{"id":327414,"date":"2015-07-02T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/economy-of-communion-on-the-roads-of-poland\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:00:52","slug":"economy-of-communion-on-the-roads-of-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/economy-of-communion-on-the-roads-of-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy of Communion on the roads of Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/132331626 Everyone who experiences its effects says that the Economy of Communion (EoC)<\/a> is a way of life, <\/em><\/strong>more than a way of running a business. And it is precisely for this reason that the most diverse businesses decide to administrate their activities in the full spirit of the EoC. Complex Projekt<\/a>, <\/em>which is in the business of projection and construction of roads, motorways and bridges, is also an EoC. In 1990, when the EoC began in Brazil, <\/strong>the business was in trouble. The removal of the communist regime raised strong doubt and uncertainty, and the transition to a capitalist system generated constant questioning and mistrust. The very concept of private property created uncertainty and discomfort in entrepreneurs. Andrzej Milkowski, president of Complex Projekt, <\/em><\/strong>discovered the answer to \u201cfreeing himself from the pressures of private property\u201d in the EoC. Thanks to the EoC, he found that he was \u201cmerely an administrator\u201d and that \u201cthe business owner was God.\u201d This made Milkowski realise that what mattered most in the business was its human capital, <\/strong>and that good management depended on the values one believed in. For him, they were the values of the Gospel put into practice by applying the teaching of St. John Paul II: \u201cto be, rather than to speak\u201d<\/em>. This kind of talk can sound far removed from the real business world, but in the long run, in Complex Projekt, <\/em>it actually made the difference. \"CP_Polonia3\"\u201cOur work consists of creating complex infrastructure projects, <\/strong>and that carries a great responsibility,\u201d Milkowski explains. \u201cIn the EoC proposal I found the interior freedom that was needed and the distance from myself, values which led me to no longer make decisions on my own, but through shared understanding. Such decisions then prove to be just right for growing the company.\u201d Milkowski describes how colleagues and personnel strive to base their life on mutual respect as they strive to create a climate of trust and giving priority to interpersonal relations. The internal regulations include the Golden Rule, a version of which can be found in the sacred texts of all religions: \u2018Everything that you want others to do for you, do also for them\u2019. It is \u201cunderstood as an opportunity,\u201d the president explains, \u201coffered to each employee for them to freely decide.\u201d Two years ago, Andrzej Milkowski began handing over the administration of the business to his son, Stanislaw. This generational transition is also being carried out in the light of the values that have been acquired over years. Andrezej reflects: \u201cI think it is a result of the working lifestyle that all of us in the business, personnel and administration, receive from God. If we make even a small attempt each day <\/strong>to live the values of the Gospel,\u201d the Polish businessman concludes, \u201cwe receive \u2018something more\u2019 from the Creator, a greater capacity even in front of things like project planning, professional and family difficulties which can be listened to and discussed. This is how we build the Kingdom of God . . . and the rest will be given us as well. We experience it every day. Indeed, in spite of the economic crisis, the business continues to grow and develop.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Complex Projekt has been projecting roadways and bridges for thirty years in Katowice, Poland. The story of one business owner who runs his company according to the principles of the Economy of Communion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focolare-worldwide-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}