If you know a man’s convictions, you can predict his actions. If you understand the dominant philosophy of a society, you can predict its course. But convictions and philosophy are matters open to man’s choice. Ayn Rand ... [Continue Reading]

Chris McKnett of State Street Global Advisors presents the case for institutional investors becoming the driving force of influencing corporations to take stronger action with sustainability initiatives in this 12 minute TEDtalk: ... [Continue Reading]

The liquid network. The slow hunch. The coffee house. The cafeteria table. Connecting ideas over protecting them. These are the suggestions that Steven Johnson covers off in this insightful 18 minute TEDtalk. http://youtu.be/0af00UcTO-c ... [Continue Reading]

Designer Leyla Acarogluc provides an educational and insightful tutorial into the complex nature of some of our "sustainability choices". Paper versus plastic is not as straight-forward as we sometimes like to think it is... ... [Continue Reading]

Twitter always struck me as equivalent to the person wandering the streets, talking loudly to no one in particular. So I found this short YouTube video to be a good illustration of "Twitter in real life", and a good chuckle for your day. ... [Continue Reading]

One of themes in my company's personal branding public workshops is to think about how to best promote your brand via social media. However, it takes a lot of time and energy to "feed the machine" and so you want to be very selective about choosing ... [Continue Reading]

Here's a short TEDtalk (6 minutes) suggesting that we can link success to the measure of "grit". Grit, by some definition, seems to be the combination of passion and persistence, and is linked to having a "growth mindset". Silly me, I thought "grit" ... [Continue Reading]