A Good Disruption

Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century

Martin Stuchtey, Per-Anders Enkvist, Klaus Zumwinkel

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Business
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781472939784
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781472939807
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Business Ethics
• Index: Economics

A Good Disruption describes how disruptive technology can be used to combat the economic challenges of our age and sets out an inspirational vision of a more effective and sustainable growth model.

Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age, transforming one major industry after another. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world's economies, and does it really have the potential to solve global problems such as low growth, inequality and environmental degradation? The provocative answer is that such disruption could indeed solve many of these issues, but that it won't... at least, not on its current trajectory.

A Good Disruption highlights some of the huge costs that are at stake, and argues that managing such disruption will be the defining business challenge of the next decade. In order for us to meet that challenge, the book sets out a bold and inspirational vision for a more robust and sustainable economic model.

Rich in relevant case studies, and incorporating industry examples from around the world, A Good Disruption accomplishes the remarkable feat of synthesizing key contemporary trends into a coherent world view of how to seize the potential of our collective futures. This is essential reading for policy makers, politicians, business executives and social scientists, as well as anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the impact of disruptive technology and how it can be transformed into a major force for the global good.

Table of contents

• FC
• Praise
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• A new narrative emerging
• PART I: OUR AFFAIR WITH GROWTH
• 1 Desired – celebrating growth
• 2 Fuelled – resource-based growth
• 3 Borrowed – a growth of liabilities
• 4 Lost – the great divergence
• 5 Wasted – system waste as a new resource
• 6 Broken – the unfulfilled sustainability dream
• PART II: TOWARDS A GROWTH MODEL FIT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
• 7 Three pillars of a better growth model
• 8 The ‘net-positive’ norm – accretive, productive, healthy
• 9 A European case example – positive for economy and environment
• PART III: THE BIG DISRUPTION – TAMING THE BEAST
• 10 Disruptive trends – the world at a turning point
• 11 Digitizing the physical world – the next revolution
• 12 Disrupted – for better or for worse?
• 13 Turning innovation into a force of good
• PART IV: THE GREAT RECONCILIATION – HOW TO CROSS THE CHASM
• 14 Ten years that matter – the case for change
• 15 An intuition reset – structure of a good revolution
• 16 Shaping, not gaping – government’s new role
• 17 More is different – the unstoppable crowd
• 18 The new capitalist – the rise of long-term entrepreneurism
• 19 The great reconciliation – entering the upward spiral
• 20 The good singularity – not wasting our best chance
• PART V: APPENDICES
• Appendix 1 Five perspectives on the necessary transition
• Appendix 2 Seeds of a better economy – visiting the frontline
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index