Product Description
by Pamela Ryan Phd (Author)
Axiom Business Book Awards 2020 Gold Medalist in Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability
The Time to Impact the Future Is Now Impact Imperative author Pamela Ryan explores the likely realities facing our planet and humanity for the next few decades. We are, as she tells us, at a pivotal moment in history. Individuals, organizations, and investors are doing immense good, but extraordinary challenges are enveloping the planet, threatening life and humanity itself: escalating extreme weather events, shifting global population and power balances, widening socioeconomic disparities, and rising tensions among extremists and mainstream populations. Impact Imperative stems from consultations with over 130 professionals in the burgeoning impact innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment space. As Dr. Ryan shares insights from these impact innovators about how we can meet these challenges in the next few decades and beyond, she encourages readers to think about how our own consequential actions in the present can propel us--individually and collectively--toward more optimal futures. Or increasingly destructive futures.Author Biography
Dr. Pamela Ryan received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin with award winning research on the psychology of decision-making in the US venture capital industry. A dual USA-Australian citizen, Dr. Ryan has held leadership positions in multiple international organizations, including the Tingari Silverton Foundation, Psychology Beyond Borders, Issues Deliberation Australia. Her unique skill set and diverse experiences as a psychologist, entrepreneur, investor, business manager, researcher and author have been applied in business, political and psychosocial arenas around the world. Dr. Ryan has taught entrepreneurship at the McCombs Business School at the University of Texas and the psychology of decision-making at the Australian Graduate School of Management.
