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Transforming towards Life orients change agents, policy makers, activists, business leaders, ecologists, economists, and thoughtful people everywhere to the values and practices needed to build a world where all can flourish, where ‘all’ includes all humanity and all of life’s beings. It provides an in-depth understanding of what it will take, especially in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic and the burgeoning climate emergency, to transform today’s growth-and profit-oriented socio-economic systems to life-affirming ways benefit all rather than just an elite few. Transforming towards Life argues that to move towards a world in which all can flourish, we all need to start telling new, yet very ancient, stories about who we are and why we are here in the world—stories built on relationship or connectedness, responsibility for the whole, reciprocity, and equity. We need to incorporate core ideas about what gives life to systems into all businesses, communities, governments, and other types of organizations—that is, what helps them flourish. Business and other institutions need to create collective value, that is, value for all, and change the mindsets of people engaged with them so that they in turn can generate new performance metrics, practices, and power relationships that enable people everywhere to find their voice and their capacity to participate actively in bringing about a flourishing world. The book concludes with thoughts about how each one of us can do our bit to bring about this necessary transformation.

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This book is a tour de force of argument and insight. Sandra Waddock weaves a compelling narrative around what brought us to this point, and elegantly unpacks the narratives, memes, metrics and actions with which we can shape a flourishing future for humanity and for nature. It is a timely and powerful call to action for all who care about the future in the aftermath of COVID-19. --Zenda Ofir, Independent Evaluator, Vice President, International Development Evaluation Society (IDEAS), Honorary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Transforming Toward Life offers a clear picture for why we must and how each of us can help fix our failing systems. With remarkable practicality, Dr. Waddock reestablishes original precepts that allowed all life on our beautiful planet to flourish- before we made a wrong turn. --Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), professor and author of 22 books including The Red Road: Linking Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives to Indigenous Worldview

Author Information

Sandra Waddock is Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, and Professor of Management at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, USA.

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