Table of Contents
About the Author xiii
Foreword xv
Foreword xix
Acknowledgements xxiii
Also Carol Sanford xxv
Introduction: Pursue Disruptive Innovation 1
The Regenerative Mindset 3
Consolidated Diesel 4
Who Is This Book For? 6
Overview 7
Chapter 1 Go Beyond Training and Develop Your People 9
Developing People in a Changing World 10
Building the Capacity for Disruptive Thinking 13
A Parable about Growing People Regeneratively 14
General Themes from This Parable 17
Chapter 2 The Evolution of Work Design 21
Coherence by Design 23
Three Approaches to Work Design 23
Seventh Generation: Systems Regeneration in Action 31
Making the Business Case for Regenerative Work Design 34
Chapter 3 Source Work Design from First Principles 39
Three Criteria for Growing Human Capacity 40
Criterion One: Internal Locus of Control 41
Criterion Two: External Considering 44
Criterion Three: Personal Agency 46
The Necessary Connection among These Criteria 49
Food Inspiration 50
The Next Step-Creating the Right Conditions 53
Chapter 4 Build Innovation into How Work Is Done 55
Criterion One: Initiative Activation 57
Criterion Two: Developmental Infrastructure 61
Criterion Three: Change Accelerator 66
The Necessary Connection among These Criteria 70
Chapter 5 Eliminate Thirty Toxic Business Practices 73
The Aristocracy Paradigm 74
The Machine Paradigm 77
The Behavioral Paradigm 84
The Human Potential Paradigm 90
Detoxifying Your Business 97
Chapter 6 Design a Developmental Organization 99
Developing Whole Human Beings 100
Phases in Work Design 101
There Are No Recipes 102
Chapter 7 Phase One-Evolve into Strategic Disruption 105
The Core Team 106
The Core Team's First Task 107
Merida Meridian 109
Recommendations 111
Chapter 8 Phase Two-Evolve a Courageous Culture 113
Characteristics of a Regenerative Culture 114
Seventh Generation 117
Recommendations 122
Chapter 9 Phase Three-Evolve People and Thinking Processes 125
Essential Business Processes 128
Deer Park 132
Recommendations 135
Chapter 10 Phase Four-Evolve Business Work Systems 139
Colgate, Salford, England 145
Recommendations 149
Chapter 11 Phase Five-Evolve Work Structures Last 151
Three Kinds of Regenerative Structure 152
W. L. Gore & Associates 157
Recommendations 158
Chapter 12 Epilogue: The Regenerative Paradigm 161
Where to Begin 162
Democracy Requires a New Workplace 163
Notes 165
Carol Sanford
Regenerative Business Offerings 171
Regenerative Business Keynotes 171