Les valeurs spirituelles peuvent-elles sauver notre économie?
Pierre Klees, Bruno Colmant, Imane Karich, 28 May 2009
A new couple: when spirituality meets business
Food For Thought always wants to serve the hottest dishes on the market…for this particular night, we were inspired by a successful Mediterranean culinary tradition: the Mezze, fresh and tasty.
The start of the summer gave some bright ideas to the Food For Thought Team…By inviting Bruno Colmant (CEO of the Belgian Stock Exchange), Pierre Klees (the well known Businessman who is involved in the Freemasonry movement), and Imane Karich (a young pioneer in the Islamic Finances), we mixed three cultures, three backgrounds and three personalities.
Different opinions … moving forward to the Food For Thought way of thinking
At the very beginning of the evening, the three guests had a strong opinion in their speeches. But, as the evening journey kept thru, there seemed to be a new idea coming out: a Food For Thought speech. Everyone was willing to listen to the others speakers and taking all the best of their thought to enjoy a deep, concrete and sincere exchange of views. That’s exactly what we were looking for!
Adam Smith’s shadow hanging over Cook and Book …
Bruno Colmant confessed being a little “exasperated” by this continuous search for an added value dressed, in the market’s relations, under the name of “Spirituality”. This paradox is following his thought that those values must stay personal. And, as added by Imane Karich, the market isn’t moral nor immoral, it must simply stay amoral…Pierre Klees, with his well known spontaneity found THE words: “Don’t count on the market to be moral for us”!
Does anybody here go shopping with ethic?
Bruno Colmant - as the CEO of the Stock Exchange - finished one of his interventions with as small quote. “I don’t go shopping with ethic, I’m simply scaling my needs and my financial assets…and you probably aren’t doing it differently”. Imane Karich didn’t agree at all. And the audience began to discuss firmly. We bet Bruno Colmant wasn’t aware it would create such a bustle. But that’s also one of Food For Thought’s precepts: bringing the debate where it isn’t expected.
From “Stock” to “Convivial” Exchange, from “Spiritual” to “Culinary” debate
Short before the sunset, everyone was encouraged to let their argumentative weapons down, to stand up, and enjoy the rest of the program: a networking finger food.
If everybody will, for the first part, remember the innovative speech of Imane Kariche, the conviviality of the scholar Pierre Klees and the classy precision of Bruno Colmant, the oriental spicy bites served by Cook&Book’s team will for sure be remembered too!
After the tables were put away, space was created to let every visitor enjoy chatting with the orators, meeting relatives, creating new business contacts, while fresh and tasty dishes were being proposed.
Food For Thought’s Symphony
On May, 28th, we created a multi-way debate created a symphony, coordinated by our Maestro, Murielle Lona. She took the role of the musical director to be sure the partition wouldn’t suffer from any “wrong notes”…
Lots of musical references this time around? Don’t forget that Food For Thought is also the name of one of Reggae band UB40’s hits. The band also performed another classic that was shared that night: some nice “Red Red Wine”… Food For Thought, where food and Intellectual Entertainment mix… will you join us for our next performance?