The popularity of Frederic Laloux’s book “Reinventing Organizations” highlighted the public’s pent-up needs to redefine the meaning of work. For the past decade, various Teal movement or organizational revolutions have been initiated, resulted in many new concepts, including conscious organization, learning organization, flat organization, future of work, social impact organization. Although the names are different, the intention […]
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Looking Inward
In the ancient time, there was a Chinese Medicine doctor who was known for creating miracles. Patients treated by him would recover quickly from severe illnesses. His reputation went as far as the imperial palace. One day, the emperor’s son was dying from a sudden illness. The emperor summoned this miracle doctor to the palace. But before he […]
Love as a Business Strategy
What’s the difference between capitalism and socialism? The difference is in their purpose. As already obvious in their names, capitalism’s purpose is to maximize profit for capitalists and socialism’s purpose is to maximize benefit for society. More specifically, a socialist system is designed to serve the interests and increase social benefits for the common people, the majority. While […]
Only Gratitude
“There is no such thing as free lunch.” Most of us have heard of this statement and some believe it is always true. However, there are parts of the world where people believe that not only free lunch exists, but also the best things in the world are often free. Shi was a Buddhist nun who […]
Animal Ambassadors
What is the purpose of a zoo if it is not for displaying animals? Aren’t animals supposed to be locked up in cages? Isn’t a zoo’s priority about entertaining visitors and making profit? What can we learn from a zoo about creating Teal organizations and Teal culture? Plenty. Today, we will introduce a zoo whose […]
We Are What We See
Once upon a time, two good friends, a poet and a monk regularly sat together drinking tea and discussing philosophy. The poet had a bit of ego, often turned those peaceful discussions into debates with a desire to win. However, the calm and grounded monk, although didn’t try, won those debates most of the time with his […]
Forest of Inspirations
Wen and Hai are two good friends living in the same village. They are particularly close because they were friends since childhood and they have something in common – both are handicapped. Wen has no arms and Hai is blind. Other than that, they are pretty ordinary – no high education, no special talent and no wealth. But these […]
On Self-Responsibility
Long ago, an emperor was once asked to sign on an execution order of 189 criminals. Before doing so, he decided to visit the prison and asked them what their dying wishes were. It was right before the new year. All prisoners on death roll wished they had a last chance to say goodbye to their family members. It […]
Miraculous Self-Healing
At age 38, Taylor is already a multi-millionaire. He completed the rags-to-riches transformation through investing in real estate, retail, and hospitality businesses. While admired and proud of his success, he seemed feeling restless and empty. As if there was a deep sense of loneliness that haunted him, every night, he would entertain clients, friends and beautiful women with […]
A Pueblo of Hope
El Zonte is a small fishing village, on the pacific coast of El Salvador, next to a famous surfing paradise. I didn’t think much when I first laid eyes on it, but little did I know what a hidden gem it was because of a group of special people and the magic they have created there. […]