The Beautiful Design Project:

Living Beautifully Edition Nº56 is now available. Beautiful things are prepared with love, infused with optimism they say life is worthwhile. Our newsletter is prepared with love and infused with optimism. This is the Living Beautifully newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eEMZCrzu Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusiness #BeautifulBusinessDesigner #Design #Mattering #Regeneration

Beautiful Business Designer: Max De Pree Max De Pree was the CEO of Herman Miller, known as one of the world’s most innovative, enlightened and compassionate organizations. He published eloquent and moving analyses of the qualities of leadership that carried his influence far beyond his own company, inspiring many businesses and leaders. Once when a financial analyst asked him what problems faced Herman Miller and its leaders, De Pree replied, “the interception of entropy.” He saw corporate deterioration as a constant threat, signaled by “a dark tension among key people,” “manuals,” “leaders who rely on structure instead of people,” “a loss of grace and style and civility,” and “a loss of respect for the English language.” When asked what distinguished Du Pree in his life, many people that worked with him and knew him would say: "HE WAS WHO HE WAS WHEREVER HE WAS." This beautiful phrase hit us hard. What a measure of a person, to be whole wherever they go, and what a challenge in today’s world. We believe in a work + life blend, not a balance. Work that matters does not have distinct borders from the rest of your life, and vice-versa. It is, at best, a blend, an essence of you in all aspects of your life. The goal is to be whole, the same person wherever you go, taking your beliefs and behaviors everywhere, to work, to relationships, to your community, to your health, to the planet. If you know other people who live this way, please share (or tag them in comments). Watching, learning and being mentored by these folks is the foundation for the change we need. If you’d like to reimagine the beautiful work of your future and be "who you are wherever you are," please join us: https://lnkd.in/gzRVN_YY Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusinessDesigner #BeautifulBusiness #Design #Mattering #Purpose #WholePerson

Beautiful Business Designers Wanted. Imagine a day designed to not just reset your thinking, but to take your business into a more regenerative, future. This day is crafted for leaders ready to embrace the power of beauty through the lens of business. Inspired by Alan Moore's books "Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything" and "Do Build: How to Make and Lead a Business the World Needs," we invite you to reimagine a business that is transformative, sustainable and deeply meaningful. What to expect: You will be invited to: • challenge your assumptions • reset your perspective • journey through the insights of Do Design • draw on the ‘13 Design Questions’ from Do Build as a framework to rethink your approach. One participant described it as "an experience where business acumen intertwines with life-changing perspectives." “There is magic in what you do. You never get to think like this. These are deep questions you have asked. I liked the way you gave me space to reflect, walk around an idea, investigate it. Rather than say this is right that is wrong. You listened and were happy to discuss. This was never a superficial conversation: using the Beautiful Business Designer Framework allowed me to reimagine many possibilities for my business. To see a greater potential than we thought possible.” Arpit Kaushik Co-founder & CEO, Hypha Your outcomes: • Cultivate a business that is regenerative and beautiful • Build a culture of generosity, creativity, and purpose • Design products and services that are as necessary as they are transformational Who is it for? Founders, business owners, and entrepreneurs—whether you lead a team or operate solo, it's for those driven to be the change our world needs. Whether you’re a B Corp, consultant, or simply someone who understands that business can be a force for good, this day is for you. Details: • One-on-one: in person; or online sessions. • Duration: 6hrs. • Cost: £650 per person. • Location: Cambridge, UK *Other locations possible, fees will vary, email for more information) Book your mentor day here: https://lnkd.in/gs6X3Cgy For more information please email: info@thebeautifuldesignproject.com. About your mentor: Alan Moore is an author, speaker, and consultant. I blend creativity, craftsmanship, and sustainability in my approach. In my best-selling books Do Design and Do Build, I describe how leaders and organisations can create businesses that are profitable, purpose-driven, and authentic. Succeed in a way that is transformative, sustainable, and deeply meaningful. Create the future you and your business deserve. Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusiness #Design #Mentorship

Now that we can do anything, what will we do? In response to slippery slopes, momentum and progress, we often advise to stop long enough to ask three questions: To what end? Should we? Is it truthful? As a master of technology and storytelling, “Steven Spielberg still loves celluloid, the feel of 35mm as opposed to digital filmmaking, but he has had to adapt and make the best of it. "I've learned that we can do just about anything under the sun with computers, “so the question becomes, should we? Or, should we remind ourselves, as filmmakers, to be careful and remember that there is nothing more important than how a story is told? If storytelling becomes a byproduct of the digital revolution, then the medium itself is corrupted.   Digital photography is a science and film photography is a chemical miracle. And when I say chemical miracle, it is – you never quite know what you're gonna get after the film takes a bath, and exposes the positive from the negative. And when you get to see the print, based on your negative, there's a lot of things that surprises me. It always looks different, always looks real. There's grain, number one, and the grain is always moving, it's swimming. Which means that even in a still life, of let's say a flower on a table, that flower is alive even though it's not moving – because the film itself, the image is alive. And that's the difference. It’s so cool.” We agree, yes, it’s so cool. Beautiful Business Designers believe in craft and question how they will use their sacred creative energy. How will you use your sacred creative energy? #Craft #BeautifulBusinessDesigner #Design Image: Danny Lyon, Stephanie, Sandoval County, New Mexico, 1970

