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shared by Suzanne Pinckney on 19 Sep 13 - No Cached

shared by Suzanne Pinckney on 27 Sep 13 - No Cached

“If it’s easy to remember, it’s easier to participate,” he said.
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Oudghin showed examples of the remarkable transparency of some publicly traded companies, such as Nike, where anyone can check up on the details of pretty much every Nike supplier.
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“How would we recognize a truly sustainable business if we saw one?”
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This “fourth benchmark” goes beyond metrics comparisons to a baseline year, to competitors, or to an internal company goal. The Gold Standard would use material, science-based key performance indicators and goals that could identify a truly sustainable business. Willard is actively working with a broad range of stakeholders from the capital markets to non-profit sustainability experts such as the Natural Step and GISR.
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And one factor pushing the acceptance and utilization of metrics is the shortening timeframes of risk management in the wake of recent climate events. Gil Friend, founder and CEO or Natural Logic, Inc., said he trusts that each new measuring tool adds new worlds of understanding of “capital,” whether monetary, environmental or social.
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shared by Suzanne Pinckney on 15 Oct 13 - No Cached

So capitalism, with all its faults, is the only game in town. The task confronting the present generation of leaders is to improve on it, to build on its strengths and eradicate its weaknesses.
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It became all about "having more," instead of "living more."
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Addressing the weaknesses of capitalism will require us, above all, to do two things: first, to take a long term perspective; and second, to re-set the priorities of business.
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If business is to regain the trust of society, it must start to tackle the big social and environmental issues that confront humanity, especially at a time when governments seem increasingly to be caught in shorter and shorter election cycles and have a hard time internalizing the global challenges in an increasingly interdependent world. As I have said many times, "business can not be a mere bystander in the system that gives it life." The environmentalist Paul Hawken believes that if there is any deficit we are facing right now, it's a deficit of meaning. Many are talking about the need for a GDP+. A broader measure of success than just simply wealth creation.
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Small actions, big difference. Yes, we all have a role to play.
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shared by Suzanne Pinckney on 22 Oct 13 - No Cached

I heard once (Clayton Christensen, maybe?) that a leader needs to say things 7 times before the message is heard, understood and internalized.  Never assume that the message you shared once, 3 months ago, was heard in the first place, or that it’s still a driving motivation for people now.  Ask questions.  Share success stories.  Be hyper focused and, when in doubt, communicate it again.  Other people don’t live in your head.
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