This is the first annual letter I plan to write about my work at the Gates Foundation. In this letter I want to share in a frank way what our goals are and where.Bill Gates (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust) 2017 stock picks and portfolio. Bill Gates investing trend, performances, sector weightings, news, profile and. Bill Gates Biography for kids. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. Read more about his life, quotes, beginning of Microsoft and more. David Cooperriderby David L. Cooperrrider, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University Article prepared for the Organizational Dynamics 2. Executive Summary The emergence of strengths- based management may be the management innovation of our time. Drucker Distinguished Fellow for his contribution to the field of management. Read more. Mar 2. Can global capital markets become catalysts for social change? According to investment expert Audrey Choi, individuals own almost half of all globa.
Sourced through Scoop. What is a positive institution? In previous articles Lindsey Godwin and I have defined positive institutions, theoretically, by building upon the conceptual lens of the positive psychology of human strengths (see https: //www. Can we design and work with institutions not as clients but as “the change agents” to magnify our highest human strengths outward into the world as a force for world benefit? How about designing institutions for magnifying the human character strength of wisdom into the world? Or the human strengths of courage, social intelligence, love, sense of humanity, or curiosity and love of learning? Instead of running away from big institutions shouldn’t we all be running toward them–if our goal is to build a better world in our society of organizations? Positive institutions are, as we define them, “organizations and structured practices in culture or society that serve to elevate and develop our highest human strengths, combine and magnify those strengths, and refract our highest strengths outward in world benefiting ways leading, ultimately, to a world of full- spectrum flourishing. Just as tankers leave big wakes in the ocean, might global capital markets, as an institution, become one of the most positive forces for good on the planet? And how might we make it so? According to Morgan Stanley investment expert Audrey Choi, individuals own almost half of all global capital, giving them (us!) the power to make a difference by investing in companies that champion social values and sustainability. Invest in the change you want to see in the world.” And watch this articulate video. Michelle Mc. Quaid did an interview with me for Psychology Today, and I want to say that she is doing inspiring work with appreciative inquiry and summing up and making sense of the explosion of research in positive psychology. For tested, practical ways you can apply appreciative inquiry in your own life and for building and designing more positive institutions, in teams or across whole systems click here for a free e. Book(link is external). See on Scoop. it – Business as an Agent of World Benefit. Jan 1. 0 The Capital Region is known for its robust economy. It has been characterized as a technology hub, with a particular focus on biotech, life sciences and nanotechnology. Sourced through Scoop. It’s exciting to me to see so much progress on the sustainability front and the way the Appreciative Inquiry large group planning method–in our age of collaboration– can accelerate and sustain positive change. In a few minutes I will share the letter by Cheri Warren of National Grid and the vision of Mike Tucker, the President for Economic Growth for the Capital Region’s of New York economic development planning and design process. But first a primer on the Appreciative Inquiry Design Summit. It’s so true. We are entering the collaborative age. Organizations, cities, economic regions, whole industries, and even world summits are searching for methods that bring people and institutions together across specializations, sectors, and silos in positive ways to discover common ground for action. Planning methods of the past are slow, cumbersome and falling short in our complex, multi- stakeholder environments. Moreover, it is a powerful and task focused 2- 3 day planning process where everyone is engaged as co- designers, across all relevant and resource- rich boundaries, to share leadership and take ownership for making the future of some big league opportunity successful. A United Nations CEO report, as mentioned earlier, recently called it “the best large group method in the world today.” . The real question has shifted: its how do we change at the scale of the whole? Moreover, as we plan and design together how precisely do we do it in a ways that more quickly elevates the best in our system, and helps us move beyond dialogue to design, beyond good conversation to actual innovation, unified action, and more rapid results?” While at first it seems incomprehensible that large groups of hundreds of people in the room can be effective in unleashing system- wide strategies, making organizational decisions and designing rapid prototypes for collective action, this