Leaving Planet Simple
Advantage Media Group (Verlag)
978-1-64225-699-4 (ISBN)
Sustainability, resilience, ESG. What does it all mean? In his groundbreaking book, Leaving Planet Simple, Dr. Alex Gold cuts through the clutter and sensationalized headlines to explain how you can truly transform your business. Many business leaders today are stuck on Planet Simple. It’s a pleasant place—and state of mind—but it’s not the real world. For centuries, particularly since the Scientific Revolution of the 1700s, humankind has sought to master and rule over nature. While this has brought many benefits including increased human health, nutrition, and quality of life, it has also brought catastrophe, environmental degradation, a warming climate, and an often-inequitable society.
Now, Dr. Gold, with a PhD in resilience science and extensive corporate experience, shows us that rather than trying to master it, nature has quite a bit to teach us. With his deep background in resilience science, which emerged nearly fifty years ago from the world of ecology, Dr. Gold explains that what often hinders business leaders today is an outdated mindset. This is life on Planet Simple, a world where businesses can operate in isolation, separate from the environment and the communities they inhabit. Instead, Dr. Gold shows us that a business, really any organization, is much more like a natural environment, an ecosystem where all the parts are interconnected and changing all the time. Business leaders must leave Planet Simple, abandon this simplistic mindset, and embrace a new resilience mindset better suited for Planet Earth.
Companies and organizations around the globe are increasingly being asked—or required—to report on how they are resilient to environmental and social change. As a modern-day business leader, you have a choice. You can ignore these trends—although that is quickly becoming impossible in many jurisdictions—or treat these requirements as just another compliance exercise; a series of boxes to be checked or reports to be filed. Alternatively, as Dr. Gold argues in this book, you can embrace them, transforming your operations to build a resilient business that learns, evolves, and adapts in the face of uncertainty.
It's time to leave behind the simplicity of old paradigms and begin a thrilling journey toward a sustainable, resilient, and thriving future.
A trained biologist with a PhD in resilience science, Dr. ALEX GOLD has an ability to pinpoint exactly how organizations rely on social and natural resources to create value. His PhD track presented an opportunity to dive deep into the philosophy of how knowledge is generated and used, particularly the concept of integrating environmental and social change into business strategy. He has since worked in-house and as an advisor to companies as they seek to transform their operations with sustainability at the core. Alex leads BWD’s North America operations, partnering with organizations large and small on sustainability strategy, scenario analysis, and meeting expectations on sustainability reporting. Born and raised in the USA, Alex spent over a decade as a professional in Australia and is a dual citizen of both countries. Nowadays, he splits time between the city life of Brooklyn, New York, and the Valley of the Sun in Arizona.
Introduction
Part I: Planet Simple
Chapter 1: Planet Simple’s Dominance
Chapter 2: Planet Simple’s Meltdown
Chapter 3: Planet Simple’s Hammer
Part II: Planet Earth
Chapter 4: Resilience Science 101
Chapter 5: Decision-Making on Planet Earth
Chapter 6: Adaptive Governance for Planet Earth
Part III: Business on Planet Earth
Chapter 7: Value Creation on Planet Earth
Chapter 8: Strategy on Planet Earth
Chapter 9: Resilience on Planet Earth
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | Charleston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64225-699-4 / 1642256994 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64225-699-4 / 9781642256994 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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