The idea
ARB is a platform and community for thought, exchange, exploration and action to shape longevous, resilient and responsible progress. Progress for business, society and individuals.
We look for thinkers, collaborators and challengers.
Why do we need ARB
Only what's graspable is manageable
In today's complexity and uncertainty the process of sensemaking and solution building is necessary to make grand challenges and complex potentials graspabale. Only then are they manageable. We want to move the needle in contributing to this.
Organizations as driver for societal change — locally and globally.
We deeply believe in the potential of collaboration and the power of the organization. The total value of the organization is much greater than the sum of its parts.
That potential must be used for good. We want to appeal to, empower and guide organizations to affect and drive societal change and advancement.
In our global world identities and belonging are becoming more conflicted, contested, important and connected at the same time. While our national systems and global identity give us all our unique combination of identity, global organizations are forces of values and community across the globe and across borders.
We want to recognize that impact, its potential, its responsibility and utilize it for good.
The modern organization
Organizational innovation, resilience, transformation and legitimacy are ever present topics. We want to advance their potential and realization in practice through a shared foundation of a strong value system and critical humane capacities.
In an age of increased technological possibility and fierce international competition, our unique human values and humane capacities will be the drivers of longevous, resilient and responsible success stories.
What ARB does
We are committed to a complex idea and want to advance our shared understanding, the actionability of new insights and the spread of these ideas.
We engage in:
sensemaking & exchange
Bringing together diverse perspectives in moderated spaces and dialogue to learn together, form new insight and widen our horizons
spreading ideas and making them accessible
From the engagements in and around the institute we distill essential takeaways to share them in accessible and actionable form
inspiring action
By moderating and connecting a variety of actors we naturally unearth and identity opportunities for change. We connect with our partners to initiate new collaborations on these opportunities.
OPEN PROJECTS
Roundtables
During our roundtables we gather unique perspectives joined by a shared foundation.
We explore big questions, form new understanding and insight, take inspiration and learning, form new collaborations and amplify action. In short: we contribute to progress by advancing insight for action.
The method
we host and moderate
we connect between the participants
we prepare and follow up with individual participants, to ensure the maximum value
we take learnings and develop them further to make them accessible and amplify action
reports / blue-prints / essays / best practices
we share them publicly and across our global network and activate where suitable
the collected insights inspire new projects
Topics
What does responsibility of business mean
1/2 What is it? How does it exist? Who cares about it? Who enforces it? Who benefits from it?
2/2 How does it look like in practice? How to build it? How to inspire responsibility?
Balancing profit and mission
striking the balance
connecting with the right audience
connecting with the right partners
sharing learnings
A culture of action
team engagement
living the culture
inspiring the team
a learning team & learning from the team
stakeholder engagement and integration
community building