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Sustainability Evolves from Fad To Force

July 2, 2009

Sustainability is evolving quickly to become a major force in business practices and in business models. One of the best ways to think about sustainability is the triple bottom line model. This model speaks to developing business models that can show profit in three major areas – environment, economic, and social. Sustainability holds the seeds [...]

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Honda Foresight

May 4, 2009

I was doing some research the other day on Honda, and I found the following fascinating piece of information: In a Business Week article from 1992, the head of engine development for Honda is quoted as saying, “We don’t have much time,” referring to the need to develop new, low-emission engine technology. His assessment of [...]

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Engaging Gen Xers at Work

May 25, 2008

In my white paper about the theory of business and getting work done I made a small case for how collaborative co-creation could be very important for a young generation of workers (called millennials) as a way to engage them at a deeper level then traditional work/jobs. The following article makes a pretty good case [...]

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Sustainability and Innovation

October 25, 2007

Sustainability is generally defined as achieving ‘triple bottom line‘ success. Triple bottom line has also been called ‘full cost accounting‘ and when successful shows economic profit, environmental profit and social profit (some people say: People, Planet, Profit as a way to refer to the triple bottom lines of sustainability). A friend of mine used to [...]

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Made By China

September 29, 2007

In addition the scandals around lead paint and poisonous dog food there is another important trend happening in Chinese manufacturing, and this one might be more enduring. People throughout China now understand that being the world’s manufacturing district has its advantages, but also its limitations. Hence, I have heard from many Chinese the desire to [...]

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The Open Source Green Vehicle

July 13, 2007

Detroit’s auto manufacturers are struggling, but innovation is alive and well in others regions. For example, there’s another open source project to design a car , this one with a green perspective. (See our blog post of May 30, 2007.) The Society for Sustainable Mobility has launched an Open Source Green Vehicle project with the [...]

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