With the financial crisis, many companies have requested philosophers and religious thinkers to consider how to manage their business differently. Many « wise » Buddhists, beyond the Dalai Lama, gave a number of speechs in the world, like Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, who had been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King. By reading his book, The Art of Power, strongly oriented on the teachings of Buddha Sakyamuni suited to management, I told to myself that these teachings perfectly meet the challenges of a  social business project. In addition, sometime ago, I discuss with Susan Scrupski about Buddhism and enterprise 2.0. Last but not least, I’ve read an article calling themselves social business and enlightenment. So it seems it makes sens. This is the main points of this teaching related with our collaboration.

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