Founder and President of the American Hazard Control Group and author of the important and visionary book about the role of corporations in shaping the future through innovation The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World, Bruce Piasecki describes why social responsibility is critical to long term profitability and sustained success. Bruce Piasecki shares what he calls the S-Frontier based on the swiftness of information, the severity of global problems ranging from climate change to oil prices, and the need for business people to become what he calls "social response capitalists". To succeed in the coming decades, a company must be on the upswing of the S-Frontier and create innovative products and services to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Bruce Piasecki is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, December 22, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Founder and President of the American Hazard Control Group and author of the important and visionary book about the role of corporations in shaping the future through innovation The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World, Bruce Piasecki describes why social responsibility is critical to long term profitability and sustained success. You will learn:
* Why corporations can best address environmental and social issues
* How better products will solve the problems of globalization
* How the S Factor works and why it's critical to understand its importance
* How new forms of corporate leadership will impact how people think and live
Bruce Piasecki (photo left) is the president and founder of AHC Group, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in energy, materials, and environmental corporate matters since 1981.
Bruce is the author of seven seminal books on business strategy, valuation, and corporate change, including the Nature Society's book of the year, In Search of Environmental Excellence: Moving Beyond Blame. His articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Technology Review, and the Christian Science Monitor. His latest book, The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World, was released in November 2009.
Since 1990, Dr. Piasecki and his staff have run hundreds of benchmarking workshops for numerous multinational Corporate Affiliates, involving key executives in site remediation, power markets, emerging issues, and governance concerns since Enron.
With his Corporate Environmental Strategy book attracting the attention of change agents and board members in his client and affiliates network, Dr. Piasecki has moved the field of environmental and energy strategy closer to financial markets and mainstream financial diagnostics. The AHC Group, Inc. has done this through a series of key alliances, including a multiyear agreement with Innovest and Island Press.
My book review of The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World by Bruce Piasecki.
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Let's talk with Founder and President of the American Hazard Control Group and author of the important and visionary book about the role of corporations in shaping the future through innovation The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World, Bruce Piasecki as he describes why social responsibility is critical to long term profitability and sustained success. Bruce Piasecki shares what he calls the S-Frontier based on the swiftness of information, the severity of global problems ranging from climate change to oil prices, and the need for business people to become what he calls "social response capitalists". To succeed in the coming decades, a company must be on the upswing of the S-Frontier and create innovative products and services to meet the challenges of the 21st century on Blog Business Success Radio.
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