Stranded assets, stranded egos and stranded careers
Stranded assets are a big barrier to change. Both environmental and economic progress can be stifled by stranded assets. But[…]
Sustainability: What about “values”?
I just published an article on “Helping business leaders talk about sustainability.” The article focused on business “value,” with virtually[…]
Connecting the Disconnected Executive
Many of us are suffering from Disconnnected Executive Syndrome (DES). Regardless of what may show up in the CEO letter[…]
Sitting here in (strategic) limbo…
Many of us are sitting here in limbo (with all due respect to the reggae management guru Jimmy Cliff). Senior[…]
Which comes first: strategy or capacity?
That’s the chicken-and-egg dilemma most strategists face sooner or later: Do you develop the strategy you need, despite lacking the[…]
Sustainable confusion
“Language gets in the way,” lamented a participant at a meeting of corporate EHS and sustainability officers. We had eagerly[…]
“It’s the revenue…”
Back in the 1992 US Presidential election, James Carville reportedly posted a sign on the wall at the Bill Clinton[…]
