Connected Capitalism is a 2021 INDIES Book of the Year WINNER!!!!
In our present state of disconnect and loss, Connected Capitalism offers us a deeper and more satisfying approach to both work and life – one that is rooted in relationships, trust, forgiveness, and empathy.
What should our post-COVID work world look like?
In Connected Capitalism, David Weitzner shows us how to draw from the classic teachings of Judaism in order to positively transform our workplaces and our working lives. He outlines a philosophy that will empower the disenchanted to build a stable future in a world of crony capitalism, global pandemics, racial injustice, and social disconnect.
Weitzner, a professor of management who chooses to look beyond management and mindfulness, envisions a workplace based on the ancient Jewish practices of mitzvah, creating a space for meaningful moments with other people, and chavrusa, co-creating and working on endeavors together.
Combining these spiritual concepts with the voices of today’s political strategists, business leaders, and artists, Connected Capitalism inspires us to approach our work with curiosity, engage with those who were once strangers, and tap into a hopeful and meaningful future.
“David has written a timely and enlightening book on how to bring our whole selves to work. Written from a Jewish perspective, this book will be of interest to anyone searching for meaning in business. His focus on mindfulness, connection, and wonder will resonate with all spiritual seekers. The book is both inspiring and practical. It brings the ancient Jewish tradition into conversation with some of today’s most pressing and important issues and does so in a readable, lively, and compelling way.”
Moses L. Pava, Alvin H. Einbender University Professor in Business Ethics, Yeshiva University
“David Weitzner’s voice is a measured, compassionate one as it rises above the din of knee-jerk opinion and judgement. Listen: the man has ideas and he knows how to communicate them.”
Nels Cline, guitarist - Wilco, composer
“Mamesh, there’s some good stuff in here!”
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, senior editor at Chabad.org and author of Wisdom to Heal the Earth
"David Weitzner brilliantly draws from Jewish wisdom in Connected Capitalism to align our workplaces with our values."
Tiffany Shlain, Bestselling author of 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection and founder of The Webby Awards
“Weitzner does an impeccable job of connecting the spiritual with the corporate explaining how the new workplace is better served by the bridging of these two seemingly disparate disciplines. The result is a roadmap for improvement that leaders need to understand.”
Michael Solomon, Co-Founder of 10x Management and 10x Ascend, and Co-Author of Game Changer: How to Be 10x in the Talent Economy
“At first glance, one might worry about what David Weitzner's integration of business with spirituality might mean for religion. But what they should really be wondering about is how this truly spiritual approach to commerce will make ‘business as usual’ utterly impossible.”
Douglas Rushkoff, Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics, Queen's College, City University of New York, and author of Team Human, Present Shock, and Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
“What a book! I find myself nodding and smiling, clenching my fists, and gnashing my teeth, and laughing while I read, and then leaning back and wishing you had a Catholic, and a Lutheran pair of best friends who could write this exact same book for all people of all faiths. A vital, significant, and deeply personal book...”
Sunshine Jones, Electronic Musician
“I enjoyed reading David Weitzner's provocative book. Even though I strongly believe that capitalism and competition has provided significant benefits to society, I agree that a successful business also relies on trust and cooperation in its relations with its customers, workers and suppliers. Weitzner argues that we should think of work within a concept of ‘connected capitalism.’ The best part of this argument is related to spiritualism – we should not be spiritual but do spiritualism. He ties this in with the Jewish concept of chavrusa – taking personal responsibility to fix things in our daily lives.”
Jack M. Mintz, President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Prescriptions for imaginative living in today’s noisy and ever-narrowing world
Our social conversation has gone awry. We need to rethink what it means to listen, to think, to create and to be democratically engaged citizens. But how?
Fifteen Paths is a book of hope. Documenting a year of searching, a disillusioned business professor gave up on old arguments and set out to learn about the power of imagination with iconoclastic visionaries of dissonant rock, punk shamanism, ecstatic dance, poetic rap, fantastical comics, magical clowning and mystical channeling.
“There is much practical wisdom in this book. We desperately need to have better conversations and Weitzner gives us a way forward.” — R. Edward Freeman, Olsson Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of the Institute for Business in Society at the Darden School of Busines
“David Weitzner’s paths to wisdom challenges you to put down your phone, crawl out of your echo chamber, gather at a table, actively look a stranger in the eye and keep the conversation going. It is not often that a book of philosophy can make you cry, not once, but twice, with images so beautiful and profoundly resonant. Fifteen Paths is a work of straight-up punk rock philosophy.” — Heidi Noble, owner and executive winemaker of JoieFarm Winery
“Fifteen Paths truly is a conversation, and it’s an enlightening one. This book is an important read for business people, and for anyone who wants to be provoked and challenged to think differently about the world.” — All About Work blog