A company's culture can support or hinder learning, encourage or stifle creativity, and so on. Fortunately, we can shape our organizations' culture through careful attention to how we do things and treat one another in the workplace. Corporate social responsibility addresses the question of how the business community fits into the larger social picture. It's tempting to compartmentalize these dimensions of human life, but of course they all influence each other. The discipline of corporate social responsibility focuses specifically on these interconnections and ways in which businesses can make the larger social world a better place for everyone.
Dialogue focuses on new communication forms that strengthen a group's collective intelligence.
This discipline offers several intriguing tools and techniques that may seem strange to you at first but that, with practice, will transform the way you talk with others, stimulating questions and insights that we often miss through traditional forms of conversation. Leadership in the field of organizational learning takes on a particular focus. This discipline is truly redefining the role of management for businesspeople everywhere. Sustainability , as a discipline, entails being thoughtful stewards of the natural resources on which our organizations depend. Sustainable management practices help us design organizations that respect and balance human needs with the natural cycles and limitations of our planet.