The document discusses the differences between "linearists" and "non-linearists" in their approaches to business, innovation, and life. Linearists favor planning, minimizing costs, and avoiding failure, while non-linearists emphasize taking action, maximizing revenue, learning from failures and mistakes, and responding quickly to change. The document provides many quotes illustrating these contrasting mindsets and argues that a non-linear approach is better suited for an unpredictable world.
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Praise for Nickel and Dimed
"A brilliant on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom. No one since H. L.
Mencken has assailed the smug rhetoric of prosperity with such scalpel- like precision and
ferocious wit."
- Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear
"Eloquent ... This book illuminates the invisible army that scrubs floors, waits tables, and
straightens the racks at discount stores."
- Sandy Block, USA Today
"Courageous ... Nickel and Dimed is a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-
working Americans ... policy makers should be forced to read."
- Tamara Straus, San Francisco Chronicle
"I was absolutely knocked out by Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable odyssey. She has
accomplished what no contemporary writer has even attempted-to be that `nobody' who
barely subsists on her essential labors. Not only is it must reading but it's mesmeric.
Bravo!"
- Studs Terkel, author of Working
"Nickel and Dimed opens a window into the daily lives of the invisible workforce that
fuels the service economy, and endows the men and women who populate it with the
honor that is often lacking on the job. And it forces the reader to realize that all the good-
news talk about welfare reform masks a harsher reality."
- Katherine Newman, The Washington Post
"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers the irony of being `nickel and dimed' during
unprecedented prosperity ... Living wages, she elegantly shows, might erase the shame
that comes from our dependence `on the underpaid labor of others.'"
- Eileen Boris, The Boston Globe
"It is not difficult to endorse Nickel and Dimed as a book that everyone who reads-yes,
everyone - ought to read, for enjoyment, for consciousness-raising and as a call to
action."
- Steve Weinberg, Chicago Tribune
"Unflinching, superb ... Nickel and Dimed is an important book that should be read by
anyone who has been lulled into middle-class complacency."
- Vivien Labaton, Ms.
"Brief but intense ... Nickel and Dimed is an accessible yet relentless look at the lives of
the American underclass."
- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
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"Unforgettable ... Nickel and Dimed is one of those rare books that will provoke both
outrage and self-reflection. No one who reads this book will be able to resist its power to
make them see the world in a new way."
- Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk
"Observant, opinionated, and always lively ... What makes Nickel and Dimed such an
important book is how viscerally Ehrenreich demonstrates that the method of calculating
the poverty threshold is ludicrously obsolete."
- Laura Miller, Salon.com
"In Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich expertly peals away the layers of selfdenial, self-
interest, and self-protection that separate the rich from the poor, the served from the
servers, the housed from the homeless. This brave and frank book is ulti ...
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Praise for Nickel and Dimed
"A brilliant on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom. No one since H. L.
Mencken has assailed the smug rhetoric of prosperity with such scalpel- like precision and
ferocious wit."
- Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear
"Eloquent ... This book illuminates the invisible army that scrubs floors, waits tables, and
straightens the racks at discount stores."
- Sandy Block, USA Today
"Courageous ... Nickel and Dimed is a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-
working Americans ... policy makers should be forced to read."
- Tamara Straus, San Francisco Chronicle
"I was absolutely knocked out by Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable odyssey. She has
accomplished what no contemporary writer has even attempted-to be that `nobody' who
barely subsists on her essential labors. Not only is it must reading but it's mesmeric.
Bravo!"
- Studs Terkel, author of Working
"Nickel and Dimed opens a window into the daily lives of the invisible workforce that
fuels the service economy, and endows the men and women who populate it with the
honor that is often lacking on the job. And it forces the reader to realize that all the good-
news talk about welfare reform masks a harsher reality."
- Katherine Newman, The Washington Post
"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers the irony of being `nickel and dimed' during
unprecedented prosperity ... Living wages, she elegantly shows, might erase the shame
that comes from our dependence `on the underpaid labor of others.'"
