We live in a fundamentally changed world. It’s time for your approach to strategy to change, too.
The evidence is all around us. Extreme weather, driven by climate change, is shattering records all over the planet. Our natural resources are in greater demand than ever before as a billion more people enter the global middle class, wanting more of everything. Radical transparency is opening up company operations and supply chains to public scrutiny.
This is not some futuristic scenario or model to debate, but today’s reality. We've passed an economic tipping point. A weakening of the foundations of our planetary infrastructure is costing businesses dearly and putting our society at risk. The mega challenges of climate change, scarcity, and radical transparency threaten our ability to run an expanding global economy and are profoundly changing “business as usual.” But they also offer unprecedented opportunities: multi-trillion-dollar markets are in play, and the winners of this new game will profit mightily.
According to Andrew Winston, bestselling author (Green to Gold) and globally recognized business strategist, the way companies currently operate will not allow them to keep up with the current—and future—rate of change. They need to make the Big Pivot.
In this indispensable new book, Winston provides ten crucial strategies for leaders and companies ready to move boldly forward and win in this new reality. With concrete advice and tactics, and new stories from companies like British Telecom, Diageo, Dow, Ford, Nike, Unilever, Walmart, and many others, The Big Pivot will help you, and all of us, create more resilient businesses and a more prosperous world. This book is the blueprint to get you started.
Review
“Best Business Book of the Year: Sustainability” — strategy+business magazine
“Winston’s passion and sincerity clearly move his engaging discussion beyond mere consultant hype. In this book, he provides a realistic way to address these mega issues along with tested strategies on how to manage these challenges effectively and profitably.” — CHOICE, a publication of the American Library Association
“a practical, working handbook for teams, organizations and corporations to “recreate their operations to succeed within the scientific reality of a hotter, wilder, more radically open world. With a certain climate-challenged future ahead of us, The Big Pivot gives us a realist's path to making sure it's a prosperous one, too.” — Sustainable Brands (sustainablebrands.com)
ADVANCE PRAISE for The Big Pivot:
Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever—
“We’ve reached a tipping point. Our planet and our society are at risk . . . Andrew Winston’s The Big Pivot offers a radical new direction for business that also represents the most practical path forward . . . a must-read for anyone interested in the future of business and our world.”
David Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy—
“Andrew Winston’s The Big Pivot is the blinking red warning light on the dashboard for every CEO . . . He lays out a road map for a major shift in consciousness and purpose for the private sector.”
Lauralee Martin, CEO, HCP—
“Andrew Winston has identified issues for business that require more than just a minor change of behavior—these big challenges demand an urgent ‘pivot’ by business for our own survival . . . I hope CEOs and other business leaders step up and read this book.”
David Steiner, CEO, Waste Management—
“. . . Winston’s practical approach to the largest issues of our generation makes his a voice that’s respected by the world’s leaders in politics, NGOs, and business.”
L. Hunter Lovins, founder and President, Natural Capital Solutions; coauthor, The Way Out—
“The Big Pivot is Winston’s most important and impactful work to date—better even than Green to Gold. It’s a wake-up call for you, your boss, and whoever sits in the corner office . . .”
Thomas J. Falk, Chairman and CEO, Kimberly-Clark—
“Andrew Winston’s The Big Pivot provides thought-provoking perspectives into some of the biggest issues facing companies around the world . . . a call to action in a time of radical change and competing priorities.”
Jeff Seabright, Vice President, Environment & Water Resources, Coca-Cola—
“A resounding call to action for business to embrace the risks of climate change, resource constraints, and radical transparency and turn them into strategic growth opportunities . . . a must-read road map for business success in the twenty-first century.”
Andrew Winston is the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, advising many of the world’s leading companies on environmental strategy. He sits on sustainability advisory boards for Kimberly-Clark, Hewlett-Packard, and Unilever, and serves as Sustainability Advisor to PwC. Andrew’s career history includes corporate strategy consulting with The Boston Consulting Group and management positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. A globally recognized expert on green business strategy, he is a sought-after speaker on the world’s mega challenges and how companies can manage and profit from them. He writes regularly for Harvard Business Review online, the Guardian, and other outlets and appears in major media such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and CNBC.
