How Faith Shapes Business - Denver Institute
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6/16/20 1 Jeff Haanen Executive Director (BCG Branded Title Slide, Jeff Haanen, Executive Director) How Faith Shapes Business Jeff Haanen Founder & Executive Director Denver Institute for Faith & Work Context Culture is Changing 87% 80% 77% 71% 65% 8% 14% 17% 23% 26% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1990 2000 2009 2014 2018-19 % of U.S. adults who identify as… … Christian … religiously unaffiliated Source: Pew Research Center, “In U.S. Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace,” 16 Oct 2019: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity- continues-at-rapid-pace/
Transcript of How Faith Shapes Business - Denver Institute
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Jeff HaanenExecutive Director
(BCG Branded Title Slide, Jeff Haanen, Executive Director)
How Faith Shapes Business
Jeff HaanenFounder & Executive Director
Denver Institute for Faith & Work
ContextCulture is Changing
87%
80% 77%71%
65%
8%14%
17%23% 26%
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90%
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1990 2000 2009 2014 2018-19
% of U.S. adults who identify as…
… Christian … religiously unaffiliated
Source: Pew Research Center, “In U.S. Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace,” 16 Oct 2019: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/
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ProblemChallenges Facing Our Culture
Mental Health Crisis
Anxiety rates are rising, depression is widespread,
emotional health is receding in both high and
low income communities.
Source: Wall Street Journal, “The Most Anxious Generation God to Work,”; https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-anxious-generation-goes-to-work-11557418951,
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Whole-Hearted Leadership
(Lisa Slayton head shot, circular crop –just pic, no name)
(David Park, head shot, circular crop)
ProblemChallenges Facing Our Culture
Crisis at WorkSome are dropping out
of work completely; others make work their
religion.
Source: Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis, by Nicholas Eberstadt; “Workism is Making American’s Miserable,” The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/
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My Life as a Christian, Investor and Business Leader
Faith-Driven Investing
Artificial Intelligence: What Every Business Leader Must Know about New Technologies
(Bob Doll, head shot, circular crop)
(Jake Thomsen, head shot, circular crop)
(Hannah Cumming, head shot, circular crop)
(Greg Lernihan, head shot, circular crop)
(Becker Polverini, head shot, circular crop)
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ProblemChallenges Facing Our Culture
Social IsolationMeaningful relationships
are eroding and loneliness is spreading.
Source: Arthur Brooks, “Loneliness is Tearing America Apart,” New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opinion/loneliness-political-polarization.html
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Selling Christianly
(Catherine Capilupi, head shot, circular crop)
(Dale Scott, head shot, circular crop)
(Mike McFadden, head shot, circular crop)
ProblemChallenges Facing Our Culture
Growing Opportunity GapGrowing wage gap,
educational iniquity, decline of marriage in
working-class communities
Source: Robert Putnam, Our Kids
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The Challenge and Opportunity of Global Business
The Future of Colorado’s Workforce
Generous Business Practices
(Jesus Sampedro, head shot, circular crop)
(Emanuel Bistrain, head shot, circular crop)
(Richard Lackey, head shot, circular crop)
(Hanna Skandera, head shot, circular crop)
(Rico Munn, head shot, circular crop)
(Alan Barnhart, head shot, circular crop)
(Aimee Minnich, head shot, circular crop)
ProblemChallenges Facing Our Culture
Privatization of Faith
Faith is separated from work; it’s also politicized
in a battle for control between
“us and them.”
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Could you imagine a world where Christians are publicly known for their love?
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Work is a Way to Love Our Neighbors
(Katherine Leary Alsdorf, head shot, circular crop)
