In Conversation With the Dalai Lama - Business As an Instrument for Positive Change

The Dalai Lama rarely speaks directly on the topics of leadership, business and economics. Through in-depth dialogue with a number of leading social and economic thinkers, this important book sheds light on the most pressing questions that we face. It has the power to change your way of thinking.

List of contents

Foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama. Foreword by Anders Ferguson.
Introduction.
Part 1: Compassion or competition.
1. The Buddha and the banker.
2. First dialogue: Compassion or Competition (Amsterdam, 1999).
Part 2: Designing an economy that works for everyone.
3. On the path of purpose.
4. Second dialogue: Designing an Economy that Works for Everyone (Irvine, California, 2004).
Part 3: Leadership for a sustainable world.
5. Shared purpose in business.
6. Third dialogue: Leadership for a Sustainable World (The Hague, 2009).
Part 4: Education of the heart.
7. Living shared purpose: the “how” of change.
8. Fourth dialogue: Education of the Heart (Rotterdam, 2014).
9. Shared purpose: the case for societal leadership in business.
10. Six questions to develop shared purpose.
Concluding remarks.
Afterword by David Cooperrider.

About the author

Sander Tideman

Summary

The Dalai Lama rarely speaks directly on the topics of leadership, business and economics. Through in-depth dialogue with a number of leading social and economic thinkers, this important book sheds light on the most pressing questions that we face. It has the power to change your way of thinking.

Product details

• Authors: Sander Tideman, Sander G. Tideman, Tideman Sander
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781783534500
• ISBN: 978-1-78353-450-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Business ethics & social responsibility, SCIENCE / Ethics, The environment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Ethics and moral philosophy, Science / Environmental Science, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Business ethics and social responsibility