I recently spent a day and a half in our quarterly board meeting. Many more hours went into preparing for it. I have put more than 30 years of my life into pre-
Who wins when multi-national corporations acquire small, natural-products companies? The anecdotal evidence suggests it’s not the entrepreneur. While ther
It had all the makings of a nightmare: ”Seventh Generation Battles Carcinogenic Chemical Controversy” “Organic” and “Natural
The most recent study from the research firm Towers Perrin showed that only 21% of employees felt engaged in their work and that fully 38% feel partially or ful
On Monday, February 4th we arrived in Monteverde, Costa Rica for a trek through the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and the Children’s Eternal Rain Forest. Th
The Giants beat the New England in the Super Bowl. John McCain is leading the GOP presidential race. Lee Scott and Bill Gates are calling for a more responsible
The Economists Makes an About Face Last week was an amazing time in the annals of corporate responsibility. Bill Gates, speaking at Davos, called upon busines
Yes! Two weeks ago the Financial Times reported some impressive results from the Employee Ownership Index. “In the UK in recent years, the Employee Ownership
Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Milestone Meeting It caught me off guard, even though I should have expected it. Seated in the front row of the Sam Walton auditoriu
Reflections on Growing to the Seventh Generation Community Sometimes I forget that my job is more about growing my self than growing others. It is – or at lea
Last week the entire Seventh Generation staff headed to Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe Vermont for our annual two day retreat. (The Trapp family is the same one of
“One of the most important roles we can play individually or collectively is to create an opening, or to ‘listen’ to the implicate order unfolding, and th
