Re-purposing corporate purpose
You may not have heard about it, but maximising shareholder value is no longer the stated purpose of the corporate world. In August 2019, the ‘Business Roundtable’ (BR) changed its purpose statement to a much more balanced definition of corporate purpose to include customers, suppliers and employees.
“Start with why” is bad advice
In his seminal TED talk, author Simon Sinek offers a simple, compelling framework to explain how the best companies, and leaders, “think, act and communicate.”
Piracy – black hearted or wholehearted?
So what can you do when it feels like no one is listening and everything in the system is stacked against you? Well for hundreds of people living in the 1700’s the answer was – turn pirate!
Seeds of wellbeing
A simple mathematical model based on human values shows that small actions based on right thought and right knowledge lead to lasting happiness.
Values and Wellbeing – An Interview with Prof Tim Kasser
The theme of World Values Day 2019 is ‘Values and Wellbeing’, but why is the link between values and wellbeing so important? Ahead of World Values Day on 17th October, Alan Williams, Global Values Alliance and UK Values Alliance, speaks to Professor Tim Kasser to find out.
How values are linked to mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
This year, World Values Day will be making the crucial link between values and wellbeing – for people and the planet. Mad World is dedicated to making a difference to mental health and wellbeing in the workplace (the graphic above sums up what we are about).
Values and Wellbeing
Values have been debated and discussed for centuries. Plato wrote about them and the Indian text The Bhagavad Gita written around 200 BC gives insight into the struggle to live a values-driven life.
The dark side of vacation and how our values guide us back home
Have you ever noticed that when you are on vacation a strange phenomenon can occur? Suddenly all the self-imposed rules go out the door. Permission to sleep in, permission to drink more, permission to eat whatever you like. Tick all those boxes.
Can the answer to managing our stress be found in our values?
The World Health Organization calls stress the “health epidemic of the 21st century.” Stress is all around us; can you think of anyone who isn’t stressed at some point in their day?
What are Values for?
The first three World Values Days in 2016, 2017 and 2018 focused on values from an individual, an organisational, and a community point of view. The vision of a special day focused on values really caught on, and on those days millions of people around the world reflected on their values and put them into practice a bit more than they might usually do.