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Amplifying Human Enterprise: How might we find uplift amid upheaval?

Every day, organizations around the world set out to do good work—solving complex problems, addressing seemingly intractable issues, generating relational, social, and financial wealth, and finding new ways to create a better world for their communities. And every day, whatever comes, organizations around the world do their important work in the face of disruption, distress, turmoil, and turbulence. We dedicate our time together at this year’s Positive Business Conference to explore how we are living and working together in this time of both grief and gratitude, upheaval and uplift.

Although the current climate poses many challenges, it also calls us to reimagine organizational strategies that amplify the human in human enterprise. Companies have the opportunity to prioritize cultures of empathy, compassion and trust, renew their commitments to inclusion and belonging, and heighten employee engagement. To do these things as part of the new business imperative demands that we adopt more creative and agile approaches to work.

Join us for a deeper exploration of how leaders can harness the potential to create supportive structures and practices that foster well-being. We will share real-world examples, evidence-based tools, and cutting-edge thinking about creating compassion, connection, purpose, and meaning as part of an organization’s ecosystem of long-term value. You don’t want to miss the 2024 Positive Business Conference, amplifying a human-centered approach to global enterprise and exploring how we find uplift in a time of upheaval.

The Positive Business Conference Amplified

During the conference, you’ll engage with thought leaders and the latest research on how to build and bolster thriving organizations. You’ll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals from diverse industries. Attendance is limited to ensure high-quality experiences for all, so early registration is recommended. We encourage group attendance to experience the most content and to help enact positive initiatives coming away from the conference.

About the Center for Positive Organizations

Standing on the threshold of a quarter century of innovation, The Center for Positive Organizations is the hub of a global network of scholars, practitioners, leaders, organizations, teachers, and students dedicated to designing and sustaining thriving organizations.

As the leading home for Positive Organizational Scholarship, the Center for Positive Organizations looks to a future of advancing new lines of inquiry, supporting emerging scholars, and inviting leaders globally to put the science of thriving to work as they unlock human-based capabilities and create the thriving organizations the world needs to ensure a vibrant human future.

Housed in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, we are actively and passionately helping prepare the organizations of today, create the leaders of tomorrow, and build a sustainable future of meaning for all.