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
Diving into the Future of FEI Research & Practice Areas
DECEMBER 10, 2024 11:00 - 3:00 ETThank you to those who were able to attend this unique December C4FE. In this session, we had the privilege of hearing from key contributors to FEI’s Research & Practice Areas. What made this session truly unique was the focus on...
FEI-led Mini-Symposium at Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium
OCTOBER 15, 2024 11:00 - 3:00 ETWe were excited to see so many new faces on October 15th for a special C4FE featured as part of the Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium (RSD13). This year was the 13th year the Systemic Design Association (SDA) has organized...
The Evolution of Regenerative Design – And its Impact on Organizations
For September’s C4FE session we are honored to host Daniel Christian Wahl, who may already be well-known to many of you contributing to the regeneration movement, and in systemic design. Daniel’s book Designing Regenerative Cultures is widely known and translated, and he has a wide array of engagements online. For the C4FE, Daniel will join us for an open-ended dialogue, with a moderated conversation with Peter Jones, and opening to the audience. We will discuss the movement of regeneration and the role of organizations in cultural change.