約翰·麥基于1980年在奧斯汀創立了全食超市(Whole Foods)。大約10年后,他發起了“有良知的資本主義”運動。如今,作為這家40年前自己一手創立的公司的資深首席執行官,麥基仍然在倡導商業領域向更好、更有目的性的領導方式轉變,最近他做客最新一期《未來領導力》(“Leadership Next”)節目,闡述了這一觀點。
當被問及怎樣用外行人的話來解釋什么是“有良知的資本主義”時,麥基的回答信手拈來:“就是以一種更有良知的方式來運作資本主義?!?/p>
運動圍繞四項重點目標展開。首先,每個公司都有實現更高目標的潛力,而不僅僅是實現利潤最大化。其次,所有的利益相關方都很重要,重要的不僅僅是股東,企業必須為所有利益相關方創造價值。第三,當今世界需要一種不一樣的、更有良知的領導方式,領導者不會過度關注自身財富和權力的累積,而是更注重為組織和利益相關方服務。最后,公司需要創造一種文化,在這種文化中,人們可以茁壯成長,發揮潛能。
麥基說,商業并不邪惡,但它應該向這種新模式轉變,因為這樣能夠為社會創造巨大價值。
“我真的覺得商界被世人誤解了?!彼f,“人們把商業界看成一群只想要賺更多錢的自私貪婪的混蛋。雖然有些人是這樣的,但大多數商人都不是。”
節目進行到8分20秒時,主持人穆睿瀾指出,許多人認為亞馬遜(Amazon)不符合麥基宣揚的這種有良知的資本主義。全食超市于2017年被亞馬遜收購,這和麥基在全食超市的使命存在沖突嗎?
麥基說,有良知的領導者不會花太多時間來判斷其他人的良心,而且目前看來,這次合并對全食超市來說是件好事,造福了所有利益相關方。雖然他承認兩家公司文化不同,但他表示,很感激亞馬遜沒有強迫全食超市做出任何改變,讓全食基本維持原樣。(財富中文網)
譯者:Agatha
約翰·麥基于1980年在奧斯汀創立了全食超市(Whole Foods)。大約10年后,他發起了“有良知的資本主義”運動。如今,作為這家40年前自己一手創立的公司的資深首席執行官,麥基仍然在倡導商業領域向更好、更有目的性的領導方式轉變,最近他做客最新一期《未來領導力》(“Leadership Next”)節目,闡述了這一觀點。
當被問及怎樣用外行人的話來解釋什么是“有良知的資本主義”時,麥基的回答信手拈來:“就是以一種更有良知的方式來運作資本主義?!?/p>
運動圍繞四項重點目標展開。首先,每個公司都有實現更高目標的潛力,而不僅僅是實現利潤最大化。其次,所有的利益相關方都很重要,重要的不僅僅是股東,企業必須為所有利益相關方創造價值。第三,當今世界需要一種不一樣的、更有良知的領導方式,領導者不會過度關注自身財富和權力的累積,而是更注重為組織和利益相關方服務。最后,公司需要創造一種文化,在這種文化中,人們可以茁壯成長,發揮潛能。
麥基說,商業并不邪惡,但它應該向這種新模式轉變,因為這樣能夠為社會創造巨大價值。
“我真的覺得商界被世人誤解了。”他說,“人們把商業界看成一群只想要賺更多錢的自私貪婪的混蛋。雖然有些人是這樣的,但大多數商人都不是。”
節目進行到8分20秒時,主持人穆睿瀾指出,許多人認為亞馬遜(Amazon)不符合麥基宣揚的這種有良知的資本主義。全食超市于2017年被亞馬遜收購,這和麥基在全食超市的使命存在沖突嗎?
麥基說,有良知的領導者不會花太多時間來判斷其他人的良心,而且目前看來,這次合并對全食超市來說是件好事,造福了所有利益相關方。雖然他承認兩家公司文化不同,但他表示,很感激亞馬遜沒有強迫全食超市做出任何改變,讓全食基本維持原樣。(財富中文網)
譯者:Agatha
John Mackey founded Whole Foods in Austin in 1980. About 10 years later, he started the conscious capitalism movement. Now, as the veteran CEO of the company he started four decades ago, Mackey is still advocating for a shift to better and more intentional leadership in business, most recently on the latest episode of Leadership Next.
When asked what conscious capitalism is in layman’s terms, Mackey has his elevator pitch at the ready: “It’s capitalism, but it’s done in a more conscious way.”
The movement is oriented around four major pillars. First, every company has the potential for a higher purpose than just maximizing profits. Second, all stakeholders matter—not just the shareholders—and business must create value for all of them. Third, a different, more conscious type of leadership—one that is less about enhancing its own wealth and power and more about serving the organization and the stakeholders—is needed in the world today. And finally, companies need to create cultures in which people can flourish and develop their potential.
Mackey says that business isn’t evil, but that it should change toward this model because it creates immense value in society.
“I really feel like business is misunderstood in the world,” he says. “It’s seen as a bunch of selfish greedy bastards that are just in it to make as much money as possible. And while there are some people that are like that, that’s not most businesspeople.”
Host Alan Murray points out at 8:20 that many people do not view Amazon as an example of this conscious capitalism that Mackey so passionately evangelizes. How does that square with Mackey’s mission at Whole Foods after Amazon acquired it in 2017?
Mackey says that conscious leaders don’t spend much time judging other people’s consciousness, and that the merger so far has been great for Whole Foods, benefiting all stakeholders. And while he acknowledges that the two companies have different cultures, he said he is grateful that Amazon has not forced any changes on Whole Foods, allowing Mackey’s company to stay largely the same for its workers.