Speaking Topics
RADICAL DECENCY: WHAT IT IS, WHY ITS IMPORTAMT
There was a time when personal growth could be done privately, without regard to events in the larger world. But no more. We are now "plugged in” 24/7 being force-fed, through our computers and omnipresent cellphones, the culture’s unrelenting message: Always be your best – smart, attractive, upbeat, a “winner.”
Fully accounting the corrosive impact of these cultural forces, Jeff will discuss his spirit-affirming response to this – the disease that ails us. He’ll describe how by modeling Radical Decency’s values, not just with family and friends but in the larger world as well, we can create more nourishing and generative lives and, at the same time, more effectively contribute to a more humane and just world.
BUSINESS: RADICAL DECENCY'S FRONTLINE
Most social reformers see business as the bad guys. But Jeff, with his long experience in that world, is very different. He understands that so many business leaders – being people just like everyone else – are equally invested in creating a better world. And their skills in marshalling the financial and other resources needed to make this a reality are just so impressive.
Financial and social return CAN co-exist and the Decency Foundation is proving the point. It has created a metric – Nu – that allows businesses to track social return with the same precision that they now track financial return. Jeff will share his Foundation's game changing ideas with you, as well as lessons learned as it has implemented its inaugural program, Nu.Ag, bringing its approach to our troubled $1 trillion farm sector.
RADICAL DECENCY IN POLITICS: GETTING BEYOND US VS. THEM
RADICALLY DECENT RELATIONSHIPS: ENDING THE DANCE OF DOMINANCE
LISTENING AND LOVING: UNLOCKING RADICAL DECENCY’S POTENTIAL
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