- Published: 5 November 2019
- ISBN: 9780753552834
- Imprint: WH Allen
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $36.99
This Could Be Our Future
A Manifesto for a More Generous World

















- Published: 5 November 2019
- ISBN: 9780753552834
- Imprint: WH Allen
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $36.99
In this wise, and sometimes bracing, manifesto, he reveals how hidden assumptions about what matters have coarsened our culture and corroded our values. Then shows how to create organizations and institutions built less on maximizing financial gain and more on family, faith, and sustainability. This book is the conversation starter our world needs
Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN, DRIVE, and A WHOLE NEW MIND
Audacious and elevating: a thought-provoking read for anyone who knows there’s more to life than accumulating wealth
Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of GIVE AND TAKE, ORIGINALS, and OPTION B
A fresh vision of a people before profit model that benefits all stakeholders. Preach on Yancey!!
Simon Sinek, Optimist and New York Times bestselling author of START WITH WHY and LEADERS EAT LAST
A beautiful, simple, important book. If we all follow its advice, the world will be a far better place for our children and grandchildren
Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO
A seminal work, it puts a long overdue stake through the heart of profit maximization and all the harm this toxic idea has caused. Beautifully written, thoughtfully researched, a must read for nyone who cares about where we’re headed
Seth Godin
This book is a gift to humanity ... If you’ve got future-fatigue, this book might be the perfect bedtime story to help you sleep at night
Amanda Palmer, musician and bestselling author of THE ART OF ASKING
This bold, moving book explains why forging a more humane, equitable society depends on a fundamental shift not just in values, but in the very way we define what value is. This is urgent, actionable reading for how to start seeing the bigger picture and making real change
Eric Ries, bestselling author of THE LEAN STARTUP
Throughout history, societies have fallen for the fallacy that the world around them is how things are destined to be forever—only in hindsight do we see how wrong and short-sighted they were. This Could Be Our Future is a brilliant exercise in reasoning from first principles, challenging our assumptions about how the world must be
Tim Urban, writer of WAIT BUT WHY
Want to actually change the world for the better? Start here
Sophia Amoruso, bestselling author of #GIRLBOSS
Reading This Could Be Our Future should be a requirement for all who endeavour to build and lead humane organizations
Jerry Colonna, author of REBOOT: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up
Yancey’s career has been predicated on debunking unbridled self-interest––especially of the financial kind. In this book, he promotes a new design for society based on a more generous sharing of riches, ideas, and destinies
Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art
Intriguing ideas on how to create a better world … A valid evaluation of the modern world and why it needs to shift from financial maximization to something more humane
Kirkus Reviews