Format:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781906093853
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9781907643590
Content:
A series of diverse stories, collected by the authors on an around-the-world journey, that tell of real people who have made a sustainable mark on the world through their careers. This book will inspire you to do the same and show you how you can incorporate your values and visions into your work
Note:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: A WORLD TOUR WITH CONSEQUENCES -- How the adventure of a world tour was born -- Marketing for Bill Gates -- Plane-office-hotel-office-plane -- Is something missing here? -- The trip begins in your mind -- Impact over profit -- The appeal of the will - and of social entrepreneurs -- Circling the globe with a cause -- What did the trip change? What is different today? -- Our positive impact through meeting new challenges -- PART II: THE PORTRAITS -- Chapter 1. 'I don't have the right professional background' -- Albina Ruiz Ríos - From jungle girl to refuse queen -- Safia Minney - Fair trade - haute-couture: making beautiful clothes and making sense -- Chris Eyre - A very different kind of venture capital -- Maria Emilia Correa - From critiquing business to taking responsibility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. 'I'm too young or too old' -- Dr V-The McDonaldisation of eye surgery -- Vicky Colbert de Arboleda - Education not drugs -- Isaac Shongwe - A lost child of the slums and an African leader -- Mia Hanak - Why mobile phones earn a place in museums -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3.'I am not financially secure' -- Mariana Galarza - Promoting health instead of curing illness -- Florian Krämer - Children deserve a better world -- Njogu Kahare - Live your own values -- Karen Tse - The journey is the destination -- Conclusion -- Photo impressions of our world tour -- Chapter 4. 'I am already successful with what I'm doing' -- David Bussau - The economy of 'enough' -- Inés Sanguinetti - The wake-up call: uniting passions -- Ashok Khosla - The power of temptation -- Erin Keown Ganju - No signposts pointing to happiness -- Jordan Kassalow - Using your own potential -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. 'What will others think of me?' -- Roma Debabrata - The healing effects of a poisonous injection
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David Suzuki - Visions for grandchildren -- Amory Lovins - Let's build a world: thriving, verdant, just and secure! -- Charles Maisel - Treat adults as adults -- Thilo Bode - Change in the face of opposition -- Junko Edahiro - Fountain of hope in critical times -- Conclusion -- PART III: YOUR PATH TO POSITIVE IMPACT -- Criteria for positive impact -- Sustainable well-being as a measure -- Five paths to a job with meaning -- An idea becomes reality - options to help you realise a job with positive impact -- Dr Muhammad Yunus - Social business entrepreneurs are the solution -- PART IV: APPENDICES -- Appendix 1: Acknowledgements -- Appendix 2: List of interviewees -- Appendix 3: URL directory and literature -- Appendix 4: Photo credits
Additional Edition:
Print version Hafenmayer, joanna The Future Makers Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013 ISBN 9781906093853
Language:
English
Keywords:
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