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How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life) by Dov Seidman
When I was sent a copy of Dov Seidman’s new book, “How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life),” my eyes were wide open. After all, I know Dov, and his personal story is a jaw-dropper. And while the Southern California-based author uses as many wave and curve analogies as a surfing anthology, the reality is that his book’s practical stories and examples will resonate with reputation-obsessed corporate leaders who are interested in getting an edge in today’s hyper-sensitive markets.
The newest popular business title in the tradition of Thomas Friedman’s “The World Is Flat,” Alvin Toffler’s “Future Shock,” Peters and Waterman’s “In Search of Excellence,” Levitt and Dubner’s “Freakonomics,” Jim Collins’ “Good To Great” and Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point” is Bruce Piasecki’s “World Inc.” Once it appears, you should buy it, if just to make people think you read it. “World Inc.” is a manifesto for the corporate responsibility revolution.
- The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity
By Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder; Collins: Hardcover $26.95 - Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose
By Raj Sisodia, Jag Sheth, David B. Wolfe; Wharton School of Publishing: Hardcover $27.95 - The Manager’s Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies
By Steve Harrison; McGraw-Hill: Hardcover $24.95 - Revolt in the Boardoom: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America
By Alan Murray; Collins: Hardcover $25.95
Website Reviews
Online Tool: Carbon Calculator
The Center for Sustainable Innovation introduced a Global Warming Footprint Calculator for public use on its website, which allows corporations to measure and compare their greenhouse gas emissions to a goal measurement that would achieve stable CO2 concentrations in the earth’s atmosphere by 2150. Known as the WRE350 scenario and developed by Tom M.L. Wigley, this standard requires stable CO2 concentrations of 350 parts per million. The site also offers sample scores for the past few years of major corporations’ emissions including those of BP, Ford Motor Co. and Johnson & Johnson.
Resources
Corporate Responsibility Reports
This new section on TheCRO.com features more than 100 links to corporate responsibility, sustainability, global citizenship, environmental reports and more from major U.S. and International Corporations. Companies include: Adidas, BP, BT, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobile, The Gap, GE, ING, L'Oreal, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, Time Warner, UPS, Xerox and more. Find out what others are doing in the field, or e-mail us to make sure your company is included in the line up.