For one-on-one discussion or radio show interviews, below is a list of potential topics.
Share your perspective.
- Why bring spirituality into business?
- Why is it needed?
- What is the ROI (Return-on-Investment)?
- What other benefits beyond ROI?
- What are the benefits of “being the change”?
- Improving relationship: where change is needed and the source of change.
- To aid in transformation.
- Where in business is spirituality most needed?
- Dealing with challenging relationships.
- Dealing with the challenges in relationships.
- Establishing greater trust throughout business.
- Leadership – being inner-directed and other-focused; as within so without.
- In the transformation of a business (e.g., transitioning to cloud computing in the high-tech industry).
- In businesses’ relationship with government, to counter crony-capitalism.
- How can we bring spirituality into business?
- How can we talk about this stuff?
- How can we share these ideas with senior management and executives?
- How can we do this?
- How can we embody these ideas?
- How can we have more trust?
- How can I speak the truth and not get into trouble?
- Spiritual ideas (principles): thinking about them, talking about them, using them, embodying them:
- oneness
- now
- we create
- love
- trust
- Spiritual behaviors (practices, authentically derived from spiritual ideas):
- meditation, presence and awareness
- sharing perspective without judgment, blame, guilt or negative emotion
- being a peacemaker: being the eye-of-the-hurricane
- being an illuminating mirror: authentic and immediate gratitude
- self-obsolescence: being empowered via empowerment
- loving confrontation: proactively dealing with value-impediments in relationship
- forgiveness: choosing to look past the obstacle toward the value-in-the-vision
- the power of simplicity: the path to individual buy-in, team alignment and focus
- entering dialogue:
- hearing the voice-of-the-collective
- feeling the heart-of-the-collective
- creating in the spirit-of-the-collective
- negotiating without compromise:
- beyond mere win/win results
- being in-the-between, between companies, people, positions and ideas
- being the bridge
- Being a transformational strategic alliance manager:
- Does the partner need to align with these ideas?
- Is spiritual alignment required: between the alliance managers, between the teams, throughout the organization?
- How does this feed into metrics? Focusing on the intangible forms of value.
- How can metrics help an alliance be more spiritual?
- How does this relate to legal issues: contracts, negotiations, teaming agreements, intellectual property rights, residuals and other legal matters (e.g., dealing with fear and scarcity)?
- Using strategic alliances as crucibles for a business’ on-going transformation. Using alliances to awaken businesses to their greater consciousness.
- What are the challenges and obstacles to bringing spirituality into business?
- Stirring both pro- and anti-religious zealotry.
- Confusing spirituality with religion.
- Using emotionally-charged words such as “spirituality”, “love”, “God/higher-power”, etc.
- Ego: being our own worse enemy.
- Divergent corporate cultures and differing strategic perspectives.
- Working in a fear-based and scarcity-oriented climate.
- Excessive competitiveness, both individually and collectively.
- What are the risks associated with “being the change”?
- Overcoming lack-of-trust.
- What holds us back from speaking the truth?
- What are the risks associated with speaking the truth?
- Is a belief in God, or any other belief, a prerequisite to the use of spiritual principles and practices?
- Personal topics:
- Can I truly live my highest purpose in my business life?
- If so, how?
- What are the risks?
- What are the benefits?
- Why and how did Joe Kittel get on this path?
- Can I truly live my highest purpose in my business life?