The Pinchot Perspective

The Pinchot Perspective has been rather consistent for several generations. The rational greatest good for the greatest number in the long run cohabits strangely with a less rational but equally powerful reverence for nature, equality and adventure.

I long for a resilient, ecologically restorative and more egalitarian civilization. A resilient civilization is one that has great capacity to adapt to shocks, shortages, attacks and subsystem failures.

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Sustainable business school founder, entrepreneur, father, author-speaker-consultant on intrapreneuring, sustainable innovation and organizational intelligence. I have founded and sold three businesses, one each in manufacturing, software and consulting.

My current passions: transforming business practice toward environmental and social responsibility, adaptation to climate change and sharing the Earth’s resources equitably.

Bio

I am the President and a founder of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, a leader in the movement to bring sustainability and economic justice into the business school curriculum and thereby into business practice. The Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs has awarded BGI more first place rankings than any other school. Business Week has named BGI one of the 60 top “D Schools”.

• Bainbridge Graduate Institute
• MBA in Sustainable Business
• Certificate Program in Sustainable Business
• ACICS Accreditation

Articles

• Ecololgy & and Business Success
• The Autobahn's Future and One-Liter Class Racing

I am the author of Intrapreneuring, a bestseller published in 15 languages. I am credited as coining the term “Intrapreneur” which is now included in numerous dictionaries. I am also the co-author of a number of other books on Innovation & Intrapreneuring, and numerous articles.

Books:

• Intrapreneuring:
  Why You Don't Have to Leave the Corporation to Become an Entrepreneur
  (Harper & Row, 1985)
• Intrapreneuring in Action:
  A Handbook for Business Innovation
  (w/Ron Pellman; Berrett-Koehler Publishers 1999)
• The End of Bureaucracy & Rise of the Intelligent Organization
  Engaging the Talent & Initiative of Everyone in the Workplace
  (w/Elizabeth Pinchot; Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1994)
• Book Sets & More...

Articles:

• The Gift Economy:
  Not all economies are based on maximizing personal gain - some are founded on giving
  (1995)
• More Articles...

Resources:

• History of Intrapreneuring
• Innovation Survey Report

I am the founder and CEO of Pinchot & Company, which helps companies to innovate faster and more profitably and to become more sustainable. We do innovation audits, intrapreneurial and ecopreneuring training. We help organizations create profitable solutions to climate change, social justice, resource supply reliability and other sustainability challenges. We help companies develop the organizational intelligence needed to deal effectively with the multidimensional challenges of multiple bottom lines. Pinchot & Company’s client list includes over half of the Fortune 100.

• Consulting & Services
• Clients