is exactly what is happening in organizations around the world. Appreciative Inquiry was introduced into the business world in 1. David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva and soon thereafter University of Michigan’s Bob Quinn said in his book Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Results “Appreciative Inquiry is revolutionizing the field of organization development and change.”AI provides the tools and methods for elevating system- wide strengths, for creating new combinations and concentration effects of strengths, and ultimately spreading and deploying those strengths in the service of a more positive and valued future. It means valuing those things of value. It also means, “to increase in value.” And that’s how innovation happens, through the elevation, magnification and cross- multiplication of solutions and discovering together what works, what’s better, and what’s possible. Today AI’s approach to strengths- inspired, instead of problematizing change, is supplanting many of the traditional change management models in the business and society. Appreciative inquiry is being practiced everywhere: the corporate world, the world of public service, of economics, of education, of faith, of philanthropy—it is affecting them all. How do you do it? Once a trusted and capable convener or convening alliance is assembled a steering/design team goes through a 1- 2 day design session where everything big picture for the summit is designed—the stakeholder mix; the articulation of the summit task; plans for pre- summit momentum and research; and the agenda framework—then the summit workbook and design is homegrown. The summit itself is almost the easiest element in the whole process; in our experience the steering committee meeting the key moment. And from the completion or date of the steering committee meeting, the typical summit usually takes place in 3- 6 months. The AI Summit impacts are fast, efficient (bypassing hundreds of small group committee meetings) and ultimately powerful, productive, and inspiring. Leaders—for example the head of the United States Navy and the Secretary General of the United Nations, as well as big city Mayors and CEOs of some the largest corporations in the world—commonly are moved by how quickly the best and most positive in their systems comes out. They applaud the speed, the substantive deliberation, and acceleration that can happen. Following an AI Summit they often ask: “What was all the fuss about?” And “how did we manage to get so many good people into this summit?” In other words, the AI Summit—especially when implemented with its six success factors (see attached journal articles)—consistently brings out the best in human systems. For the full report go to: http: //www. In the report CEO Rodrigo Loures concludes “Appreciative Inquiry is the best large group method in the world today.”. The Concentration Effect of Strengths, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. April- May 2. 01. Cooperrider, DL., and Mc. Quaid, M. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Vol. Summer 2. 01. 2. So now to the Capital Region of New York story. What a success story! Here is what Cheri Warren of National Grid and the vision of Mike Tucker, the President for Economic Growth for the Capital Region’s of New York economic development planning and design process said before their first large scale AI Summit in 2. This two day forum Tech Valley and Beyond: Growing Sustainable Infrastructure at the Speed of Life is being help on October 3. Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany and it will help all of us in the region achieve our hard infrastructure ambitions. This process is strongly complementary to the Regional Economic Development Council process and is similarly inclusive in convening a broad group of relevant stakeholders. It represents a promising strategy supporting a key goal of our region’s Strategic Plan to . We invite you to participate fully in this collaboration. Our aim is clear: for our region to excel we must advance our collective future together, leverage the opportunities, investments, and vast potentials already at our door, and establish a process so the right infrastructure can be planned where it’s needed, at the right time and at the right cost. Mike Tucker President, Center for Economic Growth & Cheri Warren, CIO National Grid. Thanks Cheri and Mike. Your belief in inclusive planning environments is not only paying off but is a model of building collaboration, trust, and unleashing the innovation of the universe of strengths. The conference, in Niagara Falls, is in June. I’m excited by the momentum and honored to be speaking on the idea of the Ai shift from “conscious evolution” to “conscious co- elevation”. Lots of inspiring people, workshops, and organizations–thanks Sajel Rogers for your leadership! See on Scoop. it – Amazement and Achievement: Leading By Seeing What Works. Nov 7. To some it may seem strange to be advocating curiosity when everyone else is suggesting we all learn coding,Sourced through Scoop. This law teacher is advocating that we educate for curiosity and not coding.
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