As a diversity and inclusion executive, I’ve watched many initiatives waver, stall, or at worse, completely fail. What brings about these downfalls isn’t strategy – the ideas are usually sound. …
Does Spirituality Belong in Business (Podcast)
Dr. Louis W. (Jody) Fry is the founder of the International Institute for Spiritual Leadership and a professor at Texas A&M Central Texas. Fry’s most recent book is titled Maximizing …
How One CEO Helps Humanity Kick the Plastic Bag Habit
Keller, as Bag Monster. The costume is created from 500 plastic bags, the approximate number used per American each year. Andy Keller was an unemployed business school graduate when he …
If Sustainability Costs You More, You’re Doing it Wrong. The Do’s and Don’ts of Sustainable Value Chain Management
There is a lot of anecdotal information on what makes a value chain sustainable, but very little data. To change that, we partnered with ASQ, the Institute for Supply Management, …
Building Our Body of CR Knowledge
Note: This guest blog is provided by CR Magazine and the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association. The Center for Values-Driven Leadership is a member of the CROA and actively supports its …
Convincing the Sustainability Skeptics in Your Company (and Beyond)
There are two types of sustainability skeptics, those who don’t believe environmental concern is any concern of theirs; and those who acknowledge the importance of ecological care, but aren’t certain …
“So, a duck walks into a bar….” (New Approaches to Corporate Sustainability)
———– Dave Smith is an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and a student in the Ph.D./D.B.A. program in Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer. ———– …
The New Green Alchemy – Stu Hart on Disruptive Technology and Reverse Innovation
———————————————————————— Stuart L Hart is a leading authority on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy. He is the founder of Enterprise for a Sustainable World, www.e4sw.org. This blog is …
Leaving a Positive Beer Print Behind
Forum Speaker: Bart Alexander, Corporate Responsibility VP, MolsonCoors If you knocked back a few cold ones this past weekend, you left a series of “beer prints.” Beer prints are more …