Photo by Sebastian Seck on Unsplash Cultivating Communities across the abyss By Ruth Steinholtz Level 6 of the Barrett Seven Levels of Consciousness model is all about Collaboration. For me it is about making a difference by working with others towards a common objective, to make the world a better place in some way. Level 6 in the […]
Could micro and small businesses really provide a big part of the solution to the challenges we face in our fractured world? By Jill Poet The theme for World Values Day 2022 is Values for the Community. This article looks at how that theme relates to micro and small businesses and, more precisely, considers why […]
Does big business support community values? Most people would say it’s a mixed picture. By Tom Rausch Corporations spend significant financial resources in advertising, marketing, and public relations to convince us that they only have our best interests in mind with their products and services. In the United States, for example, many of the largest […]
When business over-promises and under-delivers on their corporate values, they devalue society. By Theran Knighton-Fitt I want to tell you about company X. They lied about their company values. They over-promised and under-delivered on their brand. I won’t tell you what company it was. (I’m not in the business of trying to pull others down.) […]
The theme for this year’s World Values Day is Values for Community. Our values guide us to understand the good from the not so good, the right from the not so right. By Minal Kering They are the principles that we use to define and live our lives on. These chosen values help us make […]
Inspiring one million values-led conversations By Alan Williams and Lisa Birtles This blog series for the month of October in support of World Values Day 2021 started with our blog about the launch of the ValuesJam card game on 1st October so it seems fitting to close the series with an overview of the past […]
How community builds resilience By Chandima Dutton Someone recently asked me what I’d learned about resilience during the pandemic. One word came to mind immediately: Community. The word itself is from the Latin ‘communis’, having the same root as the word ‘communication’. For me, community is about social connection with purpose. Why is social connection […]
Reconnecting with your Values through Sophrology By Liz Murphy I was delighted to learn that the World Values Day campaign this year would be focusing on the theme of ‘reconnecting’. What a wonderful topic to explore! As a Sophrologist and Executive Director of the Sophrology Academy, I work a lot with personal values as a […]
Works Values By Isabel Collins Values are at the heart of belonging. But there is an innate challenge – the schism between what you say and do risks undermining the value of values. Our human need to belong is very finely tuned – we pick up signals intuitively about who we want to belong with […]
The 5 dimensions of the INNER CORE By Rooks Moodley As we reflect on World Values Day in October 2021, Leading from WITHIN is a leadership approach that is necessary to navigate through the Global COVID 19 Pandemic. How do leaders remain effective and efficient with the change taking place at such a rapid rate […]
