TO BE OF USE
by Dave Smith (9781577314905)

A son of the conservative South and president of his college's Young Christian Club, Dave Smith was radicalized by Vietnam. The young Porsche-driving computer programmer went to work with Cisar Chavez during the formative years of the United Farm Workers. From there, Smith became instrumental in founding a series of businesses - including the seminal gardening and lifestyle company Smith and Hawken - that planted the seeds for the now-burgeoning organic and sustainable business movements. In this fascinating memoir of his transformation, Smith shows how business can be a force for radical change, that business driven by simple core values - not the hijacked values of right-wing extremism but common values of compassion and decency - can truly make the world a better place. "To Be of Use" is both an entertaining, stirring read and a thoughtful guide to making our work lives personally meaningful again.

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