Biomimicry in Organizations: Drawing inspiration from nature to find new efficient, effective and sustainable ways of managing business - Paperback

by Cinzia De Rossi (Author), Meaghan Toohey (Translator), Fausto Tazzi (Author)

We are all living in an unprecedented moment of uncertainty and change. The global pandemic outburst is calling companies, teams, organizations to tap into their deepest resilience resources to survive this essay. Yet, this is also a unique opportunity to unlearn and re-learn, to realign and reshape the way we do business, we manage teams, we live our lives. Nature takes and nature gives back: living organisms, thanks to the unrelenting refinements of the evolutionary process, are exceptional models from which we can learn how to obtain radical increases in efficiency and effectiveness of organizational resources. Some of the solutions presented in this essay have already been tested and have already taken root in current organizations, other are more visionary and innovative. But what the bio-mimetic approach suggests is, in its essence, a new and different perspective through which we can re-envision problems and opportunities. In this book you will find a complete new framework that promotes the type of integrated thinking we'll need more and more in the future. At this level, biomimicry is organizational engineering that becomes architecture, poetry, art. This second edition has been re-edited to better underline key concepts and enriched with the back-of-the-businesscard workshops: short and simple exercises to put biomimicry at work for you now.

Author Biography

Fausto Tazzi has more than twenty years of experience as manager in FMCG multinational companies. Graduated in Business Administration, his professional background is mostly in sales and marketing, frequently with international responsibilities. He deeply believes that developing people and inspiring organizations are the key success factors for a modern leader. Cinzia de Rossi is an international executive coach and communication advisor. Her interventions are grounded in business psychology, with a specific focus on the concept of essential leadership. Graduated in Anthropology and Political Science, she has been working for 12 years in the corporate world on strategic communication programs. A change agent in organisations, she supports leaders in identifying the best conditions for sustainable growth. After leaving their home country Italy, they have been based in United Arab Emirates and in Egypt. During their business assignments they have extensively travelled around Middle East & Asia. They currently live in Paris with their newborn daughter Chloé.