Graham Boyd believes that we can rise, phoenix-like, from today's burning global challenges. All of us, and our children, can thrive in the coming decades, because we can build a regenerative global economy, an ecosystem of regenerative businesses. Today he applies the expertise gathered across three careers (particle physicist, manager with Procter and Gamble, serial startup founder) to bring that vision to reality. He incubates regenerative startups; is starting a seed stage investment fund for ecosystems of regenerative startups; and consults to multi-nationals and start-ups on harnessing conflict to drive their own regeneration. Jack Reardon: with a doctorate in economics, I have become a tireless advocate of reforming and reconceptualizing economics education so that the discipline of economics can help solve the world's numerous and interconnected problems. I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education IJPEE, which provides a global forum for educators committed to changing how we educate our students and how we conceptualize economics. I have also written three books on economics, pluralism, and economics education. I am currently putting the finishing touches on a novel exploring the fluidity of gender. I currently teach economics at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
A great book for everyone who thinks that this cannot be the end of
the story. Economy, organizational management and personal
self-development brought to a whole new level!Magdalena Schaefer,
Senior HR Manager, Organisational Psychologist
Rebuild sets new standards and takes the reader into a whole new
path for a better future and a paradigm shift on how the current
and future investors and leaders must conduct business and behave
towards their followers, collaborators and the wider stakeholder
community. This book revolutionises the reader's views, assumptions
and approaches for a more responsible, equitable and sustainable
life as a whole. A must read, if you are sincerely interested to be
the change you want to see!Antonio Potenza, CEO Proodos Impact
Capital
As is well known, new architectures require a conceptualization of
what it is that is to be built differently relative to "buildings"
already created and lived in. In this book, the architecture to be
built is nothing other than the present for-profit economy. In this
well-argued text, the authors try their hand on a general theory of
economics that takes its cues from modern physics. The theory is a
highly cogent, 'dialectic', critique of neo-classical economics.
What differentiates the book's theory from other utopia is the
style of thinking that is both holistic and systemic. The hallmark
of such thinking lies in an explanatory analysis of what does not
work in the presently used capitalistic framework, and of what are
that framework's contradictory assumptions about organizations as
well as human beings. In this sense, the book is a philosophy of a
new kind of society that could be built.Importantly, the authors
ask questions not only about intentions, goals, and outcomes; they
also ask new questions about human agency in a more general,
sociological sense which enables them to sketch a new kind of
social ontology. They view social actors' conditioning from an
adult-developmental vantage point, thus transcending the 'eternal'
behavioral truths one finds in most books on economics. In
addition, the authors view both society and its economics as an
'open', rather than a closed, system, that is, one whose survival
is not pre-ordained but contingent upon the level of social actors'
awareness of the structures of social and cultural reality they
encounter in launching their life and work projects. Dr Otto Laske,
Founder and CEO of IDM, business consultant and coach
Rebuild} delivers exactly what it says on the cover: a toolkit for
you to build a better world. It contains the most useful business
and personal toolkit I've seen, and has radically transformed my
worldview. Organisations, jobs and practically
everything\textemdash we're trying to reinvent them, but are we
succeeding? This book makes reinvention work; it's written as part
guidebook, part theoretical overview with scientific underpinnings,
and a completely relatable narrative with fascinating anecdotes. It
is for anyone who wants to build solutions to our global
challenges. Marie-Nicole Schuster. Leadership development
consultant
The Adaptive Way chapter in Rebuild made me realise that seeking
validation from others to build my business (Solve Earth) is a
self-defeating trap, because no single person has the capability to
understand fully what I, or any other person, is capable of. I can
continue on my journey into the unknown with advice and guidance
from others, but ultimately, I must rely on my own decision making
and self-validation. This is an incredibly liberating and
empowering insight that gives me the courage to take on the biggest
challenges in sustainability and building a better future
society.Dr Gareth J Thompson, Founder, Solve Earth Limited
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