Post on 15-Apr-2017
Rethinking organizations and #BuildingCapacity
with a view of abundance
pre-event learning session with Vahid Masrour
#BuildingCapacity | an ebbf international learning event
understanding and developing the latent talent in people and organizations
to enable adaptive and meaningful workplaces fit for the 21st century
Adapted and originally presented by :
Farzin AshraghiCEO Inveligentfarzin@inveligent.com
Verónica SuárezEntrepreneurvero.suarez148@gmail.com
Vahid MasrourWikimedia Foundationvahidm@gmail.com
Income per person vs. Life expectancy
https://www.gapminder.org/tools/bubbles
40 Years of life expectancy!
Less than 2000 $
Income per person vs. Life expectancy
https://www.gapminder.org/tools/bubbles
https://www.good.is/articles/closer-to-peace-than-ever
“National rivalries, hatreds, and intrigues will cease, and racial animosity and prejudice will be replaced by racial amity, understanding and cooperation. The causes of religious strife will be permanently removed, economic barriers and restrictions will be completely abolished, and the inordinate distinction between classes will be obliterated. Destitution on the one hand, and gross accumulation of ownership on the other, will disappear. …
1936
“The enormous energy dissipated and wasted on war, whether economic or political, will be consecrated to such ends as will extend the range of human inventions and technical development, to the increase of the productivity of mankind, to the extermination of disease, to the extension of scientific research, to the raising of the standard of physical health, to the sharpening and refinement of the human brain, …
1936
… to the exploitation of the unused and unsuspected resources of the planet, to the prolongation of human life, and to the furtherance of any other agency that can stimulate the intellectual, the moral, and spiritual life of the entire human race.
Shoghi Effendi
“The future civilization envisaged by Bahá’u’lláh is a prosperous one, in which the vast resources of the world will be directed towards humanity’s elevation and regeneration, not its debasement and destruction..”
Universal House of Justice
Abundance delivers a techno-optimistic outlook
¾ But it doesn’t say anything about how humanity can adapt to this techno bright future
¾ Specifically, it mentions that old institutions, old organizations, old ways of thinking are not adapted to this new world.
¾ But it doesn’t say much about the mindset changes that are needed, and how to make sure this benefits everyone.