Our world faces multiple existential challenges. The ways of doing business and governing nations are now dysfunctional and we are traversing the abyss to extinction. This book identifies a credible path to bypass this disaster.
It is anchored on a leadership leap from ‘knowledge’ to ‘wisdom’, driven by political and business leaders manifesting key traits of awareness, bridge-building, and compassion. We are at a watershed moment in human history.
While capitalism is unreformable and set for burial, capitalists (owners of capital) can flourish, provided they embrace the inescapable truism that the primacy of profit must make way for the predominance of people and the planet.
This demands a paradigm shift from capitalism to Peopleism—a new system of governance that will nurture true democracy rooted in equity, sustainability, transparency, and justice. Capitalism to Peopleism is not just a game-changer; it is a new game-creator. It evolves the essential features of ‘an economics that works for all’, emphasizing a growth strategy that discards the myth of ‘trickle-down’ policies to unveil a ‘surge-up’ development structure, not in incremental tweaks but through systemic transformation.
The book invites you to ‘shape your future before it shapes you’. It is a book that inspires and empowers everyone who aspires to live in a safer, happier world.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Over the last two decades, a handful of big capitalists (owners of capital) in many countries, have made Capitalism virtually 'unreformable". This has generated a global consensus that the current ways of doing business and governing nations have become dysfunctional and are no longer sustainable.
Why is it so? What can the worthy capitalists - who comprise the majority of entrepreneurs and employment-creators in every nation, do about it? What is the role "we the people" are beginning to play? These are the issues addressed in my new book:
The book evolves a compelling conviction that: "While capitalism prevailed as the dominant economic idea of the twentieth century, Peopleism will emerge as the viable new economic architecture for the twenty-first century – when every individual will truly matter."
The book outlines a new leadership script, anchored on three big leaps:
1) A leap from Capitalism to ‘Peopleism’—a new governance system to nurture an ‘unfracturable’ democracy, rooted in equity, sustainability, transparency, and justice.
2) A leap from Knowledge to Wisdom - as we are entering an era of the ‘survival of the wisest’. This alone can enable humankind to manage AI.
3) A leap from 'Piecemeal Fixes' to 'Systemic Transformation'—to reinvent 'Economics that works for all'.
A FLAVOUR OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED:
Ravi Chaudhry has brilliantly captured the need to reimagine our collapsing economic system with humanity and ambition.
- Paul Polman, co-author, Net Positive; former CEO, Unilever
I have favored Nordic Capitalism as moving in the right direction. Peopleism is the next step.
- Philip Kotler, world famous Marketing and Management Guru.
Capitalism to Peopleism is a ground-breaking book that challenges the status quo and presents a visionary path forward. It empowers individuals to shape a better future with wisdom, compassion, and inclusive leadership.
- Tomas Björkman, founder, Ekskäret Foundation, Sweden
This book is a pathway to a world in which humanity has solved critical problems. Everyone should read this book.
- Jim Garrison, Founder and President, Ubiquity University, USA
Capitalism to Peopleism is a work of incredible original thinking, ‘inspiring a leadership transformation’, before human civilization runs out of time. An essential read for those who care about their future.
- Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President and CEO, World Business Academy, USA