The New Realities for Boards in the Age of
CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM
Raj Sisodia
Director, Mastek Ltd. Professor of Marketing, Bentley University Chairman, Conscious Capitalism Institute
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The New Realities for Boards in the Age of CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM Raj Sisodia Director, Mastek Ltd. Professor of Marketing, Bentley University Chairman, Conscious Capitalism Institute What Capitalism has Enabled Real GDP per Capita (2000 $)
The New Realities for Boards in the Age of
CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM
Raj Sisodia
Director, Mastek Ltd. Professor of Marketing, Bentley University Chairman, Conscious Capitalism Institute
What Capitalism has Enabled
$467 $453 $566 $596 $615 $667 $873 $1,262 $2,113 $6,055 2010: $7,278
Real GDP per Capita (2000 $)
1750: Industrial Revolution Begins
Sources: www.VisualizingEconomics.com; Angus Maddison, University of Groningen; www.prb.org; www.worldbank.org2000 500 1000 1500
1776: Wealth of Nations/US DoI
Capitalism is Ending Poverty on Earth
World Population Living on <$1/Day
0% 50% 100% 1800 1950 1980 2003
Source: World Bank (2003 dollars)If current trends continue, extreme poverty will be virtually eliminated in the next 50 years.
“One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like.”
Muhammad Yunus
good because it creates value ethical because it based on voluntary exchange noble because it can elevate our existence heroic because it lifts people out of poverty Business is
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Yet, Trust in Big Business has Plummeted
% of Americans with a "Great Deal" or "Quite a Lot" of Confidence in Big Business
Such cynicism and distrust have very high societal costs
Source: GallupAn Epidemic of Apathy
The Shame of “Management”?
WHY has this happened?
THE WORLD has changed PEOPLE have evolved BUSINESSES have not adapted
In 1989, for the first time in U.S. history, the majority of adults were over 40
PCG TODAY 39-49
Who is this man? What did he do to change the world?
Tim Berners-Lee
He invented the World Wide Web in 1989
There are now more active phone numbers than people Facebook has
members
THE FLYNN EFFECT
Live in harmony with nature Fully mindful and awake Understand all the consequences of our actions Reject violence Greater commitment to the truth A finer sense of right and wrong
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.”
They must be aligned with the new realities of our world and they must embody a more conscious way of being What will it take for companies to flourish in the future?
100% SALARY TRANSPARENCY 80% LOWER SPEND ON MARKETING 1800% RETURN OVER 10 YEARS THE FLOOD A HIGHER PURPOSE 93% STOCK OPTIONS TO NON-EXECS 19:1 SALARY CAP DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE A BUSINESS BUILT ON LOVE, NOT FEAR
The Tenets of Conscious Capitalism
HIGHER PURPOSE STAKEHOLDER INTEGRATION CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP CONSCIOUS CULTURE & MANAGEMENT
LOVE JOY AUTHENTICITY CARING COMPASSION SOULFUL
15 Year 10 Year 5 Year 3 Year
Cumulative Annualized Cumulative Annualized Cumulative Annualized Cumulative Annualized FoE Return
1646.1% 21% 254.4% 13.5% 56.4% 9.4% 77.4% 21.1%
GTG Return
177.5% 7% 14.0% 1.3%
S&P 500 Return
157% 6.5% 30.7% 2.7% 15.6% 2.9% 10.3% 3.3%
FoE Compared to Good to Great
Businesses Create But Can Also Destroy Many Kinds of Wealth
intellectual financial social emotional spiritual cultural physical natural
We are all in the same boat
Our Opportunity
the most meaningful lives humans have ever led
is our consciousness of those challenges and our ability to change things
conscious way
Adapted from Lynne Twist
Books for Conscious Capitalists
www.ConsciousCapitalism.org
Raj.Sisodia@ConsciousCapitalism.org