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This practical guide shows how to facilitate collaboration among diverse individuals and organizations to navigate complexity and create change in our interconnected world. The social and environmental challenges we face today are not only complex, they are also systemic and structural and have no obvious solutions. They require diverse combinations of people, organizations, and sectors to coordinate actions and work together even when the way forward...

H.G. Wells' World Brain, from 1937, is about his vision for a universal, free, and permanent digital encyclopedia (a "World Encyclopaedia") that would centralize all human knowledge to foster global understanding, education, and world peace by combating bad information and ignorance, essentially a predigital Wikipedia or the concept behind Google's vast book digitization. He argued this system, a "mental clearing house," would empower citizens with...

Two business school professors explain how to maintain a balance between competition and cooperation, whether it be in a major business deal, or settling a dispute over household chores, to improve success in work and in life.

Illustrates that we are all connected and that no one goes through life--or builds anything--all by themselves.

"An idea-fueled book that explores the rise of new economic models based on shared resources and collective consumption--and the first articulation of a major socioeconomic phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher.

All the animals wonder how the Moon tastes, and one day they get together to find out, as the turtle climbs a high mountain, the elephant gets on his back, the giraffe on the elephant, and other creatures take their places, one by one.

Furry, feathered, and scaled -- all our animal friends are ready to read. But there's just one big problem: Giraffe is too tall! Or, maybe, the book is too short. Come along for a special story time featuring six friendly animals and one puzzling predicament. Bright speech bubbles encourage readers to take an active role and find creative solutions as this wild squad works together to save story time. Using their bodies and minds, the animals persevere...

"No One Is Self-Made is an inspirational narrative weaving together themes of community, purposeful businesses, and collective economics. This book debunks the myth of being self-made and empowers readers to abandon the notion and lean into community on their pathway to success. Entrepreneurs at any stage of growth will appreciate Dr. Hallmon's story--with all the ups and downs of founding the Village Market--and the road-tested advice she dispenses...