September 29, 2009 – 8:55 am
In a recent column in Colorado Business Magazine, author Larry Turner reports on a panel discussion among three Colorado business leaders who’ve seen improved revenues and business performance in spite of the recession. Beyond the usual, and worthy, advice about moving quickly, cutting costs and finding ways to enhance revenues, two themes really struck me:
Collaboration [...]
December 9, 2008 – 11:52 am
This morning I interviewed Steve Meyer, Founder and CEO of Mainstreet Pedicabs, on my BlogTalkRadio Show. Steve started off studying both Ecology and Economics, worked in real estate development for a few years, and then started Mainstreet Pedicabs. Mainstreet is the largest manufacturer of pedicabs in North America, and ships pedicabs to major cities all [...]
December 2, 2008 – 7:02 pm
Last night I read a fascinating article in What is Enlightenment? Magazine (www.wie.org) by Howard Bloom subtitled “Descartes’ Delusion”. The delusion was that René Descartes settled himself into a house in Amsterdam, back in 1636, and decided he’d sit there, more or less by himself, until he penetrated the bedrock of reality, ie “What is [...]
November 24, 2008 – 6:54 pm
My BlogTalkRadio guest today was Kim Callis from General Mills. Kim’s job is integrating sustainability into the fabric of General Mills’ operations. Give it a listen – we had a great conversation – but I want to share one big point I was left with.
General Mills mission is to “Nourish Lives, Nourish Communities, and Nourish [...]
November 20, 2008 – 12:06 am
In the last two weeks, I’ve had conversations on my radio show with two gentlemen who work with very different ends of the business spectrum.
Last week, I spoke with Graham Russell, Executive Director of CORE Colorado. CORE is a non-profit business association dedicated to promoting more environmentally and socially responsible business practices in Colorado and [...]
November 3, 2008 – 11:18 pm
One of the issues many of us have with the term “sustainability” is that it sounds static. It runs smack into our beliefs in creativity, innovation and progress. What if you could develop a for-profit business model that actually improved the environment and the social and economic conditions of people in the supply chain? That’s [...]
August 19, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Last month I had the good fortune to help my colleague Susan Skjei facilitate the Lean and Green Summit in Boulder, Colorado. The big message for me was how much the field of “lean thinking” offers for companies thinking about sustainability. One of the nagging issues with sustainability is defining what it actually would look [...]