AIM2Flourish July 2017 Update

Claire Sommer
Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read

Looking forward to a flourishing fall

AIM2Flourish is an initiative of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management — Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA.

It’s been an incredible two months for the AIM2Flourish and the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit community.

Some highlights:

  • Since our June 2015 launch as the world’s first higher-education curriculum, AIM2Flourish.com story platform, and prize for the UN Global Goals, we have held a leadership position in what is now a growing movement to make the Global Goals real and relevant for students and business.
  • As of July 27, we have published over 630 original, student-written stories about positive business innovations.
  • Our student, professor, and citizen network has grown to 2,995 people in 59 countries.
Fourth Global Forum: Discovering Flourishing Enterprise June 14–16, 2017

June 14–16, 2017 — Fourth Global Forum and the Flourish Prizes
The Fourth Global Forum: Discovering Flourishing Enterprise brought together business leaders, academics, and students from around the world. We are especially proud of the 17 Flourish Prizes winners who joined us from Mozambique, Indonesia, Canada, United States, Morocco, Nepal, Mexico, Argentina, India, Colombia, Kenya, and Israel. It was an incredible experience to be part of such an inter-generational, inter-cultural, international gathering.

2017 Flourish Prizes Winners

As at previous forums, Appreciative Inquiry-guided Workshops accelerated progress on world-changing initiatives, including a dedicated Workshop on AIM2Flourish’s next evolutionary steps. Key outcomes include:

  • Piloting an “AIM2Flourish Part 2” assignment to augment the core AIM2Flourish initiative,
  • Launching the AIM2Flourish Academic Consortium, and
  • Empowering our AIM2Flourish student and business winner communities to “learn it forward.”

July 18–19 2017 PRME Global Forum in NYC
At this biannual event, Fowler Center Executive Faculty Director Chris Laszlo delivered an exceptionally well-received keynote on how Flourishing is a pathway to achieving humanity’s shared prosperity on a healthy planet. AIM2Flourish was featured on an afternoon panel and mentioned throughout the conference as a key way for students to meaningfully engage with the SDGs, learn about positive business innovation, and discover their own potential to be world-benefiting Global Goals leaders.

Fall 2017 — New Friends, New Offerings, New Technology Platform
While it’s still high summer, we’re gearing up for a successful fall semester. We look forward to working with our returning professors as well as welcoming many new colleagues.

  • Three places to watch are regional AIM2Flourish networks, or “hotspots.” in Nepal, Sweden, and Latin America as a whole.
  • Flourish Prize student winner Crishelen Kurezyn Diaz has volunteered to be our Student Community Coordinator. She’ll help our AIM2Flourish students expand their commitment to positive business innovation. Cris will be an AIM2Flourish Professor herself this fall at UPAEP University in Puebla, Mexico.
  • Behind the scenes, we’re working on a new, improved AIM2Flourish.com.
  • And in September, we’re looking forward to three major AIM2Flourish publishing milestones: an AIM2Flourish article in Generations journal, an AIM2Flourish chapter in a new management education title by Professor Guenola Nonet, and a sidebar by Chuck Fowler in the Conscious Capitalism Field Book by Raj Sisodia.

Where We’ll Be this Fall
Aug 4–8: Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA
Aug 30: Transformations 2017 Conference, University of Dundee, Scotland
Sept 12: PRME Chapter LAC Regional Meeting, ISAE/FGV in Curitiba, Brazil
Sept 17: Social Good Summit, New York City
Sept 19-20: ICV “Investing in the Global Goals” Conference, NYC
Oct 11–13: MAACBA Conference at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
Oct 18–20: 4th PRME Regional Meeting North America, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Please reach out to let me know if you have questions, suggestions, and ideas for how we can flourish together. Join us on Facebook and Twitter to be part of our lively, connected conversations with business and academic colleagues worldwide. Contact me directly at claire@AIM2Flourish.com.

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Welcome to AIM2Flourish’s Medium site. We are the world’s first higher-education curriculum, story platform, and prize for the Global Goals. AIM2Flourish is an initiative of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management

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#GlobalGoals #SDGs #Flourishing Enthusiast. Sea kayaker. Indefatigable optimist. Mid-Coast Maine

AIM2Flourish

Welcome to AIM2Flourish’s Medium site. We are the world’s first higher-education curriculum, story platform, and prize for the Global Goals. AIM2Flourish is an initiative of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management

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