Bruce W. Piasecki

Bruce W. Piasecki (born 1955) is an American author, academic, and environmentalist. He is the founder and president of AHC Group.

Early life and education Bruce Piasecki was born on February 1, 1955, in West Islip, Long Island, New York. He was raised by his widowed mother, Lillian Anna (née Kureczko) Piasecki, who fostered children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Piasecki graduated from Cornell University, where he earned a doctorate under literary historian M. H. Abrams.

Career After completing his doctorate, Piasecki served as an associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he directed an environmental management program. He has also taught at Clarkson University and Cornell University. At Clarkson, he taught courses including Great Books in Western Civilization and the biography of Benjamin Franklin for ten years.

In 1981, Piasecki founded AHC Group, Inc. to advise businesses on environmental strategy and public policy. His 2007 book, World Inc., examines the increasing role of corporations in addressing global challenges and was later published in multiple foreign-language editions. In March 2012, the hardcover edition of Doing More with Less: The New Way to Wealth (Wiley), reached #5 spot on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. VoiceAmerica interviewer David Gibbons called it "a fine book that weaves its way through the definitions of frugality and historical context as framed by the lives of Benjamin Franklin among others." Another book, New World Companies, was reviewed by Kirkus, which called it "Optimistic and full of good intentions."

In 2021, Piasecki and his wife, Andrea Masters, launched the Creative Force Fund Award for Social Impact Journalists. The award is given to young journalists covering business and society who are under the age of 35. In 2023, he published his memoir Doing More With One Life: A Writer's Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future. In 2024, Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society was published.

Piasecki's latest book, Stan the Man: Back to Basics, is a contemporary narrative set on Long Island, New York. Paris-based podcaster Mia Funk wrote the introduction. Piasecki is a frequent contributor to and podcast guest on Funk's The Creative Process.

In 2024, Worth magazine named Piasecki to its "Worthy 100" list.

PBS is roducing a prime-time special, Doing More with Less, The Ben Franklin Way, centered on Piasecki’s life and work. The program is scheduled to air in early 2026.