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]
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]
How to detoxify your business
If you buy into the concept that business is -- by design and structure -- an inherently "toxic machine", then one question that has to be asked is.... How would one go about truly detoxifying their business? While a fundamental belief of this ... [Continue Reading]
Toxic Consumption — toys
An article this morning in the local paper -- The Ottawa Citizen -- caught my eye. You can read the article here; it is planned as a three part series that looks at how illegal toxins (like lead) get into child's toys.... Of course, there is ... [Continue Reading]
Detoxing — some straightforward solutions
In earlier posts, I've laid out in some detail the "problems" that businesses generate in our society, which are both intended and unintended consequences of the construction of our market economy. The solutions to these challenges are ... [Continue Reading]
At the heart of business — 3 ironies
Being fascinated by business I have spent some time studying the specific toxic natures of the machine. And as any good engineer is taught to proceed, I have deconstructed the machine to try to better understand how and why it operates the way ... [Continue Reading]
Businesses behaving badly
We are suffering some significant shocks to our economy, from oil prices and environmental anxiety, to a variety of contaminated consumer products, and now a major financial crisis. Corporate greed, stupidity, regulations, and corruption are blamed ... [Continue Reading]
