The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
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Publisher Description
Britain's leading guru looks to the future.
Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management – including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management – have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends – such as Beyond Certainty – has changed the way we view society.
In The Second Curve, Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life – as students, parents, workers and voters – and what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be.
Provocative and thoughtful as ever, he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves – and points us in the direction of some of the answers.
Customer Reviews
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I tink this book will be a good read for anybody who's trying to understand what’s important [in life] and what should come next. It gives plenty of food for thought on a wide range of matters that impact all our lives. Charles Handy seems to blend research with observations from his own life. My only critcisim would be that it’s writen from a pretty Western European standpoint, I'm not sure how realistic some of the “Second Curve" ideas would be for the large majority of humanity. But if enacted by people in the West the kinds of ideas in this book could have a positive impact globally.