
Saving The World At Business School (Part 1) - A Conversation with Andy Hoffman
By Howard BurtonLength1h 48m
About this audiobook
This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcilm Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. This extensive conversation starts with inspiring insights into how Andy Hoffman became interested in environmental issues when he declined acceptances from graduate school at Harvard and Berkeley and instead worked as a carpenter for several years in Nantucket.
Topics include the notions of ‘environmental sustainability’ and ‘big business’ which sometimes seem as incompatible as oil and water and ways to make a synthesis a reality by seriously reconsidering the way we currently conduct public policy and even some deep aspects of our current societal values.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Clarity vs. Popularity, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Building a Career - Getting a lay of the land
II. Environmental Evolution - Fringe and mainstream
III. Beyond Punditry - The cultural backdrop to climate change
IV. Fostering Debate - Engaging, responsibly
V. American Exceptionalism? - Discussions on uniqueness
VI. Talking the Talk - Communicating science better
VII. Breaching to the Choir? - How to make genuine social progress
VIII. Energy Renaissance - Government’s role
IX. Reinventing Sustainability - Imagining the long term
X. Surprising Revolutionaries - Idealistic business students
XI. Setting Ideals - Towards a North Star
XII. Impact - Changing hearts and minds
XIII. The Passion Principle - Discovering our calling
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of a series of 100 Ideas Roadshow Conversations. Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Business and Economics, Science and Nature
Length1 hr 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
17VII. Preaching to the Choir?
2A Note on the Text
18Questions for Discussion:
3Introduction
19VIII. Energy Renaissance
4The Conversation
20Questions for Discussion:
5I. Building a Career
21IX. Reinventing Sustainability
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6Questions for Discussion:
22Questions for Discussion:
7II. Environmental Evolution
23X. Surprising Revolutionaries
8Questions for Discussion:
24Questions for Discussion:
9III. Beyond Punditry
25XI. Setting Ideals
10Questions for Discussion:
26Questions for Discussion:
11IV. Fostering Debate
27XII. Impact
12Questions for Discussion:
28Questions for Discussion:
13V. American Exceptionalism?
29XIII. The Passion Principle
14Questions for Discussion:
30Questions for Discussion:
15VI. Talking the Talk
31Continuing the Conversation
16Questions for Discussion:
