A full week in the ID@Work community and many new members (and we passed the 500 member mark, woot woot 🙌) Welcome to the community @Birgitte Janssen, @Stefan Baumeister, @Tanya Zamora, @Lindsay Hindle, @Magdalena Krippner, @Ruth Nelson-Andorf, @Lana Turashvili, @Wim Beunderman - we look forward to getting to know you! Please post an introduction! --- Here's what happened this week, and what's next. 🎙️ CONVERSATION WITH MIKE ROWLANDS Yesterday we had a rich 45-minute conversation with Mike Rowlands , who works at the intersection of organizational leadership and social purpose through his firm Junction Strategy. Three things that stuck with us: - the leap to "exist to serve society" requires a much deeper rethink of what a business is actually for. - And... 38% of SMEs are already moving toward social purpose. The wave is real. - Cross-sector learning & convening (healthcare, Indigenous frameworks, biz schools) is the underused opportunity. The recording is below. -- 🛠️ FACILITATION & DESIGN INCUBATOR We also ran our Incubator session this week, exploring how to facilitate a 60-minute introduction to the Inner Development Guide. The recording is now available in the replays for Premium members. --- 🌐 TUESDAY'S SKILL BUILDER: INTERCONNECTEDNESS Through a simple drawing exercise rooted in the Ubuntu philosophy — I am because we are — we explored what interconnectedness actually looks like in our lives, and what it means for the kind of changemakers we are together. → Join the conversation here --- ⭐ NEXT SKILL BUILDER: SPIRITUALITY & INNER WORK Tuesday, May 12th, 6pm CET In this session, we create space to explore what it means to bring your whole self — including your spiritual life — into the work of inner development. For your own inner work. And maybe even your organization's.

May is a busy month—so let’s make space for what matters. Join us for a powerful conversation with Mike Rowlands, where inner development, purpose, and sustainability come together. 📅 May 6🕡 18:30–19:15 CET Come curious. Leave inspired. Details and registration are in the calendar

The 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, a major UN-backed initiative co-constructed with UN agencies, civil society, unions, and academic experts who have been collaborating since 2024 to identify proposals that can achieve social progress and wellbeing without relying on perpetual economic growth. Once finalised, the Roadmap will offer a catalogue of concrete policy measures that governments, international agencies, and other stakeholders can implement that place human rights, care, and well-being at the centre of the economy, while respecting planetary boundaries. Roadmap policies fall under five pillars, with democratic planning and governance underpinning them all: 1. Transforming economic systems 2. Labour, care and economic democracy 3. Universal basic services and social protection 4. Ecological justice 5. Transforming the international economic order - The Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth (advance copy) Olivier De Schutter the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights