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Finalist, American Book Fest, Best Book Awards. We believe that there has never been a better time to start businesses and build an economy that works for all of us, and all our needs. This book gives builders of a better world the toolkit and building blocks capable of doing the job, because each is designed for a regenerative, sustainable, circular economy that delivers a good life for all within the planet's boundaries. Whatever you are focused on, from our the rapid depletion of everything we need to live on the planet, the climate emergency, the 17 UN SDG, to your own life, you will get proven cutting edge approaches to grow yourself bigger than your challenges; build agile, antifragile businesses that deliver impact and profit, without compromise on either, and are fit for human beings to thrive in; build local and global economies inherently healthy for us; a new economics, integrating our latest understanding across the disciplines.

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A great book for everyone who thinks that this cannot be the end of the story. Economy, organizational management and personal self-development brought to a whole new level! Magdalena Schaefer, Senior HR Manager, Organisational Psychologist Rebuild sets new standards and takes the reader into a whole new path for a better future and a paradigm shift on how the current and future investors and leaders must conduct business and behave towards their followers, collaborators and the wider stakeholder community. This book revolutionises the reader's views, assumptions and approaches for a more responsible, equitable and sustainable life as a whole. A must read, if you are sincerely interested to be the change you want to see! Antonio Potenza, CEO Proodos Impact Capital As is well known, new architectures require a conceptualization of what it is that is to be built differently relative to buildings already created and lived in. In this book, the architecture to be built is nothing other than the present for-profit economy. In this well-argued text, the authors try their hand on a general theory of economics that takes its cues from modern physics. The theory is a highly cogent, 'dialectic', critique of neo-classical economics. What differentiates the book's theory from other utopia is the style of thinking that is both holistic and systemic. The hallmark of such thinking lies in an explanatory analysis of what does not work in the presently used capitalistic framework, and of what are that framework's contradictory assumptions about organizations as well as human beings. In this sense, the book is a philosophy of a new kind of society that could be built. Importantly, the authors ask questions not only about intentions, goals, and outcomes; they also ask new questions about human agency in a more general, sociological sense which enables them to sketch a new kind of social ontology. They view social actors' conditioning from an adult-developmental vantage point, thus transcending the 'eternal' behavioral truths one finds in most books on economics. In addition, the authors view both society and its economics as an 'open', rather than a closed, system, that is, one whose survival is not pre-ordained but contingent upon the level of social actors' awareness of the structures of social and cultural reality they encounter in launching their life and work projects. Dr Otto Laske, Founder and CEO of IDM, business consultant and coach Rebuild} delivers exactly what it says on the cover: a toolkit for you to build a better world. It contains the most useful business and personal toolkit I've seen, and has radically transformed my worldview. Organisations, jobs and practically everything\textemdash we're trying to reinvent them, but are we succeeding? This book makes reinvention work; it's written as part guidebook, part theoretical overview with scientific underpinnings, and a completely relatable narrative with fascinating anecdotes. It is for anyone who wants to build solutions to our global challenges. Marie-Nicole Schuster. Leadership development consultant The Adaptive Way chapter in Rebuild made me realise that seeking validation from others to build my business (Solve Earth) is a self-defeating trap, because no single person has the capability to understand fully what I, or any other person, is capable of. I can continue on my journey into the unknown with advice and guidance from others, but ultimately, I must rely on my own decision making and self-validation. This is an incredibly liberating and empowering insight that gives me the courage to take on the biggest challenges in sustainability and building a better future society. Dr Gareth J Thompson, Founder, Solve Earth Limited

"A great book for everyone who thinks that this cannot be the end of the story. Economy, organizational management and personal self-development brought to a whole new level! Magdalena Schaefer, Senior HR Manager, Organisational Psychologist Rebuild sets new standards and takes the reader into a whole new path for a better future and a paradigm shift on how the current and future investors and leaders must conduct business and behave towards their followers, collaborators and the wider stakeholder community. This book revolutionises the reader's views, assumptions and approaches for a more responsible, equitable and sustainable life as a whole. A must read, if you are sincerely interested to be the change you want to see! Antonio Potenza, CEO Proodos Impact Capital As is well known, new architectures require a conceptualization of what it is that is to be built differently relative to ""buildings"" already created and lived in. In this book, the architecture to be built is nothing other than the present for-profit economy. In this well-argued text, the authors try their hand on a general theory of economics that takes its cues from modern physics. The theory is a highly cogent, 'dialectic', critique of neo-classical economics. What differentiates the book's theory from other utopia is the style of thinking that is both holistic and systemic. The hallmark of such thinking lies in an explanatory analysis of what does not work in the presently used capitalistic framework, and of what are that framework's contradictory assumptions about organizations as well as human beings. In this sense, the book is a philosophy of a new kind of society that could be built. Importantly, the authors ask questions not only about intentions, goals, and outcomes; they also ask new questions about human agency in a more general, sociological sense which enables them to sketch a new kind of social ontology. They view social actors' conditioning from an adult-developmental vantage point, thus transcending the 'eternal' behavioral truths one finds in most books on economics. In addition, the authors view both society and its economics as an 'open', rather than a closed, system, that is, one whose survival is not pre-ordained but contingent upon the level of social actors' awareness of the structures of social and cultural reality they encounter in launching their life and work projects. Dr Otto Laske, Founder and CEO of IDM, business consultant and coach Rebuild} delivers exactly what it says on the cover: a toolkit for you to build a better world. It contains the most useful business and personal toolkit I've seen, and has radically transformed my worldview. Organisations, jobs and practically everything\textemdash we're trying to reinvent them, but are we succeeding? This book makes reinvention work; it's written as part guidebook, part theoretical overview with scientific underpinnings, and a completely relatable narrative with fascinating anecdotes. It is for anyone who wants to build solutions to our global challenges. Marie-Nicole Schuster. Leadership development consultant The Adaptive Way chapter in Rebuild made me realise that seeking validation from others to build my business (Solve Earth) is a self-defeating trap, because no single person has the capability to understand fully what I, or any other person, is capable of. I can continue on my journey into the unknown with advice and guidance from others, but ultimately, I must rely on my own decision making and self-validation. This is an incredibly liberating and empowering insight that gives me the courage to take on the biggest challenges in sustainability and building a better future society. Dr Gareth J Thompson, Founder, Solve Earth Limited"

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Graham Boyd believes that we can rise, phoenix-like, from today's burning global challenges. All of us, and our children, can thrive in the coming decades, because we can build a regenerative global economy, an ecosystem of regenerative businesses. Today he applies the expertise gathered across three careers (particle physicist, manager with Procter and Gamble, serial startup founder) to bring that vision to reality. He incubates regenerative startups; is starting a seed stage investment fund for ecosystems of regenerative startups; and consults to multi-nationals and start-ups on harnessing conflict to drive their own regeneration. Jack Reardon: with a doctorate in economics, I have become a tireless advocate of reforming and reconceptualizing economics education so that the discipline of economics can help solve the world's numerous and interconnected problems. I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education IJPEE, which provides a global forum for educators committed to changing how we educate our students and how we conceptualize economics. I have also written three books on economics, pluralism, and economics education. I am currently putting the finishing touches on a novel exploring the fluidity of gender. I currently teach economics at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

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