S2: Ep 34: How do we focus on human flourishing?

Can purposeful businesses that balance the needs of all their stakeholders compete with profit-driven companies that prioritize their stockholders above all? Conscious Capitalism has proven that they can…and the movement is growing! 

In addition to co-founding a local chapter of this worldwide movement, Andrew is the Chief Evolutionary Officer of The XLR8 Team, where he works with leaders to evolve themselves toward realizing their purpose and evolving their company’s culture into a competitive advantage. 

Using cultural assessment tools, XLR8 takes a democratic approach to cultural transformation that creates shared ownership of the culture and integrates values into every aspect of company processes. XLR8 believes that “leaders have to grow for the organization to grow”, and their EVOLutionary Leadership executive coaching program has enrolled hundreds of leaders, including more than 200 senior leaders at Wegmans Food Markets. After Wegmans was honored as the Best Company to Work For in 2005, Danny Wegman credited this program as “one of the reasons we made it to #1!” This combination of bottom-up and top-down culture change has been proven to transform organizations across industries, sectors and even internationally.

Andrew’s forthcoming book, For The EVOLution of Business, explores how the principles of evolution reveal a path toward a more “conscious” capitalism and why the only sustainable path to a thriving planet is through inclusive prosperity for all. Andrew holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He was named as a 2017 honoree of the Rochester Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” Awards and a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust.

Links: Privilege Footrace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps

Savasana - https://www.artofliving.org/in-en/yoga/yoga-poses/shavasana-corpse-pose

Marty Seligman & Positive Psychology - https://www.neh.gov/article/martin-seligman-and-rise-positive-psychology

UPenn: Applied Positive Psychology - https://lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/academics/bachelors-degree/baas-course-blocks/applied-positive-psychology

Biz Kids - https://www.bizkids.com/

Junior Achievement - https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/programs

RIT EMBA - https://emba.rit.edu/executive-mba

Humanistic Capitalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_capitalism

Institute for Cultural Entrepreneurship for Museum Leaders - https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/US/Cooperstown/190560077627609/Institute-for-Cultural-Entrepreneurship-for-Museum-Leaders

Conscious Capitalism - https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/

XLR8 Companies US - https://www.xlr8companies.us/

Wegmans - https://www.wegmans.com/

Elevate Rochester - https://elevaterochester.org/

Firms of Endearment - http://firmsofendearment.com/

Bentley University - https://www.bentley.edu/

Babson College - https://www.babson.edu/

Pitchfork Economics podcast - https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episodes/

For the Evolution of Business podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-evolution-of-business/id1437955281

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