This is the must-have book for leaders in business, organizations and government scrambling to get a grip on sustainability while improving performance in the era of climate change.Renowned business and sustainability consultant Alan AtKisson distils decades of wisdom and experience into this highly readable and motivational work. The core of the book is AtKisson's potent Accelerator, currently in use by business, governments and organizations such as UNEP in dozens of countries, which is a comprehensive toolkit that helps integrate sustainability into organizations, initiatives and plans. It can be used by any group, organization, business, community or region, in virtually any context. Central to the Accelerator is the potent ISIS (Indicators, Systems, Innovation, Strategy) method that teaches leaders how to create a whole-systems view of their organization, to identify and understand blockages and opportunities, and to leverage the potential for innovative change that adds value and accelerates progress towards sustainability.It is a powerful new book by renowned business consultant Alan AtKisson, author of the bestselling "Believing Cassandra", co-author of "The Natural Advantage of Nations" and Executive Director of The Earth Charter Initiative. Compelling and readable, it provides hands-on toolkits and innumerable real-life examples for businesses in all sectors worldwide leading the charge towards ethical, sustainable and profitable business. It serves as an essential, transformative reading for leaders and innovators and as the guide to business and organizational change in the new sustainable global economy.
Prologue: Isis, Osiris, and Us; Preface: A Friendly Warning before Reading this Book; The ISIS Agreement: Executive Summary and User's Guide; The World Witnesses a Murder; The Golden Coffin; The Not-So-Secret Agents of ISIS; Creating the New 'New Economy'; The Planet-Managers; Welcome to the Rest of Your Life; A Compass for the 21st Century; A Pyramid for ISIS; Into the Amoeba; An Army for Sustainability; How to Measure What You Treasure; Thinking is Linking; Playing with Power; Making it Happen; Epilogue: The Golden Child.