{"product_id":"the-real-cost-of-regeneration-joel-b-carboni-9798218935412","title":"The Real Cost of Regeneration: Judgement and the Limits of Modern Organizations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Real Cost of Regeneration: Judgment and the Limits of Modern Organizations\u003c\/b\u003e examines why sustainable business strategy, regenerative leadership, and organizational design so often fail-even when intentions are good and effort is high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a leadership self-help book. It is a \u003cb\u003esystems thinking\u003c\/b\u003e analysis of corporate governance, decision-making under pressure, and organizational judgment in modern businesses and institutions-for readers who want to understand why sustainability and ESG efforts fail beyond surface-level explanations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost organizations do not fail because leaders lack courage or values. They fail because \u003cb\u003esystems decide before people do\u003c\/b\u003e. Through alignment, speed, professionalism, portfolio management, risk and assurance processes, and late-stage governance, leadership accountability is quietly displaced and judgment is narrowed long before harm becomes visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for board members, executives, senior leaders, sustainability professionals, and system designers working on \u003cb\u003eESG beyond compliance\u003c\/b\u003e, this book examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy speed becomes a \u003cb\u003edesign constraint\u003c\/b\u003e that eliminates pause and refusal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow alignment and \"professionalism\" replace judgment in leadership teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy risk management and assurance often function as permission, not protection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow portfolio management converts strategic intent into obligation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy formal authority arrives after decisions are already irreversible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow teams absorb harm that systems refuse to hold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy regeneration requires giving up speed, optionality, deniability, and certain forms of power and growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering leadership frameworks or inspirational advice, \u003cb\u003eThe Real Cost of Regeneration\u003c\/b\u003e exposes the structural limits of modern organizational design and asks what would actually have to change for regenerative leadership, sustainable business, and ethical governance to be real rather than performative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for a guide on how to motivate people or optimize performance, this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to understand how systems create harm in well-run organizations-and what \u003cb\u003eregeneration actually costs\u003c\/b\u003e when taken seriously-this book is the conversation most leadership literature avoids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel B. Carboni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218935412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e R. R. Bowker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Joel B. Carboni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447290081535,"sku":"9798218935412","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ba0b0ac-77cd-4fc7-8c67-2f9edc25027c.jpg?v=1777230122","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-real-cost-of-regeneration-joel-b-carboni-9798218935412","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}