Join us to hear Dr Victoria Hurth talk about the insights and main messages in her recently published book "Beyond Profit - Purpose-Driven Leadership for a Wellbeing Economy". Business Declares' Director Sam Baker will chair the 45 minutes and will ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion.

"Beyond Profit", closely aligned with the way we think at Business Declares, lays out the case for change by exploring:

• Why profit-first governance has become a root cause of climate, social and economic failure;

• How purpose, properly defined, must become the primary decision-making logic;

• The shift from GDP and growth as goals to wellbeing as the objective of the economy;

• What it means to govern organisations for long-term collective wellbeing, not short-term financial return; and

• How leaders can act across macro (economy), meso (organisations) and micro (work and lives) levels.

It clearly sets out both why change is necessary and what must change — with a unique strength in its grounding in the new ISO governance standards that Victoria helped shape and which is referenced throughout the book.

"This is an invitation to rethink what we value, and to govern accordingly — a diagnosis of our economic malaise and a manifesto for a more sustainable future": from Business books: what to read this month, Financial Times.

Victoria Hurth is an independent pracademic working to align decision-making with long-term wellbeing for all. She helps leaders and institutions build shared understanding of purpose and governance, so organisations innovate for the common good rather than undermine it.

Links: Victoria Hurth LinkedIn, Victoria Hurth website, FT Book Review, ISO 37000 - Governance Standards, Beyond Profit - The Observer Shop