Английская Википедия:Bruce W. Piasecki

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Bruce W. Piasecki (born 1955) is an American author, academic, and environmentalist. He is the founder and president of AHC Group.

Early life and education

Born February 1, 1955, in West Islip, Long Island, New York, Bruce Piasecki was raised by a widowed mother, Lillian Anna (née Kureczko) Piasecki, who took in foster children from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Piasecki is a graduate of Cornell University, from where he received a doctorate degree, under the guidance of the literary historian M. H. Abrams.

Career

After graduation, Piasecki began his academic career as an associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he also directed an environmental management program. He has also taught at Clarkson University and Cornell University. At Clarkson he taught courses such as Great Books in Western Civilization. He has a particular interest in Benjamin Franklin and has been teaching his biography for ten years.

In 1981, Piasecki established AHC Group, Inc. to help businesses, particularly Fortune 500 firms, in realizing their full potential in terms of environmental strategy and public policy.

Combining writing with environmental business consulting, Piasecki authored one of his first articles on managing toxic waste, "Unfouling the Nest," which was published in the September issue of Science 83 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In the 1990s, Piasecki served on a White House council formed by then-Vice President Al Gore.

In 1995, his book Corporate Environmental Strategy: The Avalanche of Change since Bhopal was reviewed by Booklist.

His 2007 book, World Inc., explores how countries increasingly turn to corporations, rather than governments, for problem-solving. The book was later released in a number of foreign language editions, including Japanese, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, and Korean.

In March 2012, the first hardcover edition of Piasecki's book, Doing More with Less: The New Way to Wealth (Wiley), reached the #5 spot in the New York Times nonfiction bestsellers list. VoiceAmerica interviewer David Gibbons called it "a fine book that weaves its way through the definitions of frugality and historical context as framed by the lives of Benjamin Franklin among others." Another book, New World Companies, was reviewed by Kirkus, which called it "Optimistic and full of good intentions."

American writer and academic Jay Parini wrote the Foreword to Piasecki's 2015 memoir, Missing Persons.

In 2021, he and his wife, Andrea Masters, launched the $5,000 Creative Force Fund Award for Social Impact Journalists. The award is given to young journalists covering business and society who are under the age of 35.

In March 2022, his new book, A New Way to Wealth: The Power of Doing More with Less, was published. The book has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.

Business and Society is a podcast series that Mia Funk and Bruce Piasecki developed together. They appear in her Creative Process series and One Planet Podcast series.

Bibliography

• 1987: America's Future in Toxic Waste Management: Lessons from Europe
• 1990: In Search of Environmental Excellence: Moving Beyond Blame
• 1995: The Avalanche of Change Since Bhopal
• 2007: World Inc
• 2009: The Surprising Solution: Creating Possibility in a Swift and Severe World
• 2015: Missing Persons: A Life of Unexpected Influences
• 2016: New World Companies: The Future of Capitalism
• 2016: Doing More With Less: The New Way To Wealth
• 2016: Doing More With Teams: The New Way To Winning
• 2021: Giants of Social Investing: John Streur and Jack Robinson
• 2022: A New Way to Wealth: The Power of Doing More with Less
• 2024: Doing More with One Life: A Writer's Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future
• 2024: Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society

External links

• Kirkus Book Review of New World Companies
• San Francisco Book Review of Missing Persons
• Doing More With Less: Piasecki's author website
• AHC Group: Piasecki's business consulting website