The image of modern corporations has been shaped by a focus on profits over people and the environment, but this approach to capitalism is no longer viable. We are at an inflection point where business must take the lead in healing the crises of our time. The Healing Organization shows how corporations can become healing forces.
Conscious Capitalism pioneer Raj Sisodia and organizational innovation expert Michael J. Gelb were inspired to write The Healing Organization because of the epidemic of unnecessary suffering connected with business, including the destruction of the environment; increasing numbers living paycheck-to-paycheck and barely surviving (despite working full-time or even multiple jobs); rising rates of depression and stress leading to chronic health problems; and because the enmity and dividedness between those who champion unfettered capitalism and those who advocate socialism is exacerbating rather than solving our problems.
Based on extensive in-depth interviews and inspiring case studies, the authors show how companies such as Shake Shack, Hyatt, KIND Healthy Snacks, Eileen Fisher, H-E-B, FIFCO, Jaipur Rugs and DTE Energy are healing their employees, customers, communities and other stakeholders. They represent a diverse sampling of industries and geographies, but they all have significant elements in common, besides being profitable enterprises:
In a world that urgently needs healing on many levels, this is a movement whose time has come,. This book shows how it can be done, how it is being done, and how you can begin to do it too.
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Raj Sisodia is co-founder and trustee of Conscious Capitalism, Inc. He has authored several books, including Firms of Endearment. Sisodia has taught management and marketing courses at Boston University and George Mason University, and is currently Director of the Center for Marketing Technology at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Michael J. Gelb is one of the world’s leading authorities on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb has more than thirty years of experience as a professional speaker and has led seminars for organizations such as Microsoft, Nike, and Merck. Gelb is the author of numerous books on creativity and innovation, including the international bestseller How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age, Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices, and others. His work has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs.
Zondervan, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is a world leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications. For more than eighty years, Zondervan has delivered transformational Christian experiences through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, academic resources, and digital products. The company’s products are sold in multiple formats, worldwide in more than sixty countries, and translated into nearly two hundred languages.