Category: Blog
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Black Dreams Matter
“Black Dreams Matter,” “All Black Lives Matter,” and “Love the Skin You’re In” were just a few of the messages emblazoned with colorful chalk on the West Haven Green July 16th when a protest for racial equity decided to feature their community’s secret weapon – ARTISTS! Conscious Capitalism, Connecticut Chapter, sponsored a community chalk drawing…
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Principles of Conscious Capitalism
Conscious Capitalism has 4 principles. Conscious Leadership, a Higher Purpose, a responsibility to every Stakeholder and a Conscious Culture. As Raj and John say they are all connected with each other and you can’t separate them out they all go together. My favorite part though is Conscious Culture. No matter what your perspective or political…
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Horse Leadership
Gavin Watson I have been reading Mismatch by Ronald Giphart and Mark van Vugt. The following are some ideas I gleaned from the section about the mismatch in the work environment. The book is about the mismatch between the environment in which we were “designed” by evolution and the environment in which we now live…
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Energy Savings at Watson Inc.
Gavin Watson In March of 2019 we sold our family business Watson Inc. to an Irish food company Glanbia PLC. Watson is a nutritional food ingredients company in West haven CT with 330 employees, 100 million in sales and about 10 million in profits. We sold Watson for $89 million. Glanbia has kept the facilities…
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Introversion and Leadership
Gavin Watson I am reading “Quiet” by Susan Cain. It was recommended to me by Allison Holzer one of the co-board members of our Conscious Capitalism group in Connecticut. Quiet is about “The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking.” There are many notable observations that Cain makes and I am only…