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In this very interesting interview with John Mackey , I learned about 4 principles of the conscious business: # 1: Purpose. Minute 16 and minute 21 I need to breathe in order to live.  I need to create red blood cells in order to live, but that is not the purpose of my life to eat, to breathe, to create red blood cells.  I have a much more transcendent purpose in my life that gives my life meaning and value to it.  Business is no different.  A business has the potential for a higher and deeper purpose and that is the first principle of a conscious business. When you work from a higher purpose you unleash greater degrees of commitment, greater degrees of loyalty and greater creativity in the workplace and that gives competitive advantage. # 2: Stakeholder model. Minute 19 and minute 22 The 2nd principle is that there is a variety of stakeholders that are interdependent, that are connected together, customers, employees, suppliers, investors, communities—both loca...

Reading this article I learned the following about Generation C, the connected generation: # 1: As a rule, they were born after 1990. # 2: Many of their social interactions take place on the Internet. In fact, they are the first generation that has never known any reality other than that defined and enabled by the Internet, mobile devices, and social networking. # 3: They are communicating, community-oriented and always clicking. # 4: They  are typically realists and materialists.   # 5: They live with their parents longer than earlier generations ever did. The arrival of Generation C will have an impact comparable to that of the Industrial Revolution, but it will take place much more quickly.  

At the hairdresser, I spontaneously came to think about the following 5 ideas to improve the experience for customers and hairdressers: Idea # 1 Make the ground around the chair, in which the customers sits, softer. That will make it more comfortable for the hairdresser to work. Consider, for example, using material which is applied in some playgrounds .  Idea # 2 Make it possible for the hairdresser to raise and lower the chair in / from the ground. That will help the hairdresser work in more healthy positions and also help the customer sit in a position which is right for him/her. For example, the hairdresser could lower the chair of a customer who is tall and thereby avoid raising shoulders and arms to cut his/her hair. Idea # 3 Make it possible to schedule appointments on the Internet. Thereby, hairdressers will be less disturbed by the phone when they are working. Idea # 4 Place a self serve coffee machine and a couple of comfortable chairs in a corner of the hairdresser ...

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Among 100 things to watch out for in 2011 are, according to the presentation below, that I came across through this  presentation , the following: # 2: Africa ’s middle class. # 25: Digital downtime. # 32: Entrepreneurial journalism. # 42: Home energy management. # 49: Mobile health applications. # 57 and # 70: The new mobility industry – including P-to-P car sharing. # 86: Stricter green building standards. JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011 View more presentations from JWTIntelligence .

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