There is the art of business and, then, there's seeing the business, itself, as a work of art. The Beautiful Business Designer™ sees their work, and the business it impacts, as their art, their creativity in action. It's the difference between a job, a career and a calling to work that matters to the individual and to the world. If you'd like to approach the work of your future as art, we encourage you to join us on our mission to 'design the designers of a more beautiful and regenerative future.' https://lnkd.in/gzRVN_YY Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusiness #BeautifulBusinessDesigner #Mattering

Beautiful Business Designers Wanted. Imagine a day designed to not just reset your thinking, but to take your business into a more regenerative, future. This day is crafted for leaders ready to embrace the power of beauty through the lens of business. Inspired by Alan Moore's books "Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything" and "Do Build: How to Make and Lead a Business the World Needs," we invite you to reimagine a business that is transformative, sustainable and deeply meaningful. What to expect: You will be invited to: • challenge your assumptions • reset your perspective • journey through the insights of Do Design • draw on the ‘13 Design Questions’ from Do Build as a framework to rethink your approach. One participant described it as "an experience where business acumen intertwines with life-changing perspectives." “There is magic in what you do. You never get to think like this. These are deep questions you have asked. I liked the way you gave me space to reflect, walk around an idea, investigate it. Rather than say this is right that is wrong. You listened and were happy to discuss. This was never a superficial conversation: using the Beautiful Business Designer Framework allowed me to reimagine many possibilities for my business. To see a greater potential than we thought possible.” Arpit Kaushik Co-founder & CEO, Hypha Your outcomes: • Cultivate a business that is regenerative and beautiful • Build a culture of generosity, creativity, and purpose • Design products and services that are as necessary as they are transformational Who is it for? Founders, business owners, and entrepreneurs—whether you lead a team or operate solo, it's for those driven to be the change our world needs. Whether you’re a B Corp, consultant, or simply someone who understands that business can be a force for good, this day is for you. Details: • One-on-one: in person; or online sessions. • Duration: 6hrs. • Cost: £650 per person. • Location: Cambridge, UK *Other locations possible, fees will vary, email for more information) Book your mentor day here: https://lnkd.in/gybiN8fK For more information please email: info@thebeautifuldesignproject.com. About your mentor: Alan Moore is an author, speaker, and consultant. I blend creativity, craftsmanship, and sustainability in my approach. In my best-selling books Do Design and Do Build, I describe how leaders and organisations can create businesses that are profitable, purpose-driven, and authentic. Succeed in a way that is transformative, sustainable, and deeply meaningful. Create the future you and your business deserve. Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusiness #Design #Mentorship

Beautiful Business Designers™️: Massive Attack’s Daddy G and 3D. The band are experimenting with a model they hope will change the music industry. “All the food will be vegan. All the loos will be compostable. If they're really observant, people might spot (electric) vans containing large batteries occasionally recharging other large batteries around the site, instead of having diesel generators to power the stage and stalls. Perhaps the biggest difference will not be in the show but outside. There's no car park. Instead, the 34,000 attendees are strongly encouraged to walk, cycle or get public transport - including on one of five special trains laid on to take people back across the south-west at the end of the bank holiday Sunday night. Massive Attack say the one-day show will be the lowest-carbon concert of its scale ever held, and want it to provide a template for the rest of the live music industry to follow.” To accelerate your journey to becoming a Beautiful Business Designer or to help others on their path, we invite you to join us here: https://lnkd.in/gy9JtUES #BeautifulBusiness #Design #Regeneration

Our Co-Founder Tim Galles shares his thoughts on our favorite subject, Beautiful Business Design. Have a listen.

As much as we love Buckminster Fuller, we have to politely say, yes and no. “When we experience the Beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming. Some of our most wonderful memories are of beautiful places where we felt immediately at home. We feel most alive in the presence of the Beautiful for it meets the needs of our soul. For a while the strains of struggle and endurance are relieved, our frailty is illuminated by a different light in which we come to glimpse behind the shudder of appearances the sure form of things. In the experience of beauty, we awaken and surrender in the same act.” – John O’Donohue Beauty is in our nature. We know it. We seek it out. It is ancient, primal. A “new” model is to break with the existing paradigm of growth at all costs, capitalism without constraints. This is not about small steps or linear thinking, tweaks and nudges. It’s a shift, a reset, a radical leap. Dare to bring beauty to your work; build a new model while finding your way home to your true nature. If you’d like to accelerate the future of your work and mattering and help create a world with more Beautiful Businesses, please join us. https://lnkd.in/gzRVN_YY Beauty is the ultimate metric. #BeautifulBusiness #Regeneration #Design #Mattering Image: Ricard Avedon

What can I do the most beautifully? What a question. The brilliant author, George Saunders, originally wanted to be a songwriter. So why did he choose writing? In his words: “The big principle I believe in is that, let’s say there’s twenty things that you do in your life—just general categories of things that you do. We might think we want to be “Thing Six.” But if we’re doing twenty things, and Thing Eighteen is the one that really lights us up, it’s a real moment of maturation to say, “My time here is short—what can I do the most beautifully? I think that’s a lesson in prose, but also in life. If you think you’re a com- poser of string quartets, and when you play your string quartets, everybody goes to sleep, and in consolation you pick up your accordion and start playing a polka and everybody dances. Well, there you go. There it is.” So what is that thing that you can do most beautifully? Have you discovered it? Are you doing it? For those that want to accelerate the beautiful work of their future, we have created The Beautiful Design Project, and we invite you to join us. https://lnkd.in/gzRVN_YY #BeautifulBusiness #Design #Mattering #Regeneration