Kochleffels of the world, unite!
My Midwestern American Methodist wife loves Yiddish. From the day she discovered she was a shiksa, her two favorite words[…]
Risk, resilience and the rear-view mirror
Over the last month, in client work sessions and in conferences in San Francisco and Chicago, I’ve had conversations with[…]
Sustainability goals that matter
Goals can be strange things. For an athlete, shaving a few hundredths of a second can make all the difference. […]
The Sustainability Bazaar
Walking through the bazaar in Istanbul recently, I had a sustainability moment. It had nothing to do with packaging or[…]
Brick and mortar – and marble
On a canal in Venice last month, I got to see another “public ends, private means” project that’s gone from[…]
I was wrong about CSR/sustainability reporting
I’ve been skeptical about the value of CSR/sustainability reporting. I now have to admit I was wrong. Partly. For years,[…]
Fit for Purpose?
A lot of EHS and Sustainability leaders are quietly questioning their management systems. I’m hearing comments like: “We have a[…]
Feeding sustainability: Malden launches
You might debate the food/energy/water nexus. You can’t debate the food/energy nexus I saw Friday night in Malden, Massachusetts. A[…]
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[…]
