Just a few days ago, I blogged about the tainting of soft drinks through supply chain malfeasance here. I just came across this blog entry by Guardian writer George Monbiot which outlines the facts behind a very interesting -- and hard to trace -- ... [Continue Reading]
Green marketing — the reality
I'm fascinated by the idea and practice of "green marketing". What this looks like currently is labeling on products that tell you that the carbon footprint is lower (Than what? Than it used to be? Is that OK, or just better?), the food is organic ... [Continue Reading]
Business truths — realities & outcomes
Over my many years as a business practitioner and amateur researcher/reader, I have been trying to "figure out" business, in all of its fascinating complexity. By being able to break it down into it's component pieces I hope to be able to better ... [Continue Reading]
Tainted Supply Chain — here we go again…
In the June 18th 2011 issue of the Economist newspaper (look -- it's in a magazine format, it gets issued weekly, it looks, feels, and smells like a magazine -- why do they insist on calling it a newspaper...??? That's my only criticism of the ... [Continue Reading]
Humor — the best preparation for crazy interview questions?
I recall at various times when going through formal job interviews being asked the odd "crazy" question that had little to do with the company or the role I was being interviewed for. They were questions like: "what is the weight -- in kilos -- of a ... [Continue Reading]
Porter’s “Shared Value” idea: Where’s the Beef?
As I have been exploring various pathways of my "business detox" investigations, a number of colleagues have suggested that I really needed to read Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's (apparently provocative) HBR article entitled "The Big Idea: Creating ... [Continue Reading]
Who’s in charge here?
I came across a wonderful blog post today from fellow blogger "The HR Capitalist". I'm a fairly recent reader of his and while I'm much more of a business guy than an HR guy I do like his take on the intersection of HR and business. His post is ... [Continue Reading]
100 days of stepping out
I've been focused on walking my 10,000 steps per day for several months now, so I thought I would provide a quick update on my progress here. I first mentioned my "new walking habit" in this blog post... What does this have to do with business ... [Continue Reading]
In Praise of Older Workers
Now, as part of the tailing edge of the baby boomers myself, this all might seem to be somewhat self-serving to the younger audience, but hey, apparently there is a lot to be said about older workers -- not least that there are boatloads of us ... [Continue Reading]
The environment: Pricing the “priceless”
As I wrote about in an earlier blog entry, one of the ironies of living in a market based economy is that "if you truly believe something is priceless, you need to be prepared to put a price on it." You can rail against the injustice and preach the ... [Continue Reading]
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