Said E. Dawlabani
| Said Elias Dawlabani | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1962 |
| Nationality | Lebanese American |
| Alma mater | Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business |
| Known for | MEMEnomics, Spiral Dynamics, Value system |
Said Elias Dawlabani (born 1962) is a Lebanese American cultural economist, author, theorist and consultant, specializing in macroeconomic memetic systems and cultural change based on the value-systems approach.
Career
A real estate developer[1] turned social entrepreneur, Dawlabani has a prominent 25-year career in the brokerage, development and investment counseling sectors of the real estate industry in the United States. He is the founder of The Memenomics Group,[2] an advisory organization that reframes economic issues through the prism of value systems and offers sustainable solutions based on this emerging science. Since 2003 he has worked closely with global geopolitical advisor Dr. Don E. Beck, one of the architects behind South Africa's transition from apartheid and co-author of Spiral Dynamics, a theory on value systems.
Dawlabani is the COO and member of the Board of Directors of The Center for Human Emergence Middle East,[3] a think tank that frames political and economic issues facing the region through the prism of value systems. He has been invited to share his value-systems framework on economics at the World Affairs Councils of America and the Annual Meeting of the World Future Society. He is a guest speaker on the topic of transformational leadership for several graduate schools, including the Adizes Graduate School[4] in Santa Barbara, California, and the University of Virginia.[5]
Publications
Dawlabani is the author of the 2013 book MEMEnomics: The Next-Generation Economic System that has garnered high acclaims from leaders as diverse as Howard Putnam,[6] former CEO of Southwest Airlines, and New Age Guru and New York Times best selling author Deepak Chopra. He has also authored several white papers on the use of the value systems approach to economic policy[7] and geopolitical strategy[8][9] to resolve today's’ major global problems. He is an active contributor to The Huffington Post, has been a guest writer on social psychology[10] and related subjects.[11] Dawlabani has also been a guest on radio programs on NPR[12][13] and Voice of America,[14] that focus on a whole-systems approach to economic strategy. He has been quoted by many prominent publications including Newsweek,[15] The Christian Science Monitor[16] and many others [17][18][19] on his views on values systems and the economy in the US, China, Japan, and in the Middle East.
Personal History
Said E. Dawlabani is a descendent of the Bishop of Antioch Philexinos Yohana Dawlabani,[20] a theologian and poet who published more than 70 works and translations of Christian scholarship. The Bishop was among the few early 20th century Christians to translate the Bible from Aramaic and Greek to Arabic and Turkish. Dawlabani is married to Elza Maalouf. They reside in La Jolla, California.
References
- ↑ EcoVestAdvisors.com, website
- ↑ MEMEnomics Group website
- ↑ Center for Human Emergence Middle East, website
- ↑ Adizes Graduate School.org, website
- ↑ University of Virginia, website
- ↑ Howard Putuman Homepage
- ↑ Integral Leadership Review, article, "Economic Policy and Global Value Systems", by Said E. Dawlabani
- ↑ Integral Leadership Review: Notes from the Field, "Natural Design Solutions for Indigenous Cultures: The Next Frontier in Geo-Political Strategy", by Said E. Dawlabani
- ↑ Kosmos magazine, "The Arab Spring: A Mythological Journey or a Myth", by Said E. Dawlabani
- ↑ Keith E. Rice Integrated SocioPsychology Blog, article, "To Understand the Value Systems of Syria, Look to Lebanon", by Said E. Dawlabani
- ↑ Integral Options Cafe, "What Investment Means to Different Cultural Value Systems", by Said E. Dawlabani
- ↑ North Carolina Central University, August 7: Mastering Your Money, Ed Fulbright Program of the Week
- ↑ Public Radio Exchange, IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices, Guy Rathbun
- ↑ Voice of America, produced by Jim Randle
- ↑ Newsweek Magazine website
- ↑ Christian Science Monitor website
- ↑ How China Can Harness Its History & Overcome Its ‘Great Wall’ Slowdown, by Connor Adams Sheets, August 9, 2013
- ↑ Surprise! You Can Now do Tokyo On The Cheap Thanks To 'Abenomics', by Connor Adams Sheets, July 15, 2013
- ↑ Surprise! You Can Now do Tokyo On The Cheap Thanks To 'Abenomics', Edited by Bill Hurley, July 20, 2013
- ↑ Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani, Malankra Syriac Christian Resources, biographical webpage