Bill Shireman, President and CEO of Future 500, told the SB’13 audience that we need to stop looking at issues as right or wrong and begin looking at disagreement as an opportunity to gain wisdom from divergent perspectives. While conservatives are often associated with power and liberals with purpose, both sides have their own measure of power and purpose, and both viewpoints are correct. “We should drive economies by creating value, not consuming it,” Shireman said.

1. Harnessing our Collective Best Selves: Why
Conservatives and Progressives are both Right and
How to Get Us Singing Off the Same Songsheet
Bill Shireman
President & CEO
Future 500

2. When Power Meets Purpose
Harnessing our Collective Best Selves:
Why Conservatives and Progressives are both right,
and how to get us singing off the same songsheet
Bill Shireman, June 4, 2013

3. Love to Hate

4. Purpose & Power

5. The Greenpeace Effect The Walmart Effect

6. Fear the Demon

7. Love to Hate
!Drill-Baby-Drill
Overshoots the limit 5-fold
Spend-Baby-Spend
Debt = 100% of America’s net worth

8. Drill and Spend
!Drill-Baby-Drill
Overshoots the limit 5-fold
Spend-Baby-Spend
Debt = 100% of America’s net worth

9. Blame & Shame

10. Activists & Corporations

11. Purpose & Power

12. Engage & Act

13. Purpose & Power

14. Positive Change
SHIFT TAXES
Tax pollution, not prosperity
Wind down subsidies
R&D for Radical Efficiency
Border Adjustments
THE INNOVATION AGENDA
4% Annual Goal

15. Common Problem
Drill & Spend
Tax & Pollute
Divide & Fall

16. Common Solution
Power without Purpose is abusive
Purpose without Power is impotent
Power for Purpose is sustainable

17. Common Solution
Power and
Purpose

18. Bill Shireman
bshireman@future500.org
1-800-655-2020
Mobile 415 706 4482
@future500
Power and
Purpose