- Eileen Boris, The Boston Globe
"It is not difficult to endorse Nickel and Dimed as a book that everyone who reads-yes,
everyone - ought to read, for enjoyment, for consciousness-raising and as a call to
action."
- Steve Weinberg, Chicago Tribune
"Unflinching, superb ... Nickel and Dimed is an important book that should be read by
anyone who has been lulled into middle-class complacency."
- Vivien Labaton, Ms.
"Brief but intense ... Nickel and Dimed is an accessible yet relentless look at the lives of
the American underclass."
- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
3 NICKEL AND DIMED
"Unforgettable ... Nickel and Dimed is one of those rare books that will provoke both
outrage and self-reflection. No one who reads this book will be able to resist its power to
make them see the world in a new way."
- Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk
"Observant, opinionated, and always lively ... What makes Nickel and Dimed such an
important book is how viscerally Ehrenreich demonstrates that the method of calculating
the poverty threshold is ludicrously obsolete."
- Laura Miller, Salon.com
"In Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich expertly peals away the layers of selfdenial, self-
interest, and self-protection that separate the rich from the poor, the served from the
servers, the housed from the homeless. This brave and frank book is ulti ...
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Praise for Nickel and Dimed
"A brilliant on-the-job report from the dark side of the boom. No one since H. L.
Mencken has assailed the smug rhetoric of prosperity with such scalpel- like precision and
ferocious wit."
- Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear
"Eloquent ... This book illuminates the invisible army that scrubs floors, waits tables, and
straightens the racks at discount stores."
- Sandy Block, USA Today
"Courageous ... Nickel and Dimed is a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-
working Americans ... policy makers should be forced to read."
- Tamara Straus, San Francisco Chronicle
"I was absolutely knocked out by Barbara Ehrenreich's remarkable odyssey. She has
accomplished what no contemporary writer has even attempted-to be that `nobody' who
barely subsists on her essential labors. Not only is it must reading but it's mesmeric.
Bravo!"
- Studs Terkel, author of Working
"Nickel and Dimed opens a window into the daily lives of the invisible workforce that
fuels the service economy, and endows the men and women who populate it with the
honor that is often lacking on the job. And it forces the reader to realize that all the good-
news talk about welfare reform masks a harsher reality."
- Katherine Newman, The Washington Post
"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers the irony of being `nickel and dimed' during
unprecedented prosperity ... Living wages, she elegantly shows, might erase the shame
that comes from our dependence `on the underpaid labor of others.'"
- Eileen Boris, The Boston Globe
"It is not difficult to endorse Nickel and Dimed as a book that everyone who reads-yes,
everyone - ought to read, for enjoyment, for consciousness-raising and as a call to
action."
- Steve Weinberg, Chicago Tribune
"Unflinching, superb ... Nickel and Dimed is an important book that should be read by
anyone who has been lulled into middle-class complacency."
- Vivien Labaton, Ms.
"Brief but intense ... Nickel and Dimed is an accessible yet relentless look at the lives of
the American underclass."
- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
3 NICKEL AND DIMED
"Unforgettable ... Nickel and Dimed is one of those rare books that will provoke both
outrage and self-reflection. No one who reads this book will be able to resist its power to
make them see the world in a new way."
- Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk
"Observant, opinionated, and always lively ... What makes Nickel and Dimed such an
important book is how viscerally Ehrenreich demonstrates that the method of calculating
the poverty threshold is ludicrously obsolete."
- Laura Miller, Salon.com
"In Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich expertly peals away the layers of selfdenial, self-
interest, and self-protection that separate the rich from the poor, the served from the
servers, the housed from the homeless. This brave and frank ...
