If they are serious about helping prevent another Covid-19, companies have a clear set of four issues that they need to address: tackling deforestation; supporting …
Chaos and Covid-19: Business lessons from a pandemic – and a call to action
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Sustainable socks, and other insights from brands, innovators and experts
We’ve shifted over to our new website at Innovation Forum. It’s much easier to find your way around now. Check it out here. Now, you …
Six great productivity tips from Daniel Pink
More of this sort of thing is here. This below is from his occasional eNewsletter. Worth signing up to. 1. Honor the 2-Minute rule.This one …
40 maps that explain the world
This is fascinating, excellent weekend reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
Off topic but interesting - language tree infographic
When stressed, men are more prone to taking risky bets with little payoff
Interesting NY Times piece this weekend that makes the case for more diversity in stressed decison making: “Credit Suisse examined almost 2,400 global corporations from …
The "Maker" movement, key stats
Makes you think, this one
This picture is doing the rounds on email and social media. Very true.
Any reader views on the changed blog template?
Because I look at this blog more than anyone else (as the author one would but that does feel narcissistic) I get bored with the …
If you care about quality environmental journalism…
Then support Mongabay.com and Mongabay.org. They do amazing work. I spent a few days with the founder, Rhett Butler, earlier this year and I’ve had …
Don’t read if busy, but this is fascinating: 1000 years of European border change
Check out the short animation here. Really worth a few minutes and the odd pause to reflect. Another link to it is here, just in …
Can 50,000 Slideshare views be wrong?
Yes they can, of course. I am not actually sure who uses Slideshare.net, aside from me. But apparently the population of Monaco equivalent has viewed …
“The Ideas that Shaped Management in 2013”
According to the editor of Harvard Business Review online, they are these: 1. Leaning in will only get us so far 2. If your knowledge-based …
Seven sustainability/CSR trends for 2014, and some personal plans
Big year for companies and forests ahead This year I won’t offer my own summary of 2013, given what we published on Ethicalcorp.com and in …
Most popular blog posts of 2013 on the Smarter Business blog
Festive greetings to all readers. As the year draws to a close here are the most popular posts from the blog during the year. Some …