Driving sustainability: A glimpse of South Africa
It was my first time in Africa since leaving Ethiopia 50 years ago. We’ve both changed. A whirlwind week in[…]
Sustainability: What about “values”?
I just published an article on “Helping business leaders talk about sustainability.” The article focused on business “value,” with virtually[…]
The green whisperer
She is supposed to talk about sustainability in a company that isn’t sure sustainability is a serious topic. She’s probably[…]
Scale up
That’s my New Year’s resolution: Scale up. Huh? Aren’t New Year’s resolutions supposed to be about scaling down? Pledging to[…]
Public ends, private means
Affordable student housing in a 12th century convent in Venice. A food truck collaborative in a gritty Boston suburb. Mobile-phone charging[…]
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[…]
Communicating sustainability: the new PAR for the course
Last week I saw two very different groups wrestle with communicating sustainability. One, made up of industry leaders and academics[…]
Sustainable confusion
“Language gets in the way,” lamented a participant at a meeting of corporate EHS and sustainability officers. We had eagerly[…]
New Year’s resolutions for sustainability and strategy professionals
As a sustainability or strategy professional, you probably have too many commitments for 2012 already. But in case you’re in[…]
