A fascinating insight into the influence that politics has upon business practices and consumer behaviour - and the development opportunities that this can provide. The New Political Capitalism bridges the gap between the reality of the relationship between business and politics, and the lack of familiarity of the business community, even at the most senior levels, with political thinking. T…
What happens to human reading when AI bots can do it for us? Explosive developments in artificial intelligence have awed everyday users with the technology's ability to draw, do computer coding, and especially to write. Those AI-generated essays and poems, legal briefs and responses to requests for information are all visible evidence of large language models at work. What we don't see is th…
The ex-Unilever CEO who increased his shareholders' returns by 300% while ensuring the company ranked #1 in the world for sustainability for eleven years running has, for the first time, revealed how to do it. Teaming up with Andrew Winston, one of the world's most authoritative voices on corporate sustainability, Paul Polman shows business leaders how to take on humanity's greatest and most ur…
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes—and …
This groundbreaking open access volume introduces eco-social contracts as a bold and actionable vision for addressing the major, interconnected crises of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, rising inequality, and the erosion of public trust and democratic legitimacy. At its heart lies a fundamental realization that can no longer be ignored: the social contract has been broken for …
How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be human In Against the Machine, “furiously gifted” (The Washington Post) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original—and terrifying—account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. With masterful insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno…
Apa yg terjadi dengan suara “lokal” ketika globalisasi menyingkap para musisi dan penikmat musik pada pengaruh budaya dari seluruh dunia? Jeremy Wallach menyelidikinya sebagaimana pertanyaan ini “dipermainkan” pada perkembangan eklektik dunia musik Indonesia pasca runtuhnya rezim Soeharto yg represif. Dilatarbelakangi transisi kaotis negara-bangsa Indonesia menuju demokrasi, Wallach mem…
“Hanya pendengar yang dapat mengubah dunia—bukan penampil” Itu adalah kesimpulan instan dari penelitian dalam buku ini. Beberapa ilmuwan percaya bahwa penelitian soal impak dan keberhasilan karya musik menciptakan perubahan perlu lebih berpijak pada audiens. Soni Triantoro mencari kasus-kasus serupa, lalu mencoba mengenali polanya. Menggunakan analisis fenomenologi, ia lantas menel…
Kamu mungkin merasa takut sekaligus malu ketika pertama kali mengalami menstruasi. Takut karena ini adalah pengalaman “asing” yang akan terus datang di bulan-bulan berikutnya. Malu karena semua orang menganggap menstruasi adalah hal “kotor” sehingga kamu harus menyembunyikannya baik-baik. Padahal, menstruasi adalah pengalaman yang unik dan patut dirayakan. Menstruasi bukan pengalaman…
Dunia menuntut Keiko untuk menjadi normal, walau ia tidak tahu “normal” itu seperti apa. Namun di minimarket, Keiko dilahirkan dengan identitas baru sebagai “pegawai minimarket”. Kini Keiko terancam dipisahkan dari dunia minimarket yang dicintainya selama ini... Novel Gadis Minimarket atau Convenience Store Woman adalah sebuah novel yang ditulis oleh Murata Sayaka. Novel ini mencerit…