Cats, Food, Whip or the Bottomline !!

Well, my day was spent today attending various panels of the Social Responsibility forum that started yesterday.

I was fortunate to listen to views and opinions of many esteemed guest speakers that had flown in from all parts of the world.

The flow of topics was also interesting for me, as it started with discussion on whether Corporate Social Responsibilty is just a mandatory expense or can it be a value add to the shareholders, followed by a session on green energy and the energy landscape in Latin America thus giving us practical insights on what various industry leaders in this arena are strategically doing to make their mark and at the America time help to make this world a better place and the final session I had chosen was on means to have a future with sustainable waste management.

Overall a complete life cycle of the product from strategy, design, implementation, business cycle, disposal and it's after effects - I think it was an interesting day today.

And a key take away from today was a question, and I am going to use some words by one of the speakers when he said that Instagram today mostly has photos of cats and food - to extend into a rhetoric : What is it that I can do as a manager, as a human being and as a member of this world to ensure that sustainability is not targeted just for publishing the photos of cats and food (Attention, Credit, Cuddling, Reputation) or for the fear of the Whip (Regulations), but is also done to improve the bottom line, and to create value for the shareholders and the society as a whole?