Con la nueva burguesía aymara nace en Bolivia la arquitectura “neoandina” — La Jornada. Galería de fotos El Alto.
Con su estilo barroco y atrevido, lleno de símbolos andinos, las minimansiones que afloran en las calles de El Alto, la pujante ciudad pegada a La Paz que crece a paso acelerado, no pasan inadvertidas. Identifican a nuevos ricos indígenas, muchos de ellos comerciantes informales que hicieron fortuna vendiendo cosas en la calle. Sus propietarios a menudo invierten millones de dólares en edificios opulentos y gastan fortunas en salones de bailes con colores brillantes. "Son una nueva burguesía aymara que migró del campo y logró éxito en el comercio", a la que además le gusta ostentar su cultura a la par que su poder económico, dice el antropólogo jesuita Xavier Albó.
Las minimansiones combinan arquitectura moderna con diseños tradicionales y reflejan sobre todo dos cosas: la riqueza de los dueños y su condición de aymaras. La mayoría surgieron tras la llegada a la presidencia de Evo Morales, el primer gobernante indígena del país, un aymara, en el 2006. Businesses With A Strong Sense Of Purpose Are More Successful. You may have already sensed that companies with a clear sense of purpose do better than those without one.
A new study from Deloitte confirms it: organizations that focus their energies beyond pure profit do better than those without a "culture of purpose. " And yet, the survey also reveals that most executives and employees think that businesses aren’t doing enough to create this kind of culture. The survey, which sampled 1,310 U.S. adults, found that 90% of people who believe their organization has a strong sense of purpose also report a strong financial showing in the business over the past year. They also report high employee and customer satisfaction. Only 65% of respondents who say they work for an organization without a strong culture of purpose report a good financial performance in the company.
There’s a disconnect, though, between how employees and executives view their organizations. Creating this sought-after culture of purpose sounds simple in theory. 10 películas que todo estudiante de arquitectura tiene que ver. How Breather Lets You Into Its NYC Buildings Without Keys (Or An Internet Connection) As city dwellers know, it's awesome to live here but it can sure suck to visit.
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Welcome To The Purpose Economy. I’m not an economist, a sociologist, or a psychologist. I am an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs constantly look for opportunities, hoping to find emerging trends or spot inspiration for new products or services. This kind of pattern recognition first helped me see the enormous potential for pro bono and has now helped me discern the underlying thread in what appears to be myriad emerging trends of the last decade. It’s helped me comprehend how they are all driven by the pursuit of purpose--together, they create the Purpose Economy. In the last ten years, social innovation has become big business. Harvard professor and corporate strategist Michael Porter launched the “Social Progress Imperative,” a global index that strives to look beyond gross domestic product and provides a ranking of countries globally, based on the extent to which they are meeting the social and environmental needs of their citizens. The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel.
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But CEOs and other executives rarely have the time or inclination to pore over lengthy papers, and as a result, much of this research remains known only to the academic world. The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In Africa. 1. iHub For connecting, amplifying, and accelerating Africa’s tech community.
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"How can we make the day different, every day? " he asks himself and his staff. "By having a good creative meeting, a good goal to set. "
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Like so many dreams, reality was very different from what I had envisioned. While I don’t regret any of the time I spent working for Steve, some of those times were hard moments. But that's when you learn the most. John Lasseter, the director of the early Pixar movies (he now runs Disney animation) recommended me for the position. Pixar is an awesome place to work. The combination of my enthusiasm for Pixar and Steve's relentless vision ended up with my job looking more and more like the one I said no to: the marketing middle man between Pixar and Disney.
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