Business is one of way of organizing human experience and the humanities is another.

The common element here  is - human experience.

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The purpose of our first principle, therefore, is to make our partners aware of their human individuality without reference to business at all.

Human individuality is the source of all diversity. If diversity truly is a strength it's because it lies in each and every one of us. And an organization is, after all, a collective of individuals.

It's a very common experience to ask oneself, “What is mankind?” and, an even deeper question, the deepest of all, “Who am I?”

If we take our qualities, intellectual, social, and ethical, and put them in question form, they look something like this;

What is there to know and how do I go about knowing it?
What kind of person am I and what is my relation to other people?
What is the best way for me to live and how do I go about doing it?

Putting our three qualities in personal form help reveal their true meaning.
The lesson of each is, “Know Thyself,” the oldest and most profound of admonitions.

What is mankind?, and Who am I?, are really two inseparable questions, they give us our first principle,The Principle of Humanity.

Our next principle is The Principle of Justification. In question form this principle asks,
Is my education going to help me answer the questions What is mankind? and Who am I?
Will it help me develop a sense of perspective, a technique of learning, etc.?
Will it stimulate me to a greater emotional insight and understanding of others?
Will it help me understand the nature of values and how choice of values affects both individual and group?

Asking another question, “How will my education help me in terms of self-development and growth? brings us to our next principle. The Principle of Future-Interest. The key question here is, Is what I'm learning going to continue to be useful to me far into the future?

Next is, The Principle of Economy. Obviously, here is meant the principle of economy in education. If there's more that needs to be known than is known what is worth knowing? Especially since we don't have unlimited time.

The question to ask here is, If because of time limitations there is a choice between exploring one part of a subject with some thoroughness or studying it to get a complete picture, which should I choose? The answer of course is the first alternative.

Our next principle is The Principle of Structure. In any problem the important thing to do is to ask the right questions. To do this, it is necessary to have a wide acquaintance with quetsions that may be asked. And to do this it is necessary to have a wide frame of reference of the various kinds of structure, or ways of organizing structure meaningfully.

Thinking of different structures and how they relate leads us to our last principle, The Principle of Connection. 

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This principle helps one make valid connections between different areas of experience.  
 

Making connections is one of the deepest and most satisfying pleasures of the mind.
More than any other intellectual activity it affords the pleasure of independent thought, self-awareness, and personal growth. 

The rigid overconformist categorizes knowledge into neat pigeonholes, separated by impervious walls. 

But the free, wide-ranging, curious, flexible, and open mind, the mind suited for exploration, can break down those walls, penetrate new frontiers, and build bridges. 

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These principles serve as a bridge between business and education.

For this reason we have made them central to our consultancy and the work we do with our partners.