Leadership and Resiliance Catalyst
There's a lot of talk about companies "doing the right thing." The view of many over the past 20 years has been that the "right thing" is maximizing shareholder value. Everything else is a secondary consideration at best. That is changing. Increasingly, doing the right thing means leaders … [Read more...]
I feel good about the sustainability and leadership work that I was able to do this year: organizing a Sustainable Cities conference and a Value-based Sustainability conference for the Executive Council, co-authoring the HBR case study, "Should the C-Suite Have a Green Seat?" with Rupert Davis of … [Read more...]
My latest case study for Harvard Business Review is up and open for comments. It zeroes in on a dilemma focused by many companies these days: should a Chief Sustainability Officer by hired? Sustainability gets a lot of attention these days but companies wonder whether it is best addressed by the … [Read more...]
My latest case study for the Harvard Business Review appears in the March 2010 issue. I think that I may hold a record as it is my fifth. I enjoy writing these cases as they are fictional yet must be realistic. This lets me engage in character and plot development (getting harder in the new shorter … [Read more...]
How do you decide how much of your company's resources to bring forth in a disaster? This is the issue addressed in my latest case for Harvard Business Review. It will also appear in the March 2010 issue along with expert commentary. … [Read more...]
I work with leaders to build their resilience and increase their impact on the organizations and communities they lead. I am a writer, speaker and conversation catalyst, teacher, and consultant. I draw inspiration from nature, the complex environments of cities, and the seemingly endless creativity of my fellow humans. 
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