The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
Author: Peter Seng
Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more cost-effective than wasteful ones. A world in which corporations such as Costco, Nike, BP, and countless others are forming partnerships with environmental and social justice organizations to ensure better stewardship of the earth and better livelihoods in the developing world. Now, stop imagining – that world is already emerging.
A revolution is underway in today’s organizations. As Peter Senge and his co-authors reveal in The Necessary Revolution, companies around the world are boldly leading the change from dead-end “business as usual” tactics to transformative strategies that are essential for creating a flourishing, sustainable world. There is a long way to go, but the era of denial has ended. Today’s most innovative leaders are recognizing that for the sake of our companies and our world, we must implement revolutionary—not just incremental—changes in the way we live and work.
Brimming with inspiring stories from individuals and organizations tackling social and environmental problems around the globe, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION reveals how ordinary people at every level are transforming their businesses and communities. By working collaboratively across boundaries, they are exploring and putting into place unprecedented solutions that move beyond justbeing “less bad” to creating pathways that will enable us to flourish in an increasingly interdependent world. Among the stories in these pages are the evolution of Sweden’s “Green Zone,” Alcoa’s water use reduction goals, GE’s ecoimagination initiative, and Seventh Generation’s decision to shift some of their advertising to youth-led social change programs.
At its heart, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION contains a wealth of strategies that individuals and organizations can use — specific tools and ways of thinking — to help us build the confidence and competence to respond effectively to the greatest challenge of our time. It is an essential guidebook for all of us who recognize the need to act and work together—now—to create a sustainable world, both for ourselves and for the generations to follow.
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How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Savvy Socializing in Person and Online
Author: Susan RoAn
A Classic, Now Expanded and Updated
The new and expanded two-cassette edition of the most effective guide to networking and building both business and personal relationships.
Walking into a room full of strangers, whether at a business function or a cocktail party, is nerve-wracking—especially if you’re trying to make a good impression. In How to Work a Room, Susan RoAne lays out the fundamentals of savvy socializing, teaching you how to interact impressively and make the connections that allow you to move forward in your business and personal life. Her dynamic program, a worldwide bestselling book since its first publication in 1988 and a top-selling Renaissance audiobook since 1991, is now updated and expanded, adding additional punch and appeal to a self-help classic.
With wit and style RoAne addresses all the ways to successfully socialize. This comprehensive two-cassette edition also gives you the tools to network in the “virtual room” and “techno-toy room,” and pays special attention to the new business and social dynamics of 2000 and beyond.
This supercharged three-hour learning experience drives home the most effective ways to make the most of interpersonal and networking opportunities.
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