Ep 6 | The Soul of Business, Leadership, & Communication - with Blaine Bartlett

INTRODUCTION TO EPISODE 6How to ensure that the workplace of today and tomorrow enables individuals, society and the planet the opportunity to thrive? The answers to this question are rooted in compassion and how this question is answered makes a difference… Blaine Bartlett persuades us that it is a difference worth pursuing.(For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) EPISODE 6 SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS The Soul Business3:13Blain wrote a book called, Compassion Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business, which hits number 1 International Best Seller in five different countries. 4:12When we’re talking about the Soul of Business, what we’re really talking about is what Adam Smith originally envisioned when he wrote The Wealth of Nations. Which became our model of capitalism today. He envisioned organizations and individuals, you call the virtuous individuals transacting business is its service of themselves.  4:55 Which makes the soul of business is a recognition that everything has a soul and it’s that spark of creativity that kind of brought into life.How is it manifested6:59Through action, through decisions, through behaviors according to Blaine.The Key Ingredient around a Vision10:34What’s important about a vision isn’t the wordsmithing, what’s important about the vision is what it makes possible, and that ultimately is what leadership is about. The Definition of Leadership 10:43Leadership is the art of bringing possibility into reality. 11:42It’s about co-creating coordinated movement About Compassionate Capitalism Book 17:25A book called Conscious capitalism became the foundation of compassionate capitalism. For Blaine, compassion is the quintessential expression of connection. That he cares about the quality of the experience. Blaine started to look around for models that might kind of represent a least roughly. Compassion Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GOUOWFShttps://www.blainebartlett.com (For the full show notes and more resources, at no cost, visit connect.stepstoadvance.com) Also, check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/c/ADVANCEwithMikeAcker