Both individuals and companies suffer from collective self-deception and blind spots in their thinking about the environment and their impact upon it. We recycle bottles but drive miles out of our way in gas guzzling cars to purchase groceries and supplies. We take our own bags to the grocery store but buy fruit grown in South America that has an enormous carbon footprint. In the new work by the bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman explains the role of psychology in these decision making processes.
Daniel Goleman's spirited manifesto in favor of "radical transparency" explores the possibility of providing consumers with complete information on the ecological and social impact of the products they buy through their entire life cycle--from the extraction of raw materials to the disposal of waste. Goleman asserts that informing consumers would radically alter manufactures' approaches to environmental and social problems. Goleman narrates his own work in a clear, lively, and well-paced (if didactic) tenor. The book's concepts are simple and clearly accessible, even to a casual listener. His examples of both product impacts and information-delivery systems are numerous and interesting. F.C. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., covered behavioral and brain sciences for The New York Times for twelve years. He has taught at Harvard, his alma mater, and addresses groups and businesses around the world. He is also the author of Emotional Intelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and The Meditative Mind, and is co-author of Primal Leadership and Destructive Emotions.
