The New New Coke
Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Philanthropy, Responsibility | 6 Comments »Coke's come up with yet another formula, but this time it's doing away with an old one. Don't worry, it's not Coke Three or Coke Absolute Zero, but the Coca-Cola Global Community Connections. The company is reconfiguring its philanthropic activities ...
Eco Wizards and Green Paper
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Environment, Green, Responsibility, Technology | No Comments »Imagine a country in which a child can read a story about wizards that's printed on environmentally friendly paper! Well, the U.S. is half way there. I came across an article today that left me elated and deflated. The good news: the ...
Watt Coms and Clean Tech
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Energy, Responsibility, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »I came across a great article today entitled, "Start-up fervor shifts to energy in Silicon Valley". In it, Matt Richtel of the New York Times discusses how "Silicon Valley's dot-com era may be giving way to the watt-com era." Hopefully ...
So Many Bad Things . . .
Monday, March 12th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Environment, Sustainability, Water | No Comments »Oh man, Mondays are hard enough to deal with. But throw in daylight savings time (so stupid), an incessantly meowing cat and stupid people at the helm of very powerful countries and companies and the shock to the system is ...
Creating Exceptional Value
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Corporations, Globalization, Responsibility, Society, Sustainability | No Comments »I'm currently enrolled in a class called Creating Exceptional Value: Performance Without Compromise. The class is co-taught by Professors Anjan Thakor and Chuck Knight. Knight is the former CEO of Emerson, a St. Louis-based company that experienced tremendous, sustained growth ...
