Companies that Mimic Life - Leaders of the Emerging Corporate Renaissance (Hardcover)

Industrial capitalism is broken. The signs, which transcend national ideologies, are everywhere: climate change; ecological overshoot; financial exhaustion; fraying social safety nets; corporate fraud; government deceit; civic unrest; terrorism; and war. But there is hope. This book tells how transformation is taking root in the corporate world - the last place many of us would look for solutions. The book tells the stories of seven exceptional companies. Their shared secret is a new mental model of the firm that is the virtual opposite of industrial capitalism. Each company, if not already a household name, is a significant player within their industry and, crucially, has outperformed their competitors. Lessons can be learned. It works like this. Instead of modeling themselves on the assumed efficiency of machines - a thought process that emerged during the industrial age - these firms model themselves on living systems. Firms with open, ethical, inclusive traditions - where employees have a voice and a stake in what happens - have a distinct advantage over traditionally managed companies where most decisions are made at the top. Understanding that everything of value ultimately arises from life, they place a higher value on living assets (people and Nature) than they do on non-living capital assets. The energy they invest in stewarding those assets - a practice described in the book as living asset stewardship (LAS) - is transformative.

General

Imprint:	Greenleaf Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Joseph H. Bragdon
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-78353-543-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	1-78353-543-1
Barcode:	9781783535439

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