11.05.2014

Something that's actually good

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Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the WHO, is no stranger to speaking her mind . Her take on what Ebola tells us about business models...
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10.14.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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As a company that has been almost constantly at war with regulators, taxis and local communities since inception, how can Uber continue to ...
5.11.2014

Gem of the day

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Newsflash: Coke's sales are down for the first time in 15 years. Could it be the magic nexus of growing health awareness, both general...
4.09.2014

Gem of the day

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Suppliers are a key part of the 'Essentials' of Tesco's evolving CR strategy . A critical and complicated area to improve, you...
3.17.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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Rare are the times a comment on Amazon is worth reading, but this one is a gem of a response to Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer's ne...
3.14.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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Great news for investors in defense giant BAE Systems - there's not one, but five reasons to believe the company will enjoy a thriving...
3.13.2014

Gem of the day

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Chevron's theory of change: resist all progress because it won't make any difference, and the status quo will do us all some good. ...
3.07.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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More proof that possessing slightly sociopathic qualities goes a long way towards surviving the corporate ladder, courtesy of Apple CEO Tim...
3.05.2014

Gem of the day

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Just one of the many gems in this week's New Yorker piece on the long-suffering global project to build the world's first nuclear ...
2.27.2014

Gem of the day

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For the two billion people without access to healthcare, growing interest from the world's pharmaceutical companies is potentially good...
2.25.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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The UN as a good value investment? Businessweek puts some key numbers into helpful context, suggesting that the multilateral organisation ...
2.19.2014

Gem of the day

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Is the US the last Western country on earth to still equate philanthropy with impact? The results of the latest ' Philanthropy Top 50 ...
2.18.2014

Gem of the day

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Who says ' House of Cards ' is the only place to watch ruthless political skill trump expertise, ethics and integrity? Try econom...
1.30.2014

Gem of the day

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Coke has an unyielding determination to be selective about which major trends the company will acknowledge publicly and link to business im...
1.28.2014

Something that's actually good

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Two gems from Vaclav Smil , polymath, scientist, critic and basically all-around expert in how stuff should actually work (via Wired ): O...
1.23.2014

Something that's actually good

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A voice of reason at Davos, the annual decision-makers talkathon? Yes - and from a most unlikely place, the Pope (via the Independent ): ...
1.17.2014

Gem of the day

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In case you missed it, the new year has not been a slow one for a key part of the UK's shale gas hype machine, the big 4 accountancies ...
1.13.2014

Gem of the day

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Not content to merely tow the industry line like his peers - "As long as we as an industry follow good engineering practices and stand...
1.07.2014

Another non-environmental wonder

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A gem of a quote that sums up the sad truth of the value of TED events to company cultures (part of Businessweek's coverage of the ...
12.12.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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A spate of recent coverage highlighting systemic discrimination against women in business ( Silicon Valley , pregnant women  everywhere, fi...
12.11.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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In the spirit of what PR firm Bell Pottinger does best - as agency of record for a long list of luminous clients including Alma al-Assad, R...
12.09.2013

Gem of the day

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Two cases of classic business dysfunction, illustrating the scale of the challenge surrounding data for decision-making (via the comments p...
12.05.2013

Gem of the day

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An inspirational view of "how HR helps the bottom line" from the MD of Centrica Energy: "Our £1.6bn acquisition of Venture...
12.03.2013

Gem of the day

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More jargon from the vortex that is the "sharing economy" (via BSR ): "Companies like Airbnb, Lyft, and Kickstarter are us...
12.02.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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More insight into the wonder that is Walmart's role in America's downward spiral of chronic unemployment, wages too low to stay o...
11.22.2013

Gem of the day

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Brilliant illustration from artist and gem-manufacturer Ian Stevenson
11.20.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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Outstanding example of mitigated language downplaying a serious problem - $670 million spent on consumer financial education every year vs....
11.19.2013

Gem of the day

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Status update on the International Energy Agency (via Kurt Cobb ): "If the agency were a single person, what it has released over th...
11.13.2013

Gem of the day

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Like all executives in industries tightly tied to the government, BAE Systems US CEO Linda Hudson has an uncanny ability to sidestep awkwar...
11.11.2013

Something that's actually good

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Revisiting John Thackara's great rejoinder to the insurance industry on why trust is not an algorithm : "My biggest concern wit...
11.08.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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In case you didn't already have enough proof that inequality in the USA has reached epic proportions (via the SSA ): 32% of working A...
11.06.2013

Something that's actually good

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Memo from Bill McKibben to the rest of the world (echoed by WorldChanging founder Alex Steffen):
11.05.2013

Gem of the day

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It's hard not to focus on the irony in the Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund's forthcoming decision to divest from coal assets  - a $760...
10.28.2013

Bonus gem

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In a classic move by the company, Coke gives "offsetting" a new strategic meaning (via NY Times ): "The Coca-Cola Company ...

Gem of the day

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Tesco has a unique range of product available at everyday low prices (#googlefail):
10.23.2013

Gem of the day

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In the wake of a massive outburst of negativity towards British Gas from government, customers, media - pretty much everyone, and deserved...
10.15.2013

Gem of the day

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Yet another fact that proves how devastating the state of health is in the US (and why McDonald's, Coke and others need to be doing mor...
10.14.2013

Gem of the day

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Irony in a nutshell: Major company in an industry ripe for disruption ( banking ) releases a report announcing another industry ripe for d...
10.09.2013

Gem of the day

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Jigar Shah on the water-energy nexus in India - a stark choice between power and hydration (via Gigaom ): "In India, like in the Uni...
10.04.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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Another inspired quest-for-growth quote from a public company (via Forbes ): "Looking at the map of the US, there’s still lots of w...
10.01.2013

Another non-environmental wonder

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More credence for the " no-one is in the driver's seat " theory of why banks are so dysfunctional - and even better, from ano...