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Stoos- Doing Business Better-An Alternative Business Movement

Thursday, 18 April, 13

21 Met in Stoos, Switzerland


They agreed management is in a mess!

And then they formed the Stoos network!


A Year Later

Stoos Stampede unconference was held in Amsterdam

Stoos Connect was held on-line

More have come: from 21 to 2000+ on LinkedIn.


But Why Bother?

The context for doing business has changed.

Is business thinking changing fast enough?


Call for Innovation, Creativity

Using complexity & interrelationships to Do Things Differently!


What can we do together that we can't do alone?


#1- Shift the paradigm

From an industrial model of thinking and managing


To the Emerging Paradigm

To a life affirming model-where stewardship/care for resources embraces Nature and Humanity


#2-Create healthy high performance workplaces


#3-Restore trust in Business & its Role in

SocietyWorking relationships anchored in trust,

Environmental and community care,

Engage partners in values centered higher purpose.


How?

Collaborate; Experiment

Share, support, expand leadership and community

Spread paradigm shifting methodologies including lean/Agile

Share: deep corporate culture transformational tools


Use Nature's PrinciplesThursday, 18 April, 13

High Performing Companies Mimic Nature

Build creating shared-value into decision making

Highly networked, decentralized decision making

Recycle, reuse, renew resources

Partner with Community

Ask Nature. Learn innovative technologies.


Who? I am, You are, We are Stoos!


What Next?

Participate

Initiate

Collaborate


Stoos: An International Learning Network


Learning + People= Value-creation & Stewardship of the Living (including Nature)

Stoos Source: purpose, values, CORE

Stoos Sparks: topic specific online forums,

Stoos Satellites: local Stoos inspired movements

Stoos Squads: member partnerships collaborating to action

Stoos Connect: international forum for edgy informative presentations & web chats.

(Proposed by Robb Zeigler)


Resources

http://www.StoosNetwork.org

http://www.StoosConnect.nl

http://www.linkedin.com/ Groups / Stoos Network

For the business case: http://www.lampindex.com/2011/10/house-of-futures-talk-copenhagen-denmark/

Watch for on-line & in-person events.






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