[Ailist] What is the Life Force (Vital energy/ Prana) of Business?

[Sachin Chavan]

Isn't it wonderful that this list has people from all across the world?

Harry, your personal philosophy is thought-provoking. The fulfilment in 'giving' - extending beyond oneself - is a significant experiential learning which can transform us. From personal experience I see the other side, the suffering accumulated through my self-centredness.

I mentioned Gandhian economics in a previous mail. Wikipedia has a brief write-up on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhian_economics

Regards,
Sachin



-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Bury [mailto:HBury at bw.edu] 
Sent: 10 November 2009 08:50 PM
To: Lionel Boxer; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; mail at sachinchavan.com
Subject: RE: [Ailist] What is the Life Force (Vital energy/ Prana) ofBusiness?

Dear Lionel,

Simply put, business needs money to exist, but money is not the reason it exists. Simiilar to breathing.
I need to breathe to live, but I do not live to breathe.
Personally, I need money to live, but I do not live for money.

The secret I found is " I live to be fulfilled and the path to fulfillment is giving and the more significant the giving, the more fulfilling."

At the business level, "the more significant the goods and/or services we provide, the more meaningful and gratifying our existence."

Appreciatively Your,
Harry J. Bury
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From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel Boxer [lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ailist] What is the Life Force (Vital energy/ Prana)      of      Business?

Money is the life force of business.  One may argue this, but if you dig deeply, if it is anything other than money then the organisation is something other than a business, which is perhaps directs to a more important question.  That is, what should a business be for it to best serve humanity and the ecology, which is what John Elkington's triple bottom line / sustainability is all about.

I explored this a bit without the aid of AI in my PhD using another social constructionist theory, Positioning Theory.  See http://intergon.net/phd

Triple bottom line is one thing, but traditional business is about money.  However, it appears that everything in business is reduced to money.  Even when we start dealing with the ecology, we reduce it to cabon trading, which in my opinion is a severe cop-out.

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory"
now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net
>>> "Sachin Chavan" <mail at sachinchavan.com> 10/11/09 2:37 AM >>>
Money/profits? It is more akin to blood of business (transfer mechanism). Products and services? But they change. Employees and other stakeholders? They sound like organs/parts. What makes all these alive?
Mission/purpose? It is closer to its Dharma.

So then, what is the Prana (life force) of business? What keeps it going? What heals it? What enriches it?
 
Regards,
Sachin
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