{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64b7bf58081d3500119b3ba7/64b80d9ec3a3050011bf6664?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Humanising Business with Adam Lowenstein ","description":"<p>Journalist, author and political commentator Adam Lowenstein discusses business systems and power dynamics.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>What it means to be in the world of corporate and political ‘power’&nbsp;</li><li>How to see the best in people and build bigger, more inclusive movements</li><li>How to live by the practice of ‘memento mori’&nbsp;</li><li>Adam's experiences of seeing first-hand how American politics operates behind closed doors&nbsp;</li><li>The small shifts needed to <strong>imagine</strong> a new system &amp; step forward with true purpose</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>QUOTES &amp; SNIPPETS:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>“Corporations are claiming to be the solution to the problems they have created”</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>“It has nothing to do with bad people - it has everything to do with incentives and structures &amp; the way human beings operate”</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>“When do you call someone out and when do you bring them into your movement?”</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>“There’s no secret formula for achieving power”</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>\"If we’re going to die at some point, we might as well live”</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>\"I’ve seen what's on the other side; and they're just people\"</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>\"At the end of the day, it's not going to be the emails I regret or the work I didn't do - it's going to be the walks in the park i didn't take\"</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseries\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443110/the-persuaders-by-giridharadas-anand/9780141996974\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Persuaders, Anan Giridharadas</a></p><p><a href=\"https://longnow.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Now Foundation</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/artist/01QTIT5P1pFP3QnnFSdsJf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lupe Fiasco</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/environmental-social-and-governance-esg-criteria.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ESG</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Reframe-Day-Embracing-Craft-Life/dp/1781329427\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reframe the Day, Adam Lowenstein</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Memento mori</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH ADAM:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlowenstein/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.adaml.blog/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blog</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT BETTER BEINGS:</strong></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode of Better Beings, please share it with your friends and follow us on socials. Thanks for listening!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/betterbeingspod/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/98336947/admin/feed/posts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONTACT: </strong></p><p>Let us know your thoughts, feelings, critiques and resource recommendations betterbeingspodcast@gmail.com</p>","author_name":"Better Beings"}