In this book, Agenda for a New Economy, David Korten has fleshed out his vision of the alternative to the corporate Wall Street economy: a Main Street economy based on locally owned, community-oriented “living enterprises” whose success is measured as much by their positive impact on people and the environment as by their positive balance … Continue reading Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth by David Korten (2010)
The premise of this book, The Fourth Economy by Ron Davison, is that a fourth entrepreneurial economy is emerging. This will be as different from the information economy as the industrial economy before it. Last century we popularized knowledge work, transforming from an industrial economy dependent on child labor to an information economy dependent on … Continue reading The Fourth Economy: Inventing Western Civilization by Ron Davison (2011)
In the new economy, conversations are the most important form of work. Conversations are the way knowledge workers discover what they know, share it with their colleagues, and in the process create new knowledge in the organization. Conversations inside and outside the company are the chief mechanism for making change and renewal an ongoing part … | Alan Webber Continue reading Conversations Are the Most Important Form of Work Alan Webber
