Posted on December 7, 2008 by RockJimford
What are the 5 things I do on a good day to keep my head in check?
I’ve been inspired by the challenge laid down by Andy, (a fellow free-ranger and former client) who is running an interesting project called Mindapples to gather up mental health hints from the blogosphere.
Here’s mine:
- Stimulus and learning: Podcasts on way to work – Harvard Ideacast, BBC’s In Business; BusinessWeek cover stories
- Giving and receiving positive strokes: Cuddles with and kids, reading bedtime stories, jamming at work with clients and colleagues
- Colour and light: experiencing light, simple as getting out for a walk in the occasional winter sun inBrighton
- Cooking and eating: for relaxation, creativity and being with my wife Sarah
- Music: Playing Ukulele for learning and relaxation, particularly catching new chords and tabs from UkuleleHunt.com
Andy’s listed some useful resources to which and I’d add the following: Dr Paddy Lund’s Building the Happiness Centred Business and How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson.
The challenge is passed on to friends and colleagues: Nilhan, Antony, Tamsin, Farhan and Pete.
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Posted on October 14, 2008 by RockJimford
With the daily stream of news about governments forcing banks to rethink some fundamentals about their role in society, it would seem a good time to revisit the idea of social investment banks. I while back I posted about the moves in the UK to establish such a vehicle which would tap into dormant funds in UK commercial banks to open up a finance channel for social initiatives such as social enterprises. The establishment of Social Finance in the UK, tasked with opening up such a market is a concrete step.
Given that the governments in most western nations now own substantial equity stakes in the major commercial banks, surely it’s time to focus the executive teams on longer-term social responsibilities that now lie well beyond short-term shareholder interests? Research by Triodos Bank which appears to have weathered the recent crisis, shows that survey respondents would certainly welcome and support such a move if only the government were brave enough to direct it.
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