your philosophy of business to discover what percentage of executives view
the purpose of business as something beyond maximizing shareholder wealth
-
understand
why re-imagining the motives of business lays the foundation for long term
profitability and immediate productivity
-
acquire
immediately applicable tools for measuring an executive teams alignment
on the purpose of business
-
gain 3
steps for helping a company or team acquire a common and compelling purpose.
This session
will be a mixture of interviews, dialogue, storytelling and mini presentations.
Agenda:
Interview
each other utilizing The Purpose of Business Survey
Dialogue
on the Purpose of Business: The Power of Paradox
Why Why?
story and mini presentation
J.
JEFFREY SPAHN is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, researcher, author,
executive coach, storyteller. With over 20 years of experience Jeff continues
to design a unique and powerful communication technology that builds a
foundation for his Leaders Leading Leaders® program for executives.
Disciplines and insights from business and philosophy, arts and athletics,
science and spirituality enliven this process. A degree in business from
the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of Chicago
ground his practice in sound scholarship. After more than twelve years
of executive leadership Mr. Spahn taught business graduate students and
conducted research on the purpose of business. During this investigation
he engaged many of the top executives in the United States. Published articles
include Leaders Leading Leaders: The Art of Peak Performance, Velocity,
vol.4, No.2, 2nd Quarter 2002, The Leading of Leaders in the Boardroom,
Directors & Boards, Winter 2003 edition, Honest Boardroom Communication
the November 2002 issue of Director's Monthly. Clients include Motorola
Inc., American Funds Distributors Inc., ServiceMaster, FMC Corp., Northern
Trust and Steelcase Inc. |
