Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy

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As we give our relocated staff the opportunity of new career paths, new skills and at the same time allow spouses and dependents to fill their own roles within the process “information is power” and this book includes powerful information’. The first chapter is a great description of the frontier mentality that was the underpinning of our country's business thinking. I wanted to take that tradition into a new space that was not just about what we were against, but what we were for. In this book the author explores the social, economic, and political implications of this insight, which are critical to overcoming our multi-faceted crisis. Combining prospective storytelling with hard data on existing social and global challenges, as well as practical guidance on how to take action, this prophetic masterpiece brings a thriving future into the present.

This is very timely, since many of us are suffering from geopolitical events, natural disasters and a pandemic, and looking for the new normal. Visser pulls together insights from science, technology, and business, shares his testimony of initiatives around the world, and shows a practical way forward with the six forces of thriving. We know, because that’s what the world set out to do in 2000—under the aegis of the UN Millennium Development Goals—and we tracked those remarkable achievements until 2015.An international speaker, trainer and author of now four books, I am frequently sought after as a commentator in the media and have had many articles published in a variety of magazines and journals.

It guides and inspires employees and their partners who are relocating internationally for work through a three-part framework designed to create personal and professional success abroad. In this book, Dr Jenny Brockis tells us gently but warmheartedly how we can be the main character of our own lives. Her mission is for people to stop going through the motions and to finally start savoring their lives. Along with Visser, we strongly believe that putting people first is essential for the health of our economy, society, and nature.Regeneration therefore is a much more effective and appealing answer to resolve the multiple intertwining crises we are facing today. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia. Thriving is a wonderful orientation to the thinking and practices required for our society to address the many shortcomings and great possibilities before us today.

When my wife and I went for a swim in the ocean, the waves were big and the tide was strong, but this only made it more fun.

Judy Endow has again created another thought-provoking yet practical resource for supporting those on the autism spectrum. A master of mnemonics, Visser provides a comprehensive framework for tackling the world’s greatest challenges, replete with alliterations and other creative aide-mémoires.

To use a medical metaphor, the movement toward thriving is not a drug cure for a particular disease but rather the necessary shift to a healthy lifestyle. Join us on Thursday, 8th February for the second edition of The Legal 500 (Legalease)'s much anticipated Green Summit London 2024, held in association with Eversheds Sutherland. In the pages that follow, I share stories of the hundreds of ways in which we are choosing life over death and possibility over despair.The hundreds of examples I share are all testimony to the fact that each of us can be a constructive force for thriving—and, more importantly, that there are many who are rising to the challenge and taking bold action. It showcases new approaches in economics, business, and leadership to address a wide range of topics, including ecosystem destruction, species extinction, plastic waste, air pollution, gender equality, social justice, physical health, mental well-being, access to technology, job automation, pandemics, and climate change, among others. I learned some interesting lessons that day—and maybe we can apply them to our global challenges as well.