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Author of “The Economics of Happiness” and happiness economist Mark Anielski will explore what makes communities in both Canada and abroad flourish and experience the most happiness. His research and consulting work in Canada, China and Tahiti into what he calls Genuine Wealth, is providing individuals, businesses and communities with a practical roadmap for achieving a balanced life that optimizes wealth, health and happiness. Mark believes that wellbeing will become the new bottom line of business and communities, and that progress will be measured in terms of genuine happiness. Come explore with Mark how we can design and build vibrant communities with wellbeing in mind.TRANSCRIPT
Creating Vibrant Creating Vibrant CommunitiesCommunities
Creating Flourishing Communities of Wellbeing and Happiness
Mark Anielski
September 17, 2013
Spirit in Service for Vibrant Spirit in Service for Vibrant CommunitiesCommunities
Mark Anielski
Creating Flourishing
Communities of Wellbeing and
Happiness
Creating Flourishing Communities of Well-being and Happiness
Mark AnielskiCo-founder, Genuine Wealth Inc.
Author, The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth September 17, 2013
I have a dream.....
To co-create economies of well-being.
"One can not change an existing system; one must create a new system that makes the old system obsolete"
--- Buckminster Fuller
every journey begins with a vision
WellBeingthe final frontier
The ‘road map’ to aneconomy of WellBeing
We are in midst of an asset devolution
wherewealth is being
redefined
Happiness: our common yearning for a flourishing good life
Channel Rock, Cortes Island, British Columbia
Thomas Aquinas
What is the Good Life?
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.The Bhuddha
Happiness results from a good birth, accompanied by a
lifetime of good friends, good children, health, wealth and a
contented old age...and virtuous
activity.(Aristotle)
ecology oikos (household) logia (knowledge)
Shuswap Lake, British Columbia
A renaissance in economics and business
economy oikos (household)
nomia (management)
We must reclaim
the spirit of words
Where I play
JenC.H.O
Stephaniecare-holder
MarkMoney Hunter
Reneecare-holder
GenuineTo live authentically
To be true to our values
WealthThe conditions of wellbeing
Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things…. The Gross National Product (GNP) counts air pollution and cigarette advertising…Yet, GNP does not allow for the health of our children or the joy of their play. IT measures neither our wit, nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning..... GNP, measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”
Robert Kennedy March 16, 1968
Measuring What Matters
financial capital
Virtues
Values
Human Capital
Nunavut, Canada
(People): Mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing conditions of individuals in an organization that include, health, skills, knowledge, capabilities and aspirations.
Social Capital
Relationships, trust and networks amongst and between colleagues, customers, suppliers and friends.
Natural Capital
Natural resources (renewable and non-renewable), land, water, air, and ecosystem assets.
Built Capital
Built CapitalThe produced goods
-- machinery, equipment, technology,
buildings, roads, and patents -- that provide benefits to
their owners by helping produce other goods and
services.
Financial Capital
Money, cash, stocks, bonds, derivatives, and other financial assets (and liabilities).
Happiness(Greek: eudamonia)“well-being of spirit“
A sense of well-being, resulting from achieving excellence in the fulfillment of one's functions. -- Aristotle
50% Our genes
and upbringing
The SCIENCE of wellbeing
USA
$37,562 GDP per capita
Life Satisfaction Index: 7.4
Bhutan
$1,969GDP per capita
Life Satisfaction Index: 7.6
10% our wellbeing is
related to our income,
education, and where we
live
40% of our wellbeing comes from our
relationships with others!
What puts a chill on happiness?
Loss of spouse
Loss of job/work
Which Canadian communities are the happiest?
The Happiest Communities in Canada
Canadian average = 4.26
Source: Based on Does Money Matter: Determining the Happiness of Canadians. Canadian Centre for Living Standards. November 2010.
Measuring Returns to Happiness
Source: Based on Does Money Matter: Determining the Happiness of Canadians. Canadian Centre for Living Standards. November 2010.
What are the determinantsof happiness in Canada?
Source: Based on Does Money Matter: Determining the Happiness of Canadians. Canadian Centre for Living Standards. November 2010.
#1. Sense of belonging to local communities(higher in smaller communities, rural areas and Atlantic Canada.)
Source: Based on Does Money Matter: Determining the Happiness of Canadians.
Canadian Centre for Living Standards. November 2010.
Quebec has the lowest sense of
belonging
Nunavut the highest
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 105-0501 - Health indicator profile, 2009
Kelsey Cartwright
#2. Perceived mental health
Source: Based on Does Money Matter: Determining the Happiness of Canadians. Canadian Centre for Living Standards. November 2010.
Perceived health, very good or excellent (percent of
population)
Quebec 61.1
Yukon 59.1
Nova Scotia 59.3
Newfoundland 57.5
Ontario 61.2
Canada 60.5
Alberta 61.4
PEI 61.9
Saskatchewan 58.7
Manitoba 60.2
Nunavut 47
British Columbia 58.6
New Brunswick 55
NWT 51.8
#3. Physical activity level
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 105-0501 - Health indicator profile, 2009
Building an Economy of Genuine Wealth
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Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Canada
#4. Stress levels
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 105-0501 - Health indicator profile, 2009
#5. Being married
#6. Being a recent immigrant
#7. Being unemployed
Building Economies and Businesses of Well-being
Bhutan’s Gross National HappinessBhutan’s New Economic Paradigm based on well-being and happiness
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck the fifth Dragon King of Bhutan
Prime Minister Jigme Yoser Thinley
In Bhutan (a Buddhist kingdom) personal spiritual fulfillment is not just a spiritual pursuit, it is government policy.
My role is to help create conditions that will help our people find happiness.
The Genuine Well-being Balance ‘Sheet’City of Edmonton, 2008
Source: Anielski Management Inc. 2009. The Edmonton 2008 Genuine Progress Indicator Report: The State of Economic, Social and Environmental Wellbeing for the City of Edmonton. Prepared for the City of Edmonton.
Building an Economy of Well-being
for Tahiti
A New Balance SheetCity of Leduc Genuine Well-being Index, 2006
Cooperative Economies Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
Businesses with Soul: people and planet before
profit
Ray AndersonFounder
Interface Inc.
“Doing well by doing good.”“We have a new vision: to become a leader in industrial ecology by first becoming a sustainable corporation and
eventually a restorative enterprise.” (1934-2011)
Personal Genuine Wealth
Individual Wellbeing
HouseholdWellbeing
CommunityWellbeing
Business/EnterpriseWellbeing
Flourishing
Vibrant
EudamoniaHappiness
Flourishing
Canadian Index of Wellbeing
Sustainable Abundance
A successful enterprise knows the assets most important to their success and how to manage and minimize the liabilities or risks to well-being
A successful community and enterprise knows the assets most important to their success and how to manage and minimize the liabilities or risks to well-being.
A successful enterprise knows the assets most important to their success and how to manage and minimize the liabilities or risks to well-being
Safe Communities
Wellbeing, By Design
Field, B.C.
Creating Vibrant Creating Vibrant CommunitiesCommunities
Last lecture: Tuesday October 1
George Cuff
Starting Vibrancy at the Top – Local Government
Last lecture: Tuesday October 1
George Cuff
Starting Vibrancy at the Top – Local Government
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