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老实说,我一开始是被这本书的封面设计吸引的,那种极简的线条和冷峻的色调,暗示着一种深刻而克制的力量。阅读过程却比我想象的要“用力”得多,它迫使我不断地停下来,合上书本,盯着天花板思考自己过去十年所做的一些关键选择是否建立在了错误的基石之上。这本书的厉害之处在于,它成功地描绘出了一种普遍存在的“惯性陷阱”,那种让你在舒适区里缓慢沉沦的无形力量。作者没有采用那种煽动性的、教人“马上行动”的口吻,而是用一种近乎科学分析的严谨,解构了“变化”背后的底层逻辑。书中有一段关于信息熵增与组织韧性的讨论,我简直要拍案叫绝,它精准地解释了为什么许多根基稳固的大公司反而会率先在微小的市场波动中崩溃。这本书与其说是在指导“如何做”,不如说是在教“如何看”,它提升了读者的观察维度。我推荐给所有处于转型期的人,特别是那些感觉自己正在被时代抛下的中年专业人士,这本书是重建信心和方向感的绝佳路线图。
评分这本书带给我的震撼是多维度的,它不仅重塑了我对商业环境的理解,更深刻地影响了我与他人的交流方式。它提供了一套全新的词汇和框架,用来描述那些我们日常能感觉到但无法命名的现象。最让我耳目一新的是,作者拒绝使用“乐观”或“悲观”这种二元对立的标签,而是坚持一种基于概率和结构分析的务实态度。书中反复强调的“适应性冗余”概念,在我的工作中产生了立竿见影的效果,它帮助我重新评估了那些看似低效的备份和冗余机制的真正价值。这本书的排版和注释也体现了其内在的严谨性,大量的引用和详尽的附录,使得读者可以轻易地追溯其论点的源头,这极大地增强了文本的可信度。总的来说,这本书就像一位沉默但极具智慧的导师,它不会直接告诉你该往哪个方向跑,但它会帮你把鞋带系紧,并且指出前方道路的真实坡度和地质条件。这是一次思想上的深度探险,值得所有寻求真正洞察的读者反复品读。
评分初次接触这本书时,我以为它会落入关于未来趋势预测的俗套,结果完全出乎意料。它避开了那些关于AI或元宇宙的肤浅讨论,转而深入到人类认知和社会组织的深层结构。这本书的语言风格非常独特,它融合了历史学家的厚重感和工程师的精确性,使得论证过程既有温度又不失力度。我个人对书中关于“集体心智模型”的部分印象极为深刻,它解释了为什么在某些历史转折点,个体表现优异的精英群体会集体做出灾难性的决策。作者没有指责任何人,而是提供了一个观察复杂系统运作的全新视角。这本书的阅读体验就像是玩一个极其精密的解谜游戏,每一个章节都是一个线索,它们共同指向一个宏大而令人振奋的结论——即,我们拥有重塑现实的能力,但前提是我们必须先重塑理解现实的工具。看完后,我立刻去翻阅了作者推荐的其他几本参考书目,这种知识的连锁反应,是检验一本好书的最好标准。
评分这本书简直是一场思维的飓风,它没有给我提供任何现成的答案,反倒是像一根锋利的探针,精准地刺入了我们这个时代最核心的焦虑——那种面对不确定性时无所适从的恐慌。我读完之后,第一感觉不是“我学到了什么”,而是“我以前的思考方式错得多么离谱”。作者的叙事节奏把握得极好,时而像一个冷静的哲学家在审视人类文明的宏大图景,时而又像一个经验丰富的工匠,在细节处展示如何重塑认知框架。特别是关于“范式转移”的论述,那部分简直是颠覆性的,它没有停留在学院派的理论探讨上,而是将其与日常决策、企业战略乃至个人成长紧密地结合起来。我尤其欣赏作者在论证过程中引用的那些跨学科的案例,从古老的社会结构变迁到最新的量子物理学概念,都能被巧妙地编织进同一个逻辑线索中。这本书的难度不低,需要读者投入极大的心力去消化那些复杂的概念,但正是这种挑战性,让最终的顿悟时刻显得尤为珍贵。它不是一本轻松的读物,更像是一次对大脑皮层的深度按摩和重塑,读完后世界观会产生一种微妙但不可逆的位移。
评分我必须承认,这本书的内容密度极高,我不得不采取“慢读”策略,每读完三页就要休息片刻,以处理脑海中不断涌现的类比和反驳。它没有给我任何廉价的安慰剂,反而像一把手术刀,精准地切开了现实的表皮,暴露了隐藏在光鲜之下的结构性矛盾。这本书最令人不安,也最有价值的一点是,它挑战了我们对“稳定”的传统定义。作者似乎在暗示,所谓的稳定,不过是慢速崩溃的一种幻觉,真正的生命力源自于持续的、有意识的解构与重建。书中对“反馈回路”的系统性分析尤其精彩,它不仅关注了线性的因果关系,更深入探讨了那些非线性和循环往复的复杂互动。读到后期,我感觉自己像个正在攀登陡峭山峰的登山者,虽然气喘吁吁,但视野却越来越开阔,那些曾经困扰我的琐碎问题,此刻都从更高的海拔上被俯瞰,显得微不足道。这本书不是用来“打发时间”的,它是用来“投资时间”的。
评分很丰富的商业实践案例库。虽然作者说自己的本意不在此,但全书涉及到的一百多家500强公司、行业协会在推动美国商业社会遵循环保标准、鼓励再生循环、提高环境成本意识的做法都来自于作者自身的咨询经验。在这方面,不得不说欧美的企业领先中国太多,因此读一读也许对国内同行有借鉴作用。
评分很丰富的商业实践案例库。虽然作者说自己的本意不在此,但全书涉及到的一百多家500强公司、行业协会在推动美国商业社会遵循环保标准、鼓励再生循环、提高环境成本意识的做法都来自于作者自身的咨询经验。在这方面,不得不说欧美的企业领先中国太多,因此读一读也许对国内同行有借鉴作用。
评分很丰富的商业实践案例库。虽然作者说自己的本意不在此,但全书涉及到的一百多家500强公司、行业协会在推动美国商业社会遵循环保标准、鼓励再生循环、提高环境成本意识的做法都来自于作者自身的咨询经验。在这方面,不得不说欧美的企业领先中国太多,因此读一读也许对国内同行有借鉴作用。
评分很丰富的商业实践案例库。虽然作者说自己的本意不在此,但全书涉及到的一百多家500强公司、行业协会在推动美国商业社会遵循环保标准、鼓励再生循环、提高环境成本意识的做法都来自于作者自身的咨询经验。在这方面,不得不说欧美的企业领先中国太多,因此读一读也许对国内同行有借鉴作用。
评分很丰富的商业实践案例库。虽然作者说自己的本意不在此,但全书涉及到的一百多家500强公司、行业协会在推动美国商业社会遵循环保标准、鼓励再生循环、提高环境成本意识的做法都来自于作者自身的咨询经验。在这方面,不得不说欧美的企业领先中国太多,因此读一读也许对国内同行有借鉴作用。
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