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Impact Imperative: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Investing to Transform the Future
The Time to Impact the Future Is Now
Impact Imperative author Pamela Ryan explores the likely realities facing our planet and humanity for the next few decades. We are, as she tells us, at a pivotal moment in history. Individuals, organizations, and investors are doing immense good, but extraordinary challenges are enveloping the planet, threatening life and humanity itself: escalating extreme weather events, shifting global population and power balances, widening socioeconomic disparities, and rising tensions among extremists and mainstream populations.
Impact Imperative stems from consultations with over 130 professionals in the burgeoning impact innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment space. As Dr. Ryan shares insights from these impact innovators about how we can meet these challenges in the next few decades and beyond, she encourages readers to think about how our own consequential actions in the present can propel us—individually and collectively—toward more optimal futures. Or increasingly destructive futures.
Impact Imperative author Pamela Ryan explores the likely realities facing our planet and humanity for the next few decades. We are, as she tells us, at a pivotal moment in history. Individuals, organizations, and investors are doing immense good, but extraordinary challenges are enveloping the planet, threatening life and humanity itself: escalating extreme weather events, shifting global population and power balances, widening socioeconomic disparities, and rising tensions among extremists and mainstream populations.
Impact Imperative stems from consultations with over 130 professionals in the burgeoning impact innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment space. As Dr. Ryan shares insights from these impact innovators about how we can meet these challenges in the next few decades and beyond, she encourages readers to think about how our own consequential actions in the present can propel us—individually and collectively—toward more optimal futures. Or increasingly destructive futures.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 22, 2019
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May 14, 2020
4.5/5 stars
Amazing book. Didn’t know what I would get out of it when I won it from a free giveaway but I’m glad I read it. This book is part research- part inspirational drivel for people of all generations, nationalities, & backgrounds who want to create positive impact in their communities. If anything, this book is a great prerequisite for budding entrepreneurs on gaining the mindset and finding their “Why” purpose, and I personally recommend reading this book before reading a “How” book like The Lean Startup.
My only gripe was the length of the book. This book is divided into three parts, and the second part, which goes into the several types of social impactors there are, I found increasingly tedious to read. But I think the last part of the book, and the beautiful “Forthword” section did a great job of illustrating what our future can look like if we take (or don’t take) action and the questions we need to be asking ourselves in order to do our part, as innovators, designers, investors, and entrepreneurs to shape our future for the best
Read and read diligently, all in all a worthwhile read
Amazing book. Didn’t know what I would get out of it when I won it from a free giveaway but I’m glad I read it. This book is part research- part inspirational drivel for people of all generations, nationalities, & backgrounds who want to create positive impact in their communities. If anything, this book is a great prerequisite for budding entrepreneurs on gaining the mindset and finding their “Why” purpose, and I personally recommend reading this book before reading a “How” book like The Lean Startup.
My only gripe was the length of the book. This book is divided into three parts, and the second part, which goes into the several types of social impactors there are, I found increasingly tedious to read. But I think the last part of the book, and the beautiful “Forthword” section did a great job of illustrating what our future can look like if we take (or don’t take) action and the questions we need to be asking ourselves in order to do our part, as innovators, designers, investors, and entrepreneurs to shape our future for the best
Read and read diligently, all in all a worthwhile read
September 30, 2020
Impact Imperative offers key insight and and a positive message for humanity's future, that is all-encompassing and boldly transformative. It presents a method of understanding and being encouraged by a movement of progressive innovators and entrepreneurs working towards making positive impact on our world through sciences such as biotech and engineering and social or political movements. It also promotes collaboration from educating the greater status quo in investing in conscious efforts which will also be essential in generating the right momentum for positive change. The text also highlights problems with the increasing inequality, thorough data analyses across cultures of trends that need redirecting, and also presents interesting alternative trajectories for a future in 2030 which has the potential to be achieved.
I believe this text could have been shorter, which dissuaded some of my enjoyment of it. It's best just to get to the point. Overall, not a bad read.
Thank you to Netgalley, Pamela Ryan and Greenleaf Book Group Press for this free advanced readers copy for an honest review.
I believe this text could have been shorter, which dissuaded some of my enjoyment of it. It's best just to get to the point. Overall, not a bad read.
Thank you to Netgalley, Pamela Ryan and Greenleaf Book Group Press for this free advanced readers copy for an honest review.
January 24, 2020
Impact Imperative: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Investing to Transform the Future is an authoritative, text thoughtfully written by Dr. Ryan to address concerns, opportunities and challenges the world faces in this decade. It will take more than being mindful and want change. Dr. Ryan illustrates that responsibility involves commitment to more than an ideal but respect for building community that will positively impact the way one lives. Well researched with chapter notes, highlighted points, chapter summaries, and index. Most meaningful for me was the chapter on “Intending Good. Doing Harm. “ #GoodreadsGiveaway.
October 9, 2019
Incredibly inspiring!
Impact Imperative is about the present and future of impact innovation, investment, and entrepreneurship and about the challenges humanity is facing in the next decade - climate change, deeper socioeconomic disparities between classes, and political radicalization among others. Dr. Ryan introduces fascinating impact innovators, shares advice on how to do good and avoid doing harm, and describes 4 distinct scenarios for the future, each defined by the scale of impact innovation done in the next decade.
Impact Imperative is about the present and future of impact innovation, investment, and entrepreneurship and about the challenges humanity is facing in the next decade - climate change, deeper socioeconomic disparities between classes, and political radicalization among others. Dr. Ryan introduces fascinating impact innovators, shares advice on how to do good and avoid doing harm, and describes 4 distinct scenarios for the future, each defined by the scale of impact innovation done in the next decade.
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November 1, 2019So useful to have all these perspectives in one place. The range and depth across all parts of the ecosystem and plenty of different kinds of entrepreneurs too. As we face the climate emergency, and have a world to-do list in the SDGs this book will be useful to the everyday practitioner working in grassroots as well as the student and researcher. Scale is essential for impact and investors can have a vital role in the acceleration necessary to help transform our common future. I am recommending to investors, funders and those who want to collaborate for impact.
May 21, 2020
It took me awhile to get through this... it can be dense. But ultimately it was inspiring and educational. I'm now much better prepared to be a social entrepreneur and I know where to look now to continue learning more.
October 6, 2019
The book represents valuable insights on potential future development in 2030. I found research part very useful and also multiple examples on impartial entrepreneurship cases.
January 25, 2020
Excellent book!!!
November 22, 2021
A bit too dry for me. I felt the language was for those “in the business” and not for the general consumer.
November 12, 2019
helps me to figure out what I want to do with my investing
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November 11, 2019Thank you for the opportunity to review this book as a giveaway recipient. I am excited to read it and will update my thoughts on this book soon!
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