Creative Social Change: Leadership for a Healthy World

by Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, John Eric Baugher (Editor), Karin Jironet (Editor)

What is our role in creating healthy organizations and a healthy world? Creative Social Change fosters a unique dialogue on the interconnections between leadership, sustainability, the long-term viability of the planet, and organizational development. Brought together, these arenas of research and action can influence events globally and contribute to creating a healthy society. The book builds on interviews with five eminent social scientists, thought leaders for many decades on the nature of organizational and societal Robert Quinn, Otto Scharmer, Edgar Schein, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley. It includes contributions on what is needed for change from longstanding creative scholar-practitioners such as Riane Eisler and Karl-Henrik Robert, as well as new voices, and concludes with a variety of concrete case studies from around the world about efforts in this direction. Embracing all levels of thinking, from the conceptual to the concrete, the book generates a foundation for scholarly research and proposes practical questions that can be used for dialogue and action among leaders, policy makers, and organizational consultants.

360 pages, Paperback

Published June 7, 2016

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creative Social Change is a collection of interviews with major thought leaders and practitioners in the field of organizational health. It's academic and a bit dry, but a bit like reading a transcript of presentations and panels from a conference on how to build and sustain organizations affecting social change.