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Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Book by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, HarperCollins, 2009. Reviewed by Barbara Merz. This book was my companion while delayed at an airport recently. Right beside the Starbucks café at LAX airport waiting for my flight to Sydney I noticed an advert with a small Afghani girl with bright eyes and a determined face. It read ‘Role Model.’ Fellow travelers were stopping by, perhaps jarred by the message. The poster was part of a broader … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Issue 6: Autumn 2010
Tagged Africa, book, environment, global poverty, Malawi, social entrepreneur, Social Innovation, sustainability, William Kamkwamba
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Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading
by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky; Harvard Business School Press, 2002 Leadership on the Line is oft-cited by tenured leaders as a favoured text, perhaps because the book offers a highly empathetic perspective. Heifetz and Linsky argue that leadership is a dangerous undertaking. They encourage those who want to “step forward, make a difference, take the heat, and survive to delight in the fruits of your labor.” This book helps leaders face and mitigate … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 7: Winter 2010, Leadership
Tagged book, engagement, Leadership, Public Policy, risk, Social Innovation, stakeholders
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Book Review: Blessed Unrest
Book by Paul Hawken. Reviewed by Jonathon Fisher. “Only connect,” wrote the British author E.M. Forster. This is the message I take from Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest, a book which has important lessons for those of us catalysing social change movements. Blessed Unrest suggests that although there are vast numbers of people and organisations who share the desire for a transition to a saner and wiser culture, most of them are not connected with each … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Issue 7: Winter 2010
Tagged Australia, book, Emma Goldman, Leadership, Paul Ray, social inclusion, Social Innovation, sustainability, values, Wake Up Sydney
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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership
Book by Brad Jackson and Ken Parry, Sage Publications; 2008. Hats off to Jackson and Parry for a book that exceeds the expectations set by its cover. This somewhat short, quite relevant, and loaned book came from a colleague who just finished his PhD in the field of leadership studies. Written by two professors of leadership studies – Jackson is a professor of leadership at Auckland Business School and Parry is a professor of leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 7: Winter 2010, Leadership
Tagged book, followership, Leadership, stakeholders
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Book Review: Creating a World Without Poverty
Book by Muhammad Yunus. Reviewed by Barbara Merz. Creating a World Without Poverty could easily have been a retrospective. After all, its author has plenty to reflect upon. Instead, the book is unmistakably forward-looking. This book presents a compelling vision for the future of capitalism. It envisions a market where social businesses emerge to address social issues. Muhammad Yunus could have rested on his laurels when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, Issue 4: Spring 2009, Social Enterprise, Social Investment
Tagged book, Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, global poverty, Grameen Bank, Leadership, microcredit, microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, social business, Social Innovation, Social Investment
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Fair go nation has gone
by Peter Wilson, The Australian; May 9, 2009. Australia may have built its reputation as a society that offers a ‘fair go,’ but a recently released book challenges this selfperception. And what’s more, it says our lack of equality may be bad for our health. The Spirit Level: Why Equal Societies Almost Always do Better, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, has already stirred up debate in the United Kingdom. Now, this book has come … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 3: Autumn 2009
Tagged Australia, book, economic inequality, equality, Kate Pickett, Public Policy, Richard Wilkinson, social impact of inequity, social inclusion, Social Innovation, The Spirit Level
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Book Review: The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
BY Peter Singer, Text Publishing , Melbourne; 2009. Reviewed by Dr. Michael Liffman, Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy, Swinburne University. Peter Singer’s latest book should be one of his least controversial – and, paradoxically, therefore one of his most important. Singer’s ideas inevitably excite heated debate, largely because, notwithstanding their extraordinary lucidity, logic and respect for facts, they rest on premises – the priority of avoiding suffering, the interests of animals, the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Issue 3: Autumn 2009
Tagged book, Ethics, generosity, global poverty, Leadership, philanthropy, Social Investment, volunteer
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