by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 3, 2006
I just saw Al Gore’s movie. I know why he named it an inconvenient truth. Because much of what we can and must do is in fact inconvenient. The movie left me deeply saddened and depressed since so much of what I can and must do I have left undone. I have been...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 1, 2006
There was no shortage of complaining about the $147 million that Lee R. Raymond, retiring CEO of Exxon Mobil departed the company with. Exxon shareholders didn’t seem to mind. Why would they when large company CEO’s make on average 300 times what the average worker...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 5, 2006
Life is in a constant state of change whether we like it or not. Who I was last year – even last month is not who I need to be tomorrow. This is true of everyone who is committed to their own personal growth & development. If you are running a business or...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 4, 2006
We, (me included) chase with great and even desperate passion – more and more and more – stuff. A bigger pay check, a nicer house, a cooler car, new clothes……. Now – we sort of know better, we know that we can’t have both a sane and sustainable world with all that...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 3, 2006
Where ever you go – what ever you do – people have begun to misuse the word sustainable! That’s both good and bad news, it’s great that it’s in everyone’s mind, but unfortunately – most people have so little idea of what the word actually means – that they can be of...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 2, 2006
Last Thursday Andy Grossman Executive Director of Wal-Mart Watch (URL) headed up from Washing DC – center of what some people think of as the political universe – to our headquarters in Burlington, VT – what we like to think of as the center of another universe...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 1, 2006
I believe in endless possibility. That tomorrow doesn’t have to be the same as today. On a good day we use less that 5% of our potential, on a bad day we’re likely to use none at all. I believe nothing is impossible – unless we are thoughtless and lazy. I also believe...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 1, 2006
I have spent over a month contemplating this trip. Why does the President of the worlds largest company want to spend time with me? A tiny Vermont business leader who authored a book about corporate responsibility. A frequent harsh and vocal critic. How can I engage...
