If the first bullet point on the agenda of 21st century capitalism is discovering a higher purpose for the economy, the second might be said to be building high-impact organizations — those that can change the world radically for the better.
American history is littered with grandiose statements of a higher purpose for the nation, continuing from John Winthrop's shining "city upon a hill", through to Abraham Lincoln's insistence on a nation "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal".
If you believe that God has a higher purpose for your work, then you bring a special fervour to everything that you do, whether it is re-electing the president, challenging his opponent's credentials, stopping his voters from voting, challenging their votes or - if by some cruel fate the opponent wins the election - preventing him from governing.
Mackey speaks about the need to define a higher purpose for the organization7: his own company tries "to change and improve the world".
After all, this climb has a higher purpose for me than my own accomplishments.
I felt waves of tears, but I also know there's a higher purpose for his going.
For those who seek a higher purpose for life, a meaning for existence, the framework of science is inadequate or incomplete.
They saw a higher purpose for it; a book about truth in business and broader communication frameworks that exist outside the millennial bubble.
When the pope urged lawmakers to put technology in the service of more "human" progress, he appealed to a higher purpose for the tools mankind is making today and in the future.
About the character, Pratt said, "He had a hard time as a kid, and now he goes around space, making out with hot alien girls and just being a rogue and a bit of a jerk, and through teaming up with these guys, finds a higher purpose for himself", he also added that the character is a mix of Han Solo and Marty McFly.
