Behind every organisation are people – individuals with unique ambitions, fears, hopes, insecurities and beliefs. Building a sense of connection and community helps us to understand others, ourselves and lays a foundation for living a more meaningful life. 

Are connection and togetherness the real superpowers of humanity? 

This is our weekly edit of the global conversation on purpose. 

• Take a look at Fast Company’s most creative leaders in business; individuals who are creatively pursuing purposeful and meaningful change (Fast Company).  
• Why a circular economy is so crucial to slowing climate change, and how the consumer tech industry must embrace it (Raconteur). 
• Returning to the office is shaping up to be more turbulent than the initial working from home transition. Is hybrid work the new future? (The Economist). 
• Behind every business it’s just people: how virtual leadership relies on human connection (Forbes). 
• Biodiversity and the climate crisis are inherently linked – we can’t solve one without the other. Here are four ways to tackle both simultaneously. (The Conversation). 
• Is togetherness our natural state? People from across a divided US find meaning in communal living (The New Yorker). 
• Feeling apprehensive about the reopening of society? This video essay gives a platform to often unheard voices of the pandemic (The New York Times). 
• We never stop learning from each other: the power of connection through mentorship (The Financial Times).