I attended an international symposium on CSR recently and this is an anecdote I would like to share, because it resonated with quite a few people who attended. At one point, half way through the event, one of the participants I just met asked me a question, which clearly had troubled his mind for some time already.
"CSR sounds very idealistic to me", he said, "but I always ask the same question: 'What's in it for me?'"
I noticed some nodding heads in the immediate vicinity. "Hmm...", I responded, "I see that this is clearly a prevalent question for you. Actually I hear this quite often, and I always respond with another question: 'What do you want?'"
With glaring eyes, his vision scattered a distant horizon. It was clear to me that he hadn't given that question much thought yet. Other bystanders gasped to hear what he was going to say next but were left wanting.
"So the question is ...", I continued, "what kind of world do you want, for yourself and your legacy, in the near and distant future? What kind of economy do you want? What kind of culture do you want? And most of all..."
"Who do you want to be? Would you like to be lagging behind, always reacting to everything that overcomes you? Or do you want to be ahead, creating a world for you? Do you want to be the leader or the laggard?"
"The leader", he reacted quickly, now that this word struck something particular in his mind, "Of course I want to be the leader".
"Then, you'd better act responsibly towards your business, your people, your stakeholders and your world. And that's how being responsible makes you a leader. That's what's in it for you!"

Business-game voor JCI leden i.s.m. ubeon & SD WORX

Kruip in het vel van een CEO en leer hoe je belangrijke beslissingen neemt  op vlak van strategie, inkoop, HR, sales, marketing, onderzoek en ontwikkeling!
Op één avond speel je 6 kwartalen in het leven van eGlobe, een virtuele multinational die smartphones produceert en wereldwijd verkoopt. Na elk kwartaal krijg je feedback en kan je bijsturen.
Breng een spelpartner mee of vorm een duo met een andere deelnemer die avond. De andere duos zijn je concurrenten in een spannende strijd.

Programma
18.00u  startsein game
22.00u  einde game

Prijs 
Gratis voor leden van Junior Chamber International (JCI Vlaanderen)
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Locatie
SD WORX
Brouwersvliet 5, Antwerpen
 
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I attended an international symposium on CSR recently and this is an anecdote I would like to share, because it resonated with quite a few people who attended. At one point, half way through the event, one of the participants I just met asked me a question, which clearly had troubled his mind for some time already.
"CSR sounds very idealistic to me", he said, "but I always ask the same question: 'What's in it for me?'"
I noticed some nodding heads in the immediate vicinity. "Hmm...", I responded, "I see that this is clearly a prevalent question for you. Actually I hear this quite often, and I always respond with another question: 'What do you want?'"
With glaring eyes, his vision scattered a distant horizon. It was clear to me that he hadn't given that question much thought yet. Other bystanders gasped to hear what he was going to say next but were left wanting.
"So the question is ...", I continued, "what kind of world do you want, for yourself and your legacy, in the near and distant future? What kind of economy do you want? What kind of culture do you want? And most of all..."
"Who do you want to be? Would you like to be lagging behind, always reacting to everything that overcomes you? Or do you want to be ahead, creating a world for you? Do you want to be the leader or the laggard?"
"The leader", he reacted quickly, now that this word struck something particular in his mind, "Of course I want to be the leader".
"Then, you'd better act responsibly towards your business, your people, your stakeholders and your world. And that's how being responsible makes you a leader. That's what's in it for you!"

From Friday February 20th to Monday February 23rd, we will meet in Brussels to strengthen the connections we have with each other as practitioners of NLP and/or alumni of NLPU.
At the end of the week-end, we would like to have achieved the following: 

1. The NLPU Community (also known as Starfish Community) is updated and has integrated new members;
2. Marketing and Communication tools for the NLPU Community are put in place;
3. The next Community project is launched (brainstorming, definition, plan.

In addition, we will have had lots of fun, we will have (re)discovered people and practices, we will have generated new business opportunities. And we will have spent some time visiting Brussels.
This weekend is for people who wish to contribute to and be part of the Starfish Community, a community for NLP University alumni. You are also welcome to come and visit us in the afternoons/evenings should you not wish to contribute to the Starfish Community project.
Please let us have your intention by 17th of October so that we can start making sleeping and meeting arrangements. Please forward the invitation to other NLPU friends (practitioners, masters, trainers,...) who may be interested in joining the community.
Would you also like to participate? Contact us!