Let's Talk: Compassionate Capitalism w/Blaine Bartlett

Blaine Bartlett is an internationally respected and sought after executive coach, management consultant, and organizational/leadership development expert. Blaine is President and CEO of Avatar Resources, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 1987. The firm has affiliate offices in four countries.

During this conversation, Blaine will discuss the importance of compassionate capitalism. In recent years, there has been much talk about Capitalism evolving into a model of economy wherein corporations ensure that communitarian and people oriented business models are embraced so that profit is not the only criterion or reason why they are in business. In other words, many prominent business leaders and experts are calling for Capitalism to move beyond the “Profit at all costs” paradigm and into a kinder and gentler variety that can place communities and people above the mindless pursuit of profit.

Indeed, this form of capitalism which is sometimes called Compassionate Capitalism or Capitalism with a human face is finding many takers both in the developed Western world and in the developing and emerging world in Asia and Latin America.

Compassionate Capitalism means that corporations have to account for the costs that they impose on the environment, the communities that lie in the vicinity of their factories and plants as well as offices, their employees whom they have to treat with more kindness, and the consumers and other stakeholders to whom they must be accountable.

In other words, corporations must practice a variety of capitalism that is more humane, compassionate, and just and fair. This not only entails a mindset change but also a movement away from the dominant philosophy of polluting the environment and refusing to pay for the cleanup, increasing pay for those at the top of the organizational hierarchy and letting those down the ladder high and dry, not compromising on quality and safety of their products and goods and services, and to be transparent in their dealings with regulators and the governmental agencies.

Join us for our next Let's Talk: Compassionate Capitalism

1 pm- 2 pm PST San Francisco, CA

4 pm- 5 pm EST New York, NY

9 pm - 10 pm GMT, London, UK

5 am - 6  am KST, Seoul, South Korea (next day, Oct 27)

7 am - 8 am AEDT, Sydney, Australia (next day, Oct 27) 

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