Doing business with heart: moving from words to deeds in business ethics
Business ethics. In this article we would like to provide you with a compact vademecum for doing business with heart.
Empathy: what it is and how to develop it
In the world of business we are increasingly hearing about empathy: communicating empathically, making products and services empathic, being empathic with customers and so on. But what does empathy really mean, and how can we develop it in a professional context?
Engaging the Heart in Business
The English version of our book Business in Love has been available in all countries for a few weeks now, with a very charming title: Engaging the Heart in Business: A Revolutionary Market Approach Based On Love. I take this opportunity to reflect on the reasons that led us to write this text, which are deeply connected to the social and economic changes that we are experiencing – including the pandemic, the lockdown, the shift to remote working – and to the way we are facing these new challenges, seizing their evolutionary opportunities.
Story telling, story making, story living: bringing your values to life
Summer 2020 started with a mixture of impatient desire for payback and fear for what the following months would actually have in store for us. On the basis of these emotions, it seems that the majority of Italians opted for short journeys to rediscover the local beauties: a kind of holiday which is much the same as our fathers’, who “were just happy” to spend their holidays visiting their distant relatives, going for car trips or reading a good book under a beach umbrella. We believe that, after all, this might have been a good thing as slowdown, return to traditions and time spent with family can play a very important role in making us reappreciate our true essence and values, giving us the opportunity to literally see them in action and perhaps teaching us something useful about our jobs and our way of approaching the market! And that’s why…
Business as (un)usual: facing the challenge of change
“Business as usual” is an American expression used to stress how in economics things are always expected to go on in spite of everything. Personally we have never agreed with this point of view: in business (as we intend it in Passodue) the concept of “usual” should not even exist, neither in good times nor during emergencies. In order to survive in modern markets, business models should adapt to the variation of situations and interlocutors. Therefore let’s try and seize this opportunity to make innovations and evolve: the only certainty in what we are experiencing is change.
Customer Journey : a journey throughout the customer experience
Thanks to a successful customer journey that companies and professionals can create value for their clients, allowing them to fully and personally experience the quality of their offers
Spiritual Capital: a new point of view on company assets
Just as human beings are made up of body, mind and soul, in the same way companies are composed of physical or material aspects, logical-rational aspects and finally spiritual aspects which refer directly to the people, their values and culture.
When the customer makes the difference: ethical buying
by Alice Alessandri and Alberto Aleo We often talk about ethical buying to refer to choosing items that are sustainable and produced without harming the environment and communities. Actually, a customer’s choices can influence the market not only in terms…
“Entrepreneurs on a mission from God”: when success serves the common good
by Alberto Aleo Do you remember the scene in the movie The Blues Brothers when John Belushi says ‘we are on a mission from God’ to describe his plan to put a band together? It makes you smile, but it also…
Your holiday homework: Solve the equation “Being, Giving, Having”
by Alice Alessandri and Alberto Aleo How many times have we asked ourselves the question, “Who am I?” At times when life feels more intense and our emotions are running stronger, this question tends to emerge. Summer brings with it…