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February 10, 2012

What I’m Reading: Out of the Bronx; Resilient People, Resilient Planet; They Rule

Not everything about the cookie industry is sweet – in fact, the recent trials and tribulations of union workers at the Stella D’Oro and Archway & Mothe

February 9, 2012

Social Entrepreneurs in Action: Co-Founders of Two Degrees Food

Guest Blog Post by Lauren Walters and Will Hauser, co-founders, Two Degrees Food, San Francisco, CA Note: This is the first in a new series of blog post I wil f

January 31, 2012

The Values That Created Seventh Generation, Part 2: Rethinking Sustainability

We discussed in two earlier posts the idea of “global imperatives.” The values and beliefs that became our roadmap to helping to create the world at its bes

January 24, 2012

The Values That Created Seventh Generation, Part 1: Consciousness

I discussed in an earlier post the idea of “global imperatives.” The values and beliefs that became Seventh Generation’s roadmap to helping to create the

January 20, 2012

What I’m Reading: Crowdsourcing Management Reviews; The Co-operative Advantage; Why We Need an Entrepreneurial Presidency

As I was writing The Responsibility Revolution, it gave me the opportunity to take an inside look at Linden Labs, the creators of Second Life – and, in partic

January 17, 2012

What Guides the Vision of Values-Based Businesses?

At Seventh Generation, we used something we called “global imperatives” to represent our role in the world that we dream of – the world at its best, most

January 13, 2012

What I’m Reading: Workers’ Rights in China; Fair Trade USA Splits from Fair Trade International; and the Need for Truly Groundbreaking Leadership

A company is made of many components – ideas, strategies, products, research, buildings, the list could go on and on. But, there is one thing intrinsic to all

January 10, 2012

Don’t Fire Employees To Fix Financial Problems Caused by Senior Management

While most businesses will claim, “people are their greatest and most important asset,” few businesses behave in a manner that’s aligned with those words.

January 6, 2012

What I’m Reading: 3 Must-Have Sustainability Apps; B-Corps in CA; Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Takes on “Big Guys”

Starting this month (and continuing every week), I’m sharing with you, every Friday, what I’m reading for the week – what intrigues me, inspires me, ignit

December 28, 2011

Magnify Your Voice & Your Influence

Give yourself a gift this holiday season that will magnify your voice and your influence. For the millions of small- and medium-sized businesses in America, the

December 20, 2011

A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism

Al Gore and David Blood, his partner in the multi-billion private equity fund, Generation Investment Management, recently opined on “How businesses can embrac

December 13, 2011

Awards for Green-ness

What we need today are companies who are willing to make bold, revolutionary commitments even if they don’t yet know how they’ll be able to fulfill them. I