Monthly Archives: December 2008

How I can go green

As I mentioned in my first green post I am not the poster child for going green. I don’t even recycle. I know, I deserve to be flogged.
But I can change. And if I can change, then you can change.
My first foray into “green” was replacing my BMW 750iL with a Honda Civic. Initially, I [...]

Minimizing Waste = Going Green

Businesses are immensely selfish enterprises. They’re always doing things for the bottom line.
No wonder most businesses reject environmental issues.
The assumption seems to be that “going green” means more cost and less revenue. Not all green products are pretty or functional.
Yet we see examples of companies profiting by “going green”. Toyota started addressing rising oil costs [...]

Where is the leadership in Thought Leadership?

My firm has challenged us to be more innovative. One of the outputs of this challenge is the “Thought Leadership Card”. It’s a document designed to share with a client in order to structure a conversation around a specific business topic, like “Mergers and Acquisitions” or “Packaged Software Implementation”. These have been used in every [...]

Gang Green

I am the last person you would think to post on the going green. I was so conservative as a teen that my friends and teachers called me Mr. Republican. I own one of the largest lots in my neighborhood in Arizona, and 80% of it is grass, in spite of water not being so [...]