The world faces some big shocks in the realms of sustainability and climate change, and the ways of thinking about the future described in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book, The Black Swan, will come in handy. But two competing black swans — climate change itself or worldwide action to pursue sustainability — both of which seem unlikely, are competing. Let’s hope the second one wins.
One of the hottest concepts in strategy and management today is the idea of open innovation. Gone are the highly secluded R&D departments funded by a single company…In its place, in theory, are hubs of collaboration capturing ideas from customers, academia, or some guys in a garage somewhere.
The 2010 Fortune 500 list just came out and I’m completely blown away by Wal-Mart’s size. We all know that the retail giant is the
[From my column on Harvard Business Online] At a recent executive education program on sustainability, I spoke about the many tactical ways to reduce environmental
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility
