Publications & Media

Pracademic · Poet · Possibilist

Library of publications and media — Engage with your mind. Engage with your heart.

A repository of knowledge about transforming systems, leadership, business and technology, and a treasury of poetry and art to catalyse reflection and inspiration.

Technologies of Hope: An Earth-Saving Mission — book cover

Coming 2026

Technologies of Hope

An Earth-Saving Mission

Routledge · 2026

Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy — book cover

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Thriving

The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy

Fast Company Press · 2022

All 46 books — 2002 to 2026

Technologies of Hope: An Earth-Saving Mission — book cover

Keys to the Maze: Poems for Purposeful Living — book cover

Change the World: Poems for Positive Action — book cover

Everyday Inspiration: Philosophy for Daily Living — book cover

Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy — book cover

Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living – Volume 5 — book cover

Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living – Volume 4 — book cover

Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living – Volume 2 — book cover

Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living – Volume 3 — book cover

Global Leadership Skills Workbook — book cover

Follow Me (I'm Lost): The Tale of an Unexpected Leader — book cover

Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living – Volume 1 — book cover

The Little Book of Quotations on Transformational Change — book cover

The Little Book of Quotations on Sustainable Business — book cover

The Poetry of Business: A CEO's Quest for Meaning — book cover

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 1 (Africa & Middle East) — book cover

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 2 (Asia Pacific) — book cover

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 3 (Europe) — book cover

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 4 (Americas) — book cover

The Little Book of Quotations on Social Responsibility — book cover

The CSR International Research Compendium: Volume 1 (Governance) — book cover

The CSR International Research Compendium: Volume 2 (Environment) — book cover

The CSR International Research Compendium: Volume 3 (Society) — book cover

Sustainable Frontiers: Unlocking Change through Business, Leadership and Innovation — book cover

This is Tomorrow: Artists for a Sustainable Future — book cover

Disrupting the Future: Great Ideas for Creating a Much Better World — book cover

Life in Transit: Favourite Travel & Tribute Poems — book cover

CSR 2.0: Transforming Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility — book cover

Icarus: Favourite Love Poems — book cover

Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility: An Introductory Text on CSR Theory & Practice — book cover

The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility — book cover

String, Donuts, Bubbles and Me: Favourite Philosophical Poems — book cover

African Dream: Inspiring Words & Images from the Luminous Continent — book cover

The Age of Responsibility: CSR 2.0 and the New DNA of Business — book cover

Seize the Day: Favourite Inspirational Poems — book cover

The World Guide to CSR: A Country by Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility — book cover

Wishing Leaves: Favourite Nature Poems — book cover

Landmarks for Sustainability: Events and Initiatives that Changed Our World — book cover

The Top 50 Sustainability Books — book cover

Making A Difference: Purpose-Inspired Leadership for Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility — book cover

I Am An African: Favourite Africa Poems — book cover

The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations — book cover

Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past, Paths to the Future — book cover

Business Frontiers: Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Economic Justice — book cover

South Africa: Reasons to Believe — book cover

Beyond Reasonable Greed: Why Sustainable Business is a Much Better Idea — book cover

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Everyday Inspiration

2023 · Kaleidoscope Futures

Philosophy for daily living — bite-size reflections on art, ageing, love and loss.

The Business Case for Sustainability

Aug 2023 · University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Why sustainability is now a core driver of long-term business value.

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From Sustainability to Regeneration

6:19 · Conversation

Why responsibility is no longer enough — and what regeneration asks of business.

Eye Study

2025 · Pencil

A study in observation — the eye as window and as witness.

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Hand-picked highlights

Wayne's picks across each format — a curated way in.

Thriving — book cover

Thriving

2022 · Fast Company Press

The breakthrough movement to regenerate nature, society and the economy.

“The leader as astronaut, artist, alchemist and athlete.”

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Integrated Leadership

Jul 2017 · HuffPost

Four archetypes for leading in a complex, changing world.

Dancing With Systems — podcast cover art

Featured Podcast

Dancing With Systems

Living the art of systems change

Exploring the practice of systems thinking and how to move gracefully with complexity, transformation and change.

Wayne Discusses Thriving

Wayne Discusses Thriving

1:22 · Book intro

A short introduction to the Thriving movement.

“Let's change the world, let's shift it Let's shake and remake it”

Change the World

Signature reflection

A quiet manifesto — change as the patient pull of the sea.

I Am An African

Featured Artwork

I Am An African

2012 · Acrylic on canvas

A textured tribute — the painted companion to the signature poem.

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