Gen ME ... Gen WE
A brilliant 3 day Anthropy gathering signposted a move away from a society focused on ‘ME’ to a society focused on ‘WE’.
Over 2,000 Anthropists gathered at the fantastic Eden Project last week. CEO’s, executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders from all sectors joined forces to collectively ‘Reboot Britain’.
Themes of earlier Anthropy gatherings strengthened. Additional themes emerging. The move to a purpose-driven sustainable future now central to every theme. The importance of values/ethics to the growth of purposeful governance, purposeful practice and meaningful lives also reinforced too.
The move towards a wellbeing economy is rapidly gathering pace. An evidence-based narrative growing by the day and purposeful storytelling becoming increasingly crucial too.
The future of education and work and the role of Technology/AI are critical to this. A new, engaging, clarity of purpose being the obvious start-point. Wellbeing, intrinsic motivation, autonomy, agency, governance, human centric learning and purposeful practice all centre stage too (including human-centric AI).
Governance, government, and decision-making all need to become purposeful too. All require a clear, intrinsically motivating, and highly engaging purpose. A purpose built into the DNA, into every decision made and every action taken, ie becoming purposeful (full of purpose).
This year workshops explored & prioritized a shift towards more People/Citizen Assemblies and more participative/deliberative forms of democracy/governance (for trust/engagement to be restored). Many more areas were discussed too and the foundations for many of these are already quietly taking shape within forward-looking communities (including forward-looking schools).
Foundations are increasingly in place for a collaborative/purposeful future, focused on ‘Rebooting Britain’ and creating a Purposeful Britain. A shift away from individual self-interest (Gen ME) to collective wellbeing (Gen WE). A purposeful world where values are valued. An eco-centric, sustainable, thriving world where humanity flourishes (Eudaimonia/Ikigai).
David Clift
Purposeful Ambassador®
Co-founder, Purposeful Education
Founder, Good Turns & Purposeful Enterprises
Co-developer of Purposeful Britain and a Purposeful World
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