TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamm,Steve
AU  - Alafandi,Waël
AU  - Bay,Paola
AU  - Flyntz,Kristin
AU  - Hershkovitz,Shay
AU  - Mabbett,Ian
AU  - Mim,Sharmin Shara
AU  - Morris-Evans,Shulamit
AU  - Nguyen,Anh
AU  - Panagiotou,Anna
AU  - Rossiter,Tom
AU  - Sibanda,Gamelihle
TI  - The Pivot: Addressing Global Problems Through Local Action 
SN  - 9780231200905
U1  - 306 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Social action
KW  - Social change
KW  - Social problems
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Mission --; Poem: An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans --; 2. The Core Team --; Profile --; 3. The Scrum --; Profile --; 4. Struggles --; Profile --; 5. Remapping the World --; Profile --; 6. The Theory of Everything --; Profile --; 7. Rethinking Resilience --; Profile --; 8. Talking to Robots --; Profile --; 9. Points of Light --; Profile --; 10. Places --; Profile --; 11. Bright Ideas --; Profile --; 12. Connecting --; Notes; restricted access
N2  - When the world reemerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems likely that it will have transformed irrevocably. Can societies already reeling from climate change, income inequality, and structural racism change for the better? Does the shock of the pandemic offer an opportunity to pivot to a more sustainable way of life?Early in the crisis, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. Some members are experts in the sciences and the humanities; others are environmental activists or regular people who see themselves as world citizens. In The Pivot, the journalist Steve Hamm—who embedded in the enterprise from the start—explores their efforts and shows how their approach provides a model for achieving systemic change. Chronicling the group’s progress along an uncharted path, he shows how people with a variety of skills and personalities collaborate to get things done. Through their work, Hamm examines some of today’s most important technologies and concepts, such as systems thinking and modeling, complexity theory, artificial intelligence, and new thinking about resilience. The book features vivid, informal profiles of a number of the group’s members and brings to life the excitement and energy of dynamic, smart people trying to change the world.Part journal of a plague year and part call to action, The Pivot tells the remarkable story of a collaborative experiment seeking to make the world more sustainable and resilient
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231553834
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231553834/original
ER  -