The toughest nut to crack in business sustainability change is the most intriguing to me.  That nut centers around the idea of a corporation leaving its status-seeking, go it alone, competitive ways and instead embracing teamwork, collaboration, partnerships, co-creation, coopetition, or whatever term best fits.  Whether internal “teams” or … Read on >

Our culture is changing.  No longer are people in the same job for 30 years.  Some people do just fine without a college degree and others end up in careers that have had nothing to do with any previous education.  Life and work were never linear, even though cultural expectations … Read on >

A newly released report from the Weinreb Group on how sustainability reached the C-Suite has been getting much coverage and starting great conversations this week. Of the ten key findings in “The CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) Back Story,” three, in particular, caught my eye – from … Read on >

If influencing a mass of citizens toward sustainable behavior is anywhere within your mission, start with women.

I often write about sustainability hidden in plain sight, in terms of what a person or company may already be doing that could be or help drive further sustainability.  In the same way, women … Read on >

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Originally published in The Huffington Post, September 13, 2011

What if your thought leadership got you very little recognition today but contributed to an … Read on >

First published on HuffPost Green, August 5, 2011

Because of its potential to change the minds of those people and businesses not currently in the sustainability choir, what I call sustainability hidden in plain sight is an … Read on >

When you think about corporations doing things right, your mind doesn’t immediately  think of a candy bar, but maybe it should.  In the course of my research on the attributes of corporate sustainability leaders, I came across a reference to … Read on >

*This article first published in the July 2011 issue of my quarterly newsletter.

Thinking sustainably is about seeing the interconnections of systems around a particular business problem or issue. Since, among other things, the people involved, the natural world, and government regulations are ever-changing, there’s no way for a business … Read on >

I recently heard Bruce Karas, Coca Cola’s VP of Environment and Sustainability, speak about that corporation’s continuing efforts to embed sustainability in their culture.  And, while he was referring specifically to the beverage maker’s activities and increasing awareness, I … Read on >

Just a single day at last week’s BALLE conference in Bellingham, WA, gave me a lot to think about.  Here’s an excerpt from my HuffingtonPost piece:

“Living Economies.” Though the phrase is a mouthful, a lot more businesses, and businesspeople, … Read on >