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Author:	Dave Smith	Publisher:	New World Library
ISBN-10:	1577314905	Subject:	Business & Economics
ISBN-13:	9781577314905	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	2005	Condition:	Brand New
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In this memoir and manifesto for sustainable business, Dave Smith recalls his many influences and formative experiences, presenting a model for business based on the principle of meaningful work. He organizes his book around the concept of "seeds," his updating of the seven virtues he learned as a youth in Christian Bible school: faith, hope, justice, temperance, prudence, courage, and love. For Smith, everything is a lesson. We learn how he lived the counterculture lifestyle, studied the wisdom traditions of the West, read the Whole Earth catalog, worked for Cesar Chavez, co-founded the successful Smith & Hawken garden tool store, later heading companies that sold alternate energy, seeds, and organics, where he learned to include democracy in the workplace. But it is not all about Smith himself. For each of his seeds, or virtues, he identifies Creative Action Heroes, people like Chavez or Joan Baez, who, through their actions, set an example and did good. A successful businessman with a proven track record, Smith and his ideas can benefit anyone in the business world. TO BE OF USE amounts to a veritable business plan--one that is visionary and practical.
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Length:	259 pages
Height:	9.0 in.
Width:	5.8 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	17.9 oz.

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The cofounder of Smith & Hawken shares his personal manifesto for injecting ethics into business, outlining a plan for people who are seeking to blend compassion and capitalism in the workplace and the boardroom.

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In this fascinating memoir of his transformation, Smith shows how business can be a force for radical change, that business driven by simple core values--not the hijacked values of right-wing extremism but common values of compassion and decency--can truly make the world a better place.


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