A planetary research and innovation network
Stewarding a transition toward high-performing enterprises capable of enhancing the well-being of the communities and wider ecosystems within which they operate.
Sustainability is, by definition, enacted on the belief that the current state of development can be maintained in perpetuity, enabled with technology and behaviour change. Flourishing, on the other hand, advances the possibility of realizing the living potential of individuals, communities, and ecosystems to regenerate well beyond the knowable future. Rather than sustaining to surviving, flourishing offers a vision in which people, our organizations, and nature can truly thrive.
Researching and platforming systemic management innovations (SMIs) and opening up distinctive potentials for organizations committed to flourishing.
The Flourishing Enterprise Institute is focused on enabling possibility by catalyzing the development and mobilization of systemic management innovations (SMIs).
SMI is an emerging field of knowledge, methods, and tools designed for the accelerating change and increasingly complex challenges enterprises face.
Convening applied research
New knowledge needed to enable the potential for enterprises to lead flourishing
Research evidence that contributes to mobilization and evaluation of SMI
Insight into how SMI can be further development to improve their applicability and efficacy within any context
Building a robust, ambitious and resourceful network of professionals and researchers
Mobilizing new knowledge and innovation by convening communities, delivering education, and demonstrating thought leadership
Systemic management innovations (SMIs) include management knowledge, methods, and tools that apply systems theory to recast how one or more aspects of strategic management are understood and practiced.
The Community for Flourishing Enterprise (C4FE) is a community of practice catalyzing a movement for flourishing enterprises, now open to serious practitioners and researchers. A regular program of C4FE colloquia meets monthly to discuss management innovation, to share applied research work, and to form collaborations for research and advising engagements.
The C4FE meetings are a place to connect with others for partnership and opportunity development. Open to all.
Recent posts & upcoming
RSD14: Flourishing Economics, Micro-Macro
Join FEI for our second year at Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD14), joining the global conversation on systems change with our lens of flourishing. This year, we’re proud to share the stage with a group of leading thinkers and practitioners whose work explores how organizations, economies, and communities can thrive in the face of complexity and crisis.
Breakthrough Transformation: Appealing to Municipal Sector Leaders and Enabling Deeper Change
The Public Service Transformation Academy is hosting a free special webinar: Breakthrough Transformation: Appealing to Municipal Sector Leaders and Enabling Deeper Change with FEI’s Randy Sa’d.
The pace of change has never been faster—and today’s complexity is stretching traditional leadership and management practices to their limit. On Oct 8th, Randy Sa’d, Executive Director of the Flourishing Enterprise Institute at Wilfrid Laurier University, will share about the Enterprise Evolution (EE) Program.
Flourishing Startups: A New Generation of Systems-Informed Businesses
This October’s C4FE Ondine Hogeboom will speak about the Flourishing Startup Method (FSM); an approach that blends Lean Startup principles with sustainability-as-flourishing. She will talk about how entrepreneurs can design ventures that align with personal values, embrace systems thinking, and contribute to long-term human and ecological well-being. Join us as we unpack the opportunities and challenges of building future-fit, regenerative business models from the very start.