The Case for CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY:

by | Jan 28, 2008

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 business leaders for a kinder capitalism. “We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve...

Back in the Belly of the Jolly Green Giant

by | Nov 2, 2006

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 auditorium, Lee Scott pacing in front of the room with a cordless microphone, dressed in grays and blacks, mock...

Reflections on Growing

by | Nov 1, 2006

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 least seems easier to grow others than to grow me. I usually have a point of view about who you need to be or...

A Company of Owners

by | Sep 2, 2006

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 Sound of Music fame.) The Lodge is a frequent destination for Seventh Gen meetings, it sits high upon a...

The Inner Path of Leadership

by | Aug 5, 2006

“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 then to create dreams, visions, and stories that we sense at our center want to happen…” Synchronicity, The...

My Being Needs a New Iteration

by | 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...