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Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
Leading companies such as Nike, Toyota, and Siemens are prioritizing sustainable innovation in their business models, setting an example for others to follow. In this Sustainability training presentation, you will learn key concepts, principles, and practices of sustainability applicable across industries. This training aims to create awareness and educate employees, senior executives, consultants, and other key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, and supply chain partners, on the importance and implementation of sustainability.
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2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
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1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
2. Principles and Practices of Sustainability
3. Measures and Reporting in Sustainability
4. Sustainability Implementation & Best Practices
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3. “ Apparently our society, not unlike the Greeks with their Delphic oracles, takes great comfort in believing that very talented ‘seers’ removed from the hurly-burly world of reality can foretell coming events.” —Len Sayles/Columbia (from Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning )
4. “ Nothing is more dangerous in war than theoreticians .” —Marshall Petain (John Mosier, The Blitzkrieg Myth , “War as Pseudoscience: 1920-1939”)
5. The (Strange) Case of Peter Drucker & Michael Porter vs. The “Non-linearists” HERBERT SIMON. (Administrative Behavior.) JAMES MARCH. KARL WEICK. (The Social Psychology of Organizing.) EUGENE WEBB. Henry MINTZBERG. (The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning.) JAMES UTTERBACK. THOMAS KUHN. (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.) CHARLES LINDBLOM. Daniel goleman. INNOVATION BIOGRAPHERS.* (*Transcontinental Railroad, Electrification, Radio, Television, Containerization, DNA, Computers, Military History, Etc.) MOST POLITICAL SCIENTISTS. SILICON VALLEY. Etc.
6. “ This book is about luck disguised and perceived as non-luck (that is, skills) and more generally randomness disguised and perceived as non-randomness. It manifests itself in the shape of the lucky fool, defined as a person who benefited from a disproportionate share of luck but attributed his success to some other, generally precise reason.” — Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets , by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
8. The Mess Is the Message! Period! An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States — Charles Beard (1913) The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger —Marc Levinson Tube: The Invention of Television —David & Marshall Fisher Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World —Jill Jonnes The Soul of a New Machine —Tracy Kidder Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA —Brenda Maddox The Blitzkrieg Myth —John Mosier
10. “ Recently I asked three corporate executives what decisions they had made in the last year that would not have been made were it not for their corporate plans. All had difficulty identifying one such decision. Since all of the plans are marked ‘secret’ or ‘confidential,’ I asked them how their com p etitors mi g ht benefit from p ossession of their p lans. Each answered with embarrassment that their com p etitors would not benefit .” —Russell Ackoff (from Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning )
11. “ This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really understand that you only find oil if you drill wells . You may think you’re finding it when you’re drawing maps and studying logs, but you have to drill.” Source: The Hunters , by John Masters, Canadian O & G wildcatter
12. “ It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change .” —Charles Darwin
14. “ Execution is the j ob of the business leader .” —Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan/ Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
15. Excellence1982: The Bedrock “Eight Basics” 1. A Bias for Action 2. Close to the Customer 3. Autonomy and Entrepreneurship 4. Productivity Through People 5. Hands On, Value-Driven 6. Stick to the Knitting 7. Simple Form, Lean Staff 8. Simultaneous Loose-Tight Properties
16. “ We have a ‘strategic plan.’ It’s called doing things .” — Herb Kelleher
18. “ We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again . We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, we’re already on prototype version # 5 . By the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on version # 10 . It gets back to planning versus acting : We act from day one ; others plan how to plan — for months .” —Bloomberg by Bloomberg
19. “ Experiment fearlessly” Source: BW 0821.06, Type A Organization Strategies/ “How to Hit a Moving Target”— Tactic #1
20. “ Linearist”: failure = unnecessary “Non-linearist”: failure = life
21. “ Fail . Forward. Fast.” High Tech CEO, Pennsylvania “Fail faster. Succeed Sooner.” David Kelley/IDEO
22. “ It is generally much easier to kill an or g anization than change it substantially.” —Kevin Kelly, Out of Control
23. “ Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.” Phil Daniels, Sydney exec
26. “ Linearist”: deliberate!* “Non-linearist”: relentless!** * “Do it right the first time” (Hero: Phil Crosby) **Never retreat (Hero: U.S. Grant)
27. Relentless : “One of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything, not to turn back , or stop, until the thing intended was accomplished.” —Grant
28. “ Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” —William Feather, author
30. “ Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
31. “ People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for , trust.” — Howard Schultz, Starbucks ( IBD /09.05)
32. “ Linearist”: give me genius! “Non-linearist”: give me luck!
