Chris Laszlo: Gateway to Flourishing Consciousness

Chris Laszlo is  an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Fowler Center at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the Faculty Director for Research and Outreach there. He authored several books including Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage (2011), and Sustainable Value (2013). Chris also a contributed to Flourishing Enterprise(2014) along with John Ehrenfeld, Judy Brown, Roger Saillant and others from the Weatherhead School.

I managed to grab Chris for a brief but very interesting chat during the Flourish and Prosper Conference last week at Case Western Reserve University.

Justmeans: Maybe you could talk about how some of the ideas being raised at this conference relate to your work.

Chris Laszlo: John Ehrenfeld and I were reflecting this morning about the power of ideas. We have this idea that sustainability was reaching a point of diminishing returns and that we need reframing, which John has been doing. One thing really new is the idea of tying in reflective practices as a way to get people to feel more connected to each other and to the world. That leads to caring and that leads to a more robust sustainability business agenda which creates value for business and society and that raises awareness and then you’re in a virtuous circle. But it all starts with reflective practices.

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RP Siegel, author and inventor, shines a powerful light on numerous environmental and technological topics. He has been published in business and technical journals and has written three books. His third, co-authored with Roger Saillant, is Vapor Trails, an eco-thriller that is being adapted for the big screen. RP is a professional engineer – and a prolific inventor, with 50 patents, numerous awards, and several commercial products. He is president of Rain Mountain LLC and is an active environmental advocate in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y. In addition to Justmeans, he writes for Triple Pundit, ThomasNet News, and Energy Viewpoints, occasionally contributing to Mechanical Engineering, Strategy + Business, and Huffington Post. You can follow RP on Twitter, @RPSiegel.