Greg Wendt Green Economy Expert (8) "People, Planet, Profit and Fun!" (pt8 - Vision)

© Gregory Wendt and Green Rocket 2011 All Rights Reserved (90 min talk - part 8 of 9) Topics in this clip include:
1) resiliency as a function of relationships, networks and systems
2) books, concepts and values: The Wealth of Networks, Wikipedia, Egypt, the power of networks. "Change can happen so much differently by just having a different worldview" - Greg
3) healthy perspectives.. "concerned but not in despair" "examine your unexamined assumptions" "question your worldview to be more holistic and engaged"
4) Greg's evolution - from investment advising and SRI as a change agent to new realizations
5) Green Business Networking - "simply providing connective tissue, a space and a time for people to meet and connect, to improve the relationships of business owners that are working together on green projects and green business...the power is immense." "we are powerful enough and have the resources and the networks to change the world, the entire system" "recognizing that we want to support...the most important conversation in the room is the people having a conversation with each other"
6) Green Economy Think Tank - there are about 300 different efforts around the (Los Angeles) region that are working on one aspect or another of green economy initiatives..." "The intelligence is in the room in as much as it is behind the microphone. Let's just get everyone together in the same principle of connectivity and collaboration to create solutions."

Presentation title: "An Overview of Systems Thinking and Human Evolution as it applies to Economics, Business and the Financial System" by Gregory Wendt, CFP.

Description: Greg Wendt talks about systems thinking and the capacity of human relationships to transform business as usual into a new global economic model of people, profit, planet and fun! A great talk and dialogue with the audience members with Greg delivering a wealth of useful and critical concepts for people navigating an emerging green economy. Greg is the Vice President of Sustainable and Responsible Investing at EP Wealth Advisors, Inc. He is also the Founder of Green Economy Think Tank Day (www.greeneconomythinktank.org), and the founder of Green Business Networking(www.greenbusinessnetworking.com), which is the local Los Angeles Chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE, www.livingeconomies.org)

www.gregwendt.com
www.sustainablewealth.blogspot.com
www.greeneconomythinktank.org
www.greenbusinessnetworking.com
www.epwealth.com

The audience: 80 young business leaders from around the globe attending the speaker series / program launch of "The Los Angeles Institute for Social Innovation" created by Starting Bloc (www.startingbloc.com). The series, hosted by Social Bloc's Marissa Feinberg at Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, California, is described as "a five - day journey offering knowledge from visionaries and change makers". Recorded February 21, 2011.

Multimedia Producer / Editor: Francis Battaglia, Green Rocket (www.greenrocketdigital.com).
Sound Compositions by Francis Battaglia, Green Rocket (www.greenrocketdigital.com).
Presentation Graphics Co-Produced by Francis Battaglia and Gregory Wendt.
© Gregory Wendt / Francis Battaglia 2011

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