Wayne Visser - Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy

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THRIVING

Thriving is a brilliant and comprehensive overview of the burgeoning movement to regenerate our land, products, forests, cities, and society. Waynes infectious optimism is borne from the possibilities that are emerging when people fully embrace the ecological and social crises we face and human imagination aligns with the life of the planet.

Paul Hawken, author of Regeneration:
Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

A key insight of the theory of living systems is the realization that life, at all levels, is inherently regenerative. In this book the author explores the social, economic, and political implications of this insight, which are critical to overcoming our multifaceted crisis. He skillfully lays out a coherent framework for regeneration, illustrated with countless examples of innovative solutions, at the levels of ecosystems, societies, economies, and organizations. An inspiring and tremendously hopeful book!

Fritjof Capra, author of The Hidden Connections
and The Systems View of Life

Vissers book is not just another call to actionit is a must-read guide for how businesses can realise their potential by fundamentally changing their relationship with nature, society, and the economy.

Mads Nipper, CEO of rsted

At last, a positive, upbeat set of ideas for our future. This book will inform all of us who are committed to a great future for our children.

R. Edward Freeman, author of The Power of And:
Responsible Business without Trade-Offs

Wayne Visser offers the reader a wide-ranging blueprint for a better future rooted in regeneration, which is different from sustainability as practiced in todays corporate boardrooms. Combining prospective storytelling with hard data on existing social and global challenges, as well as practical guidance on how to take action, this prophetic masterpiece brings a thriving future into the present.

Chris Laszlo, PhD, author of
Quantum Leadership and Flourishing Enterprise

Thriving is the new sustainability. To better understand why, go no further, and read this book.

Jonas Haertle, Chief of the Office of the Executive Director,
UN Institute for Training and Research

A must-read for everyone ignited by regeneration! Waynes clear style, underpinned by eye-opening data on global challenges, addresses a wide audience, fostering engagement and integrated thinking in all who want to take action and thrive.

Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of the Port of Antwerp

Wayne Vissers book is just about as timely as any book published today could possibly be. It is a must-readNOW!

Ervin Laszlo, author of The Upshift: Meeting the Challenge

Thriving is a wonderful orientation to the thinking and practices required for our society to address the many shortcomings and great possibilities before us today.

Jed Emerson, author of The Purpose of Capital:
Elements of Impact, Financial Flows, and Natural Being

This is a wonderful book that draws both expertly and brilliantly on the underlying science of systems thinking to offer an original framework on the keys to thriving. This book should be a set text for students of sustainability and is indispensable reading for current and future leaders, who must step up to deliver the business innovations, societal changes, and ecosystem regeneration that we so urgently need.

Dame Polly Courtice, DBE, LVO, emeritus director of the
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

I hope and expect that our future selves and the next generation will look back on the Regenerative Twenties and the Thriving Thirties as a celebration of the insight, inspiration, and intent gained from Wayne Vissers book Thriving.

John North, executive director of the
Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative

Wayne Visser has written a whale of a book. He provides a road map for nothing less than the reinvention of the worldand how business can overcome the forces of breakdown to foster planetary thriving. A must-readand one you will never forget.

Stuart L. Hart, author of Capitalism at the Crossroads and
Steven Grossman Distinguished Fellow in Sustainable Innovation
at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business

Thriving inspires hope to regenerate our planet before it is too latenot based on blind faith but based on a dazzling myriad of insights, data, testimonies, cases, role models, and stories of real heroes. A true inspiration for the contemporary leader.

Steven Poelmans, PhD, author of Paradoxes of Leadership

This leading and pioneering work is a must-read for all those with an open mind aiming to have a positive impact on society. Thank you, Wayne, for guiding us toward a responsible management mindset.

Steven De Haes, PhD, dean of Antwerp Management School

When you look at planet Earth from a living-systems perspective, you realize that sustainability is not a goal in itself; it is the by-product of the biological process of regeneration. In his newest book, Thriving, Wayne Visser makes a solid case for regeneration. He offers not only points for action but many beautiful, heart-stirring poems drenched in wisdom that will stay with you.

Leen Gorissen, innovation biologist and author of Building the
Future of Innovation on Millions of Years of Natural Intelligence

Positivity is the main takeaway of Thriving. Visser demonstrates how people, the planet, and business can prosper sustainably in the future. This commitment to regenerative solutions is also why Randstad is a proud supporter of the worlds first academic chair in sustainable transformation at Antwerp Management School, resulting in the development of the Future Resilience Index and the Good Work Goals. Along with Visser, we strongly believe that putting people first is essential for the health of our economy, society, and nature. That is the only way to cocreate a world for us all to thrive in.

Jacques van den Broek, CEO of Randstad Group

Consistent with our J&J credo, Professor Wayne Visser shows that caring deeply about people and the environment, and using science and innovation to create scalable solutions, is the best way to ensure a future in which nature, society, and the economy can all thrive together. The books inspiring examples, underlying science, and pragmatic advice make it an essential guide for leaders who want to make a positive impact and leave the world better than they found it.

Kris Sterkens, Company Group Chairman of
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, Johnson & Johnson, EMEA

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