Al Gore and David Blood, his partner in the multi-billion private equity fund, Generation Investment Management, recently opined on “How businesses can embrac
We are a society consistently in search of a quick fix – from diets to energy, we want the quick and easy solution, and we want it today, to hell with what to
Having not broken my obsession with the print version of The New York Times, I was thrilled to greet Black Friday by opening to a full-page ad from Patagonia th
So here’s the good news: we absolutely have the ability to solve our current global environmental, social and economic crises. The not-so-good news: Do we hav
The Harvard Business Review hosts an excellent Online Forum titled The CEO’s Role in Fixing the System. A recent post by Raymond V. Gilmartin caught my
First, 7 things to remind yourself of every day: Your passion: Only do what you’re deeply passionate about. There will not only be bumps in the road, but tren
Thomas Freidman recently passed along an excellent suggestion that he found on a blog: “U.S. congressmen should have to dress like NASCAR drivers and wear the
Last week, my recently launched consulting firms –Jeffrey Hollender Partners and CommonWise – hosted the senior leadership team of the Mondragon Cooperative
The implications of the US government annually investing 90% less than the Chinese have in developing and manufacturing alternative energy technology has doomed
All unhappy people are alike – in that they negatively affect a business’ financial bottom line. Several years ago, Gallup estimated that the cost of Americ
I’ve never met Jeremy Grantham, but if you read what he writes there’s some big money that believes the time has come for transformational change. Grantham
Fred Freundlich, a native of the Boston area, moved to Mondragon for the first time in 1982, in his mid-twenties. He was fascinated by a business world that he
