Saving the world at business school. Part 1, A conversation with Andy Hoffman. / edited with an introduction by Howard Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burton, Howard, editor.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Ideas Roadshow, 2020.

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim 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. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Contents:

Intro

A Note on the Text

Introduction

The Conversation

I. Building a Career

II. Environmental Evolution

III. Beyond Punditry

IV. Fostering Debate

V. American Exceptionalism?

VI. Talking the Talk

VII. Preaching to the Choir?

VIII. Energy Renaissance

IX. Reinventing Sustainability

X. Surprising Revolutionaries

XI. Setting Ideals

XII. Impact

XIII. The Passion Principle

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771700634

1771700637

OCLC:

1255232868