The Story of CassandraCassandra was the young and beautiful daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy. Apollo bestowed upon Cassandra a special gift--the ability to see the future. But when she refused his favors, he twisted her gift with a curse, so no one would believe her prophecies.

Believing Cassandra an Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World

Business & Money

AtKisson, Alan

Economics

Scribe Pubns Pty Ltd

In just 49 pages, this little book — now in its 2nd edition, after selling over 20,000 copies — helps you “lift your thoughts above the fray” (Michael Kensler, Auburn University) and rethink what it means to do sustainability work. Alan AtKisson, recognized as one of the pioneers of sustainability consulting, author of the bestselling Believing Cassandra and The Sustainability Transformation, brings 25 years of international experience into crystal clear focus with a refreshing message of simplification and renewal. He also introduces useful new concepts such as “Sustainability, Big and Small” and “Take-out Sustainability.” Companies and universities have purchased this book in bulk for distribution to all their employees or alumni. Highly recommended for all sustainability professionals, amateurs, and students alike.

Sustainability is for Everyone

AtKisson, Inc.

En seulement 49 pages, ce petit livre vous aide à « élever vos pensées au-dessus de la mêlée » (Michael Kensler, Université d'Auburn) et à repenser ce à quoi signifie travailler pour un développement durable. Alan AtKisson, reconnu comme l'un des pionniers de la durabilité, auteur du best-seller Believing Cassandra et The Sustainability Transformation, met en lumière des décennies d'expérience internationale avec un style clair et rafraîchissant. Il introduit également de nouveaux concepts utiles tels que « La Durabilité, grande et petite » et « La Durabilité à emporter ». Cette deuxième édition (qui est la première à être traduite en français) intègre une nouvelle préface de l'auteur et met à jour le livre avec des références aux Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) des Nations Unies. Fortement recommandé pour tous les professionnels du développement durable, amateurs et étudiants.

La durabilité est l'affaire de tous (French Edition)

The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times

The Sustainability Transformation is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening to our world – and wanting to change it for the better. Renowned consultant and communicator Alan AtKisson, author of the sustainability classic Believing Cassandra, cuts through the jargon and illuminates the essentials in this highly readable and motivational work. The Sustainability Transformation covers theory and practice, tools and strategies, the opportunities and the obstacles, illustrated with in-depth case studies and poignant personal anecdotes. AtKisson's aim is to empower the reader and to help grow a global 'army of change agents,' working effectively to overcome the great challenges of our times. At the heart of the book is AtKisson's potent ISIS Method, used by business, governments, and organizations around the world. ISIS - Indicators, Systems, Innovation, Strategy - helps professionals, students, and amateurs alike to put sustainability to work and accelerate change, even when facing difficult circumstances. AtKisson also introduces the reader to many inspiring people, unsung heroes whose success stories provide a solid foundation for hope. Previously published in hardcover as The ISIS Agreement.

Reference

Routledge

A toolkit of proven strategies and practices for building capacity and creating transformation Recent years have seen a proliferation of information on how to make change―in business, in social and environmental movements, and on a more personal scale. But, even with all this attention, two out of three change efforts fail to achieve their desired result. How can you make your own effort buck this trend? In Parachuting Cats into Borneo, change-management experts Axel Klimek and Alan AtKisson offer crisp, concise, and targeted advice for success. They expose the most significant impediments―helping readers recognize their habitual patterns of thinking and perceiving a situation, critique their own beliefs regarding change, and then move beyond these unhelpful patterns using improved systems thinking. Named after a classic tale of unintended consequences, Parachuting Cats into Borneo delivers tools that help leaders and others keep their change initiatives on track. The advice imparted will help you move away from agonizing over immediate problems toward stoking action, identifying collaborators, focusing at the right level for your cause, and aiding others in pursuing their change. Klimek and AtKisson draw from their decades of helping corporations, networks, governments, and NGOs reach their change goals to demonstrate how to use system-based change tools to their maximum advantage. A closing section is devoted to change making in the realm of sustainability, where complexity abounds but the right tools, used well, can help us tackle some of the most significant challenges of our time.

Parachuting Cats into Borneo: And Other Lessons from the Change Café

Klimek, Axel

Chelsea Green Publishing

This is the must-have book for leaders in business, organizations and government who are 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. Covering theory and practice, obstacles and opportunities, case studies and poignant personal anecdotes, The ISIS Agreement draws the reader ever deeper into a global 'conspiracy of hope.' The core of the book is AtKisson's potent Accelerator, adopted for use in dozens of countries by business, governments, and organizations such as UNEP. 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.

The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance and Transform the World

A bestseller on Amazon.com within months of its first release, Alan AtKisson's debut book quickly became a modern classic of sustainability literature. Global companies, grassroots groups, university courses, government agencies, and even the US Army ordered it by the box. Now fully revised and updated, Believing Cassandra: How to be an Optimist in a Pessimist's World is even more relevant, fresh, and motivating than when it first appeared in 1999. In a style that's refreshingly candid and vivid, with unforgettable personal anecdotes, AtKisson provides us with a bridge over the sea of despair, and shows us how to catch the wave to an enticing, sustainable future. He empowers the reader to join the pioneers who created the ideas, techniques and practices of sustainable living - the people who prove Cassandra's warnings wrong, by believing in them, and taking strategic action.

Believing Cassandra: How to be an Optimist in a Pessimist's World

Believing Cassandra

The musical companion to the book Believing Cassandra The Story of Cassandra Cassandra was the young and beautiful daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy. Apollo bestowed upon Cassandra a special gift--the ability to see the future. But when she refused his favors, he twisted her gift with a curse, so no one would believe her prophecies.

Believing Cassandra : An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Chelsea Green

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Believing Cassandra an Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World

Sustainability is for Everyone

La durabilité est l'affaire de tous (French Edition)

The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times

Parachuting Cats into Borneo: And Other Lessons from the Change Café

The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance and Transform the World

Believing Cassandra: How to be an Optimist in a Pessimist's World

Believing Cassandra

The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times

Believing Cassandra : An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World