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31 reviews for:
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
John Mackey, Rajendra Sisodia
3.45 AVERAGE
31 reviews for:
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
John Mackey, Rajendra Sisodia
3.45 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Interesting, but seemed a little too biased. Only made it through half of it, may try to pick it up again eventually. Didn't provide enough of a "devil's advocate's" POV, which limits the depth of the analysis of capitalism vs socialism, etc.
While the idea are good, the writing is less then great. Reads like a commercial for Whole Foods.
This is a well-written and structured optimistic business book that encourages stakeholder care as opposed to shareholder focus. So, Whole Foods takes whole paychecks. I don’t think their selling an expensive, healthy lifestyle detracts from this book’s aim: encouraging entrepreneurs and businesses to keep improving for a better world.
informative
slow-paced
While some of the ideas in this book are helpful, the authors fail to dive deeper into the *why*. They do not engage with a deeper meaning of why people should follow this model or why capitalism has ended up in the state it is currently in.
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Revealed pathways for humanity and sustainability in business. Very removed from lived realities of the working class.
informative
slow-paced
This book provides an interesting perspective, but I believe it’s mis-titled. “In defense of capitalism” or “How Whole Foods does capitalism well” would be more fitting. I was hoping to hear more critiques about the oppressive structure of capitalism and how businesses and individuals can navigate it more consciously, but instead, this read as a brag book for Whole Foods. More empirical data would’ve been nice as well. Decent read though.
I love the thesis of the book - conscious capitalism. It really is the defense of capitalism, and the explanation of why the business world needs to change, that many have been waiting for and trying to articulate. However, there were times where it was a big hard to get through and it became a little too philosophical. More examples would have been helpful.
I liked this just as much as I thought I would. This is essentially just Whole Foods propaganda that only focused in on the shareholders aspect of conscious capitalism. Would not recommend if you're actually interested in learning more about the idea of conscious capitalism.