Purpose Inspired: by Wayne Visser

This final episode of the season looks to the future of business responsibility with 10 forecasts for the next 10 years. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads the Epilogue from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. The Epilogue is broken into two sections:

- The Next 10 Years
- A Triple-S Future for Business

This episode looks at  the evolution of business responsibility from CSR 1.0 to CSR 2.0. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 25 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. In Part 2, we look at the following sections from Chapter 25:

- The Principles of CSR 2.0
- Shifting from CSR 1.0 to CSR 2.0
- The DNA Model of CSR 2.0

This episode looks at  the evolution of business responsibility from CSR 1.0 to CSR 2.0. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 25 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. In part 1, we look at the following sections from Chapter 25:

- Internet Inspirations
- The Ages and Stages of CSR
- The Failure of CSR 1.0

This episode looks at  business responsibility through the eyes of British thought-leaders Charles Handy, John Elkington, Jonathon Porritt and James Lovelock. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 24 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 24 is broken into the following sections:

- The Hungry Spirit
- Cannibals with Forks
- Smart versus Dumb Growth
- Lessons from Gaia

This episode looks at  business responsibility insights from some of the Cambridge research and books on sustainability. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 23 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 23 is broken into the following sections:

- Sustainable Economy Principles
- Are Sustainability Leaders Different?
- Paradoxes of Sustainability Leadership
- Landmarks for Sustainability
- Catalysts for Change

This episode looks at  business responsibility insights gathered from my PhD research into the motivation of sustainability professionals. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 22 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 22 is broken into the following sections:

- Existential Searching
- Meaning in Work
- Purpose-Inspired Leadership
- Dynamics of Meaning
- The Greater Hunger

This episode looks at  business responsibility in the UK that emerged from the community business and new economics movements. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 21 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 21 is broken into the following sections:

- Experiments in Community Business
- Eco-villages and Sustainable Communities
- Emergence of ‘New’ Economics
- Social Accounting and Responsible Investment

This episode looks at  business responsibility in Latin American with travels through Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and Ecuador. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 20 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 20 is broken into the following sections:

- The Barefoot Economist
- CSR Tango
- Lungs of the World
- Biodiversity Havens

This episode looks at  business responsibility through the eyes of American thought-leaders Joseph Stiglitz, Herman Daly and Amory Lovins. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 19 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 19 is broken into the following sections:

- How to Tame Globalization
- Beyond Uneconomic Growth
- The Art of Barrier Busting
- Natural Capitalism and Biomimicry

This episode covers business responsibility in America. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads  Chapter 18 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 18 is broken into the following sections:

- Stakeholders are the Enemy
- Regulation-Enabled CSR
- Capitalism at the Crossroads
- Our Common Wealth