John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism and Doing Good | A Reminder This Spring You Cannot Miss

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Apr 20, 2022

John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market and the Conscious Capitalism Movement, discusses the ethical impact of business on society. He emphasizes the importance of conscious leadership, community engagement, and mental health awareness in the workplace. Mackey shares insights on animal welfare and the evolution of ethical consumerism, urging leaders to prioritize collaboration over competition. He also introduces his innovative Memento Mori Life Calendar as a tool for mindfulness, reminding us to appreciate life's fleeting moments.

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ADVICE

Metaphors for Business

Avoid using war metaphors in business.
Instead, focus on cooperation and win-win situations.

INSIGHT

Capitalism's Value Creation

Capitalism is not a zero-sum game, but an infinite one.
It creates value for multiple stakeholders.

INSIGHT

Defining Conscious Leadership

Conscious leadership involves awareness of your enterprise's purpose and stakeholder interdependencies.
Manage these to optimize gains for all stakeholders.

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Conscious Leadership

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Conscious capitalism

Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

John Mackey

In this book, John Mackey and Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism. They illustrate how well-known companies like Whole Foods Market, Southwest Airlines, Costco, Google, and Patagonia use four tenets—higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership, and conscious culture and management—to create value for all stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, investors, society, and the environment. The authors advocate for a more cooperative, humane, and positive future by advancing capitalism toward its highest potential through these principles.

Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to CEO John Mackey about how to be conscious of how your actions affect the world around you, the Stoic’s concept of the “circles of concern,” why you should do as much good as you can in the world, and more.

Our new Memento Mori Life Calendar has 4,160 dots, each dot representing a week of your life and each row representing 2 years of your life. By filling in the Memento Mori Life Calendar every week, you will not only see how much life you've already lived (or as Seneca says, how much you’ve already died), but also how much life you've (hopefully) got left. To get yours now just go to dailystoic.com/mmcalendar

John Mackey is the original, current, and sole CEO of Whole Foods Markets, which he founded in 1980 and has parented to Fortune 500 status, employing over 90,000 people across 450+ stores in the US, Canada, and the UK. Mackey is the co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored the NYT and WSJ best-sellers Conscious Capitalism and Conscious Leadership, which encourage businesses and leaders to be grounded in principles of ethical consciousness. John embraces a humble lifestyle, despite having the means to live otherwise. In 2006, John cut his annual salary to $1, donates all his stock options to charity, walks to work, cooks his own food, and meditates daily.

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