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03/10/2026

Is work a prison… or an act of worship?
“Spirituality at work?”

When this question was raised in our recent dialogue with Denise Cumella of The Boss Books, you could almost feel the hesitation in the (virtual) room.
What does spirituality have to do with deadlines, budgets, sales targets, or machinery?

And yet… how can we ignore the fact that work occupies most of our waking lives?

If so many people describe their workplace as toxic, exhausting, or something to simply endure — isn’t that a signal that something deeper needs rethinking?

Denise offers a radically hopeful perspective:
What if work, when performed in a spirit of service, becomes an act of worship?

Not something separate from life’s meaning — but an expression of it.

In her conversation, we explored:
🔹 Why unity is more important than being right
🔹 How language can transform workplace culture
🔹 What it means to become a “hunter of virtues”
🔹 Why excellence should elevate the community — not diminish others
🔹 And how even in times of fragmentation, we can consciously align with constructive forces

Perhaps the most powerful idea was this:
We are all writing a collective human story.
What part do you want to play?
Work does not have to be a cage.
It can be a laboratory for character, a platform for contribution, and a space where spirituality becomes love in action.

If you care about ethical leadership, meaningful organizations, and building cultures grounded in dignity and unity — this article is for you.

👉 Read the full reflection here:
https://lnkd.in/e7ZpgXxw

And we would love to hear from you:
What changes when you see your work as service?



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11/23/2025

"You cannot Make America Healthy while denying food to our most vulnerable citizens,” wrote Maxwell Taylor Kennedy in a scathing op-ed.

11/17/2025

11/08/2025

Despite the overwhelming consensus that nations need to ramp down fossil fuel use, just three countries (the US, China, and Russia) are boosting dirty energy use at alarming rates, finds a new report by the Stockholm Environment Institute. “No one is exempt from the toxic exposures caused by our addiction to fossil fuels," said Jeni Miller, executive director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance. "Political leaders already know the solutions for ending fossil fuel dependence and know that further delay is indefensible—all that is required is political courage.”

✍️ Dana Drugmand
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11/03/2025

In 2019 after an www.ebbf.org conference in Geneva SW I took a ferry to France but saw this electric ferry as a local option. On another trip to Montreal I took one for seeing the St Lawrence. How much is our town of Greenwich spending on maintenance and burning diesel fossil fuel with our very old town ferries adding to our bad air pollution? Let’s explore this electric option

10/30/2025

10/17/2025

Will you join us to say: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Together we’re making it clear that America belongs to us—not wannabe dictators. Join us Oct. 18th for https://sc.org/NoKings

09/27/2025

On the very edge of totally destroying the Constitution and the America it conceived

As despots have done for centuries, Trump is persecuting people he considers his enemies, with little justification other than raw political power.

09/07/2025

Who better to asked about the future in this most uncertain of times than asking a philosopher?

At ebbf, ethical business building the future, exploring the future we want and ways to co-create it is always at the center of each of ebbf's international event.

We were fascinated by the talk and the ideas that shared with us in this milestone for ebbf, its first summit in Latin America.

READ HERE THE IDEAS OF THE FUTURE HE HAS IN MIND:
https://ebbf.medium.com/the-future-according-to-a-philosopher-of-life-pancho-amenábars-vision-12a10b4fa422

What does it mean to imagine the future in a world marked by uncertainties, inequalities and accelerated changes? For Pancho Amenábar, philosopher of life and one of the speakers at the first ebbf Summit in Latin America, the answer is in a balance between the madness necessary to challenge the established and the coherence indispensable to live with purpose.

His talk, impregnated with poetry, humour and depth, was an invitation to look forward without fear, with hope and with a renewed responsibility towards the present.

Madness as freedom
Amenábar began his talk by inviting us to reconsider the word crazy. In his view, madness is not synonymous with irrationality or loss of meaning, but with freedom: freedom from isolation, prejudices and narratives that imprison us. ...

You can view the full summary of key ideas here:
https://ebbf.medium.com/the-future-according-to-a-philosopher-of-life-pancho-amen%C3%A1bars-vision-12a10b4fa422

09/01/2025

Two Wings of Leadership: Soaring Through Balance and Integration

Leadership today is at a crossroads. The paradigms that have long guided decision-making in organizations — competition, control, and individualism — are showing their limits. A new model is emerging, one that integrates not only strategic intelligence and vision, but also emotional depth, compassion, and connection.

INTERVIEW ARTICLE HERE: https://lnkd.in/dyZ5UsBa

In their new book, ‘Two Wings of Leadership’ launched during - ethical business building the future first international event in Latin America in Santiago de Chile, and offered a a provocative and hopeful invitation. A compelling, courageous, and deeply needed framework to help leaders and communities move from fragmentation to wholeness. At its heart lies the invitation to rediscover the full spectrum of our human potential by harmonizing what they call the two wings of leadership: the feminine and the masculine.

This isn’t a conversation about gender. It’s a conversation about energy, capacity, and coherence. And it’s one that is urgently needed in boardrooms, community gatherings, and family conversations alike.

“True leadership is not measured by the influence we hold, but by the service we offer. When both wings rise in balance, service becomes our highest form of power.” highlighted Mónica

Charles shared "my understanding of the Two Wings of humanity is that we each possess both masculine and feminine energies, but we may call upon them differently, respond to challenges with a unique blend, and ultimately contribute to the world in ways that are both similar and wonderfully distinct”.

09/01/2025

World Humanitarian Day
19th August, marks , celebrating humanitarians all around the world.

It is a time to honor those who step into crises to help others, and to stand with the millions of people whose lives hang in the balance.

Humanity is “compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition: the quality or state of being humane” (Merriam-Webster). In a world that can sometimes view humanity as a weakness instead of the strength it is, many people lose touch with their humanity, creating situations where humanitarian aid becomes necessary.

let us move beyond celebration and into action. Let us —not just in words, but in systems, structures, and daily decisions.

Living EBBF’s core values of and means fostering a culture where protection, dignity, and service are not optional—they are foundational. It means educating future leaders to see humanitarian protection not as charity, but as a strategic and ethical imperative.
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