The Big Pivot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Pivot write by Andrew S. Winston. This book was released on 2014-03-11. The Big Pivot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We live in a fundamentally changed world. It’s time for your approach to strategy to change, too. The evidence is all around us. Extreme weather, driven by climate change, is shattering records all over the planet. Our natural resources are in greater demand than ever before as a billion more people enter the global middle class, wanting more of everything. Radical transparency is opening up company operations and supply chains to public scrutiny. This is not some futuristic scenario or model to debate, but today’s reality. We've passed an economic tipping point. A weakening of the foundations of our planetary infrastructure is costing businesses dearly and putting our society at risk. The mega challenges of climate change, scarcity, and radical transparency threaten our ability to run an expanding global economy and are profoundly changing “business as usual.” But they also offer unprecedented opportunities: multi-trillion-dollar markets are in play, and the winners of this new game will profit mightily. According to Andrew Winston, bestselling author (Green to Gold) and globally recognized business strategist, the way companies currently operate will not allow them to keep up with the current—and future—rate of change. They need to make the Big Pivot. In this indispensable new book, Winston provides ten crucial strategies for leaders and companies ready to move boldly forward and win in this new reality. With concrete advice and tactics, and new stories from companies like British Telecom, Diageo, Dow, Ford, Nike, Unilever, Walmart, and many others, The Big Pivot will help you, and all of us, create more resilient businesses and a more prosperous world. This book is the blueprint to get you started.
The Big Ratchet
The Big Ratchet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Ratchet write by Ruth DeFries. This book was released on 2014-09-09. The Big Ratchet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How an ordinary mammal manipulated nature to become technologically sophisticated city-dwellers -- and why our history points to an optimistic future in the face of environmental crisis Our species long lived on the edge of starvation. Now we produce enough food for all 7 billion of us to eat nearly 3,000 calories every day. This is such an astonishing thing in the history of life as to verge on the miraculous. The Big Ratchet is the story of how it happened, of the ratchets -- the technologies and innovations, big and small -- that propelled our species from hunters and gatherers on the savannahs of Africa to shoppers in the aisles of the supermarket. The Big Ratchet itself came in the twentieth century, when a range of technologies -- from fossil fuels to scientific plant breeding to nitrogen fertilizers -- combined to nearly quadruple our population in a century, and to grow our food supply even faster. To some, these technologies are a sign of our greatness; to others, of our hubris. MacArthur fellow and Columbia University professor Ruth DeFries argues that the debate is the wrong one to have. Limits do exist, but every limit that has confronted us, we have surpassed. That cycle of crisis and growth is the story of our history; indeed, it is the essence of The Big Ratchet. Understanding it will reveal not just how we reached this point in our history, but how we might survive it.
The Great Pivot
The Great Pivot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Pivot write by Justine Burt. This book was released on 2019-03-12. The Great Pivot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Great Pivot describes 30 sustainability projects in five areas - advanced energy communities, low-carbon mobility, the circular economy, food waste reduction, and nature restoration - that will create millions of meaningful jobs.
The Pivot
The Pivot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pivot write by Steve Hamm. This book was released on 2021-11-02. The Pivot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the world reemerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems likely that it will have transformed irrevocably. Can societies already reeling from climate change, income inequality, and structural racism change for the better? Does the shock of the pandemic offer an opportunity to pivot to a more sustainable way of life? Early in the crisis, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. Some members are experts in the sciences and the humanities; others are environmental activists or regular people who see themselves as world citizens. In The Pivot, the journalist Steve Hamm—who embedded in the enterprise from the start—explores their efforts and shows how their approach provides a model for achieving systemic change. Chronicling the group’s progress along an uncharted path, he shows how people with a variety of skills and personalities collaborate to get things done. Through their work, Hamm examines some of today’s most important technologies and concepts, such as systems thinking and modeling, complexity theory, artificial intelligence, and new thinking about resilience. The book features vivid, informal profiles of a number of the group’s members and brings to life the excitement and energy of dynamic, smart people trying to change the world. Part journal of a plague year and part call to action, The Pivot tells the remarkable story of a collaborative experiment seeking to make the world more sustainable and resilient.
Pivot for Planet
Pivot for Planet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pivot for Planet write by Mustafa Ozer. This book was released on 2023-11-05. Pivot for Planet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and made us face a new reality, the age of polycrisis. However, crises also bring opportunities, and the pandemic has given us a special chance to understand our errors and plan for a stronger future. In Pivot for Planet, author explores the lessons and ideas we can get from the pandemic with retrospection. Using real-life examples, this book looks at the tactics that succeeded and those that didn't, giving founders a guide for dealing with future emergencies. From problems with getting supplies to finding talent, "Pivot for Planet" reflects the main challenges caused by the pandemic. The author looks at the creative answers that founders and governments came up with to solve these issues, showcasing the best methods that appeared. However, this book isn't only about what worked-it's also about how we can improve. The author finds the places where we didn't see problems and the spaces where our plans had gaps, and suggests practical steps for fixing them. By giving a systemic view of the pandemic, Pivot for Planet gives readers the knowledge and tools they require to do well in an uncertain world in the age of polycrysis.