33. “ This book is about luck disguised and perceived as non-luck (that is, skills) and more generally randomness disguised and perceived as non-randomness. It manifests itself in the shape of the lucky fool, defined as a person who benefited from a disproportionate share of luck but attributed his success to some other, generally precise reason.” “We underestimate the share of randomness in just about everything, a point that might not merit a book—except when it is the specialist who is the fool of all fools.” “Mild success can be explainable by skills and labor. Wild success is attributable to variance.” Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
44. “ Everyone lives by sellin g something.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
45. “ Analysts … preferred cost cutting , as long as they could see two or three years of EPS growth. I preached revenue and the analysts’ eyes would glaze over. Now revenue is ‘in’ because so many got caught, and earnings went to hell. They said, ‘Oh my gosh, you need revenues to grow earnings over time.’ Well, Duh! ” —Dick Kovacevich, Wells Fargo
51. “ It was much later that I realized Dad’s secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley who shined shoes the same way he talked and listened to a bishop or a college president. He was seriously interested in who you were and what you had to say .” Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Respect
52. “ The [Union senior] officers rode past the Confederates smugly without any sign of recognition except by one. ‘When General Grant reached the line of ragged, filthy, bloody, despairing prisoners strung out on each side of the bridge, he lifted his hat and held it over his head until he passed the last man of that living funeral cortege. He was the only officer in that whole train who recognized us as being on the face of the earth.’*” *quote within a quote from diary of a Confederate soldier
54. “ The Mexican Sierra has 17 plus 15 plus 9 spines in the dorsal fin. These can easily be counted. But if the sierra strikes on the line so that our hands are burned, if the fish sounds and nearly escapes and finally comes in over the rail, his colors pulsing and his tail beating the air, a whole new relational externality has come into being—an entity which is more than the sum of the fish plus the fisherman. The only way to count the spines of the sierra unaffected by this second relational reality is to sit in a laboratory, open an evil-smelling jar, remove a stiff colorless fish from the formalin solution, count the spines and write the truth. There you have recorded a reality which cannot be assailed—probably the least important reality concerning the fish or yourself,. … It is good to know what you are doing . The man with this pickled fish has set down one truth and recorded in his experience many lies. The fish is not that color, that texture, that dead, nor does he smell that way.” —John Steinbeck
62. “ Linearist” drives: lincoln town car. Ford explorer (weekends). “Non-linearist” drives: bmw. Harley-davidson (weekends).
63. The (Strange) Case of Peter Drucker & Michael Porter vs. The “Non-linearists” HERBERT SIMON. (Administrative Behavior.) JAMES MARCH. KARL WEICK. (The Social Psychology of Organizing.) EUGENE WEBB. Henry MINTZBERG. (The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning.) JAMES UTTERBACK. THOMAS KUHN. (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.) CHARLES LINDBLOM. Daniel goleman. INNOVATION BIOGRAPHERS.* (*Transcontinental Railroad, Electrification, Radio, Television, Containerization, DNA, Computers, Military History, Etc.) MOST POLITICAL SCIENTISTS. SILICON VALLEY. Etc.
64. “ Never forget implementation , boys. In our work, it’s what I call the ‘ last 98 percent ’ of the client puzzle.” —Al McDonald, former Managing Director, McKinsey & Co, to a project team that included TP
65. You only find oil if you drill wells . — John Masters, Canadian O & G wildcatter