by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 27, 2008
Over the years, I have frequently spoken out against companies that preach a “we’re-all-in-this-together” ethos while tolerating Austrian-Afghanistan disparities in executive-employee pay. But I have offered little in the way of a real-world solution...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 24, 2008
I hate leaving home on Sunday afternoons. The weekend is short enough as it is. With spring in Vermont in full bloom, and my daughter home from college, I was sad to be taking off. My week began with a Monday morning speech at the Front End of Innovation conference,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 25, 2008
I recently spent a day and a half in our quarterly board meeting. Many more hours went into preparing for it. I have put more than 30 years of my life into pre-meeting stress and anxiety and post-meeting exhaustion and reflection. These meetings are almost miniature...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 26, 2008
It had all the makings of a nightmare:
”Seventh Generation Battles Carcinogenic Chemical Controversy”
“Organic” and “Natural” Consumer Products Found Contaminated with Cancer Causing Chemical!” Less than two weeks ago, I...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Dec 1, 2007
A note to the Seventh Generation community as we enter a new year. The fact that 80 percent of the world’s almond crop comes from one small part of the world, a 600,000-acre series of orchards in California’s Central Valley, is a metaphor for a world where we have...
by Jeffrey Hollender | 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...
