Leadership
We decide how tomorrow will be by what we create today
Creativity is an act of leadership, and practice is all we can control. Read More
Why I am a stubborn optimist
Optimism is the only reasonable choice we can make if we intend to actually change the world. Read More
How do you make a black swan green?
“If Black Swans are problems that can take us exponentially towards breakdown, Green Swans are the solutions that take us exponentially towards breakthrough. Our survival now depends on how we rein in the first and accelerate the second.” (John Elkington) Read More
Companies say Black Lives Matter. Investors say prove it.
Investors are increasingly looking to see whether companies' actions live up to the rhetoric. Read More
Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations
This crisis within the Navajo and Hopi Nations provides an opportunity to reimagine a new energy economy that provides more benefits to more people. Read More
Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice
Planting trees is a way to build community and bolster benefits to human and environmental health. Read More
The circular economy shows its human side
Just as companies have prioritized transparency and traceability in upstream operations to address human rights, a circular supply chain calls for the same level of scrutiny downstream. Read More
Tips for auditing an ethical supply chain
Enlisting the support of third-party specialists is important, but you also need "boots on the ground," as jewelry maker Fenton relates. Read More
Valuing the 'lived experience' in infrastructure decisions
"Companies are part of the solution and not the solution." Read More
Diversity, equity and inclusion: Incremental reform or systemic change?
For many organizations, a direct DEI connection to their mission has not been made by leadership whose inattentiveness or nonreceptivity cascades downwards into the culture. Read More
