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Mar 4, 2008
"I don't believe that the solutions in society will come from the left or the right or the north or the south. They will come from islands within those organizations, islands of people with integrity who want to do something." --Karl-Henrik Robert
Social Change through the Workplace
Perhaps it's no surprise that empowered, satisfied employees tend to live in open, peaceful societies. What's interesting is that research shows that improvements in workplace empowerment often usher in social changes. Author Gretchen Spreitzer, a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, examined survey data from 65 countries around the world, comparing detailed measures of employee workplace empowerment with broader measures about the quality of civic life. Her analysis, based on surveys taken over twenty years, shows that employees can take lessons learned in the workplace and apply them to social and political life. So businesses bring jobs, yes, but they may also ignite other kinds of progress that go beyond money.
BE THE CHANGE
Work toward creating an island of people with integrity within your own place of employment or learning, knowing that you are igniting progress.
