Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’
For many 2009 was a year about surviving, for some it was about sustainability, and for others it was about innovation. As we evaluate this past year and look forward to 2010 we need to figure out what bucket we fell in. This will be most important for those who fell in the surviving bucket. [...]
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Tags: Culture, Open Innovation, opportunity, Strategy, Sustainability
A classmate and I were having a discussion about Darden’s culture and mission statement. During our discussion he referred to the multiple logos and the apparent identity crisis Darden has in their book store, and then made the comment saying that is more of a branding issue than a cultural issue. This got me thinking about [...]
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Tags: Brand, Culture, Sustainability
China’s Middle Class Tsunami
Tsunamis are often unnoticed at sea, forming only a slight swell, but as they approach shallower water they grow in height often resulting in catastrophic consequences. The emerging middle class in China may have the same type of global effect. (Yes I know Tsunami is a Japanese word, but I didn’t have a well known [...]
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Tags: China, Resources, Sustainability
The ability to absorb negative events or “bounce back” from Murphy’s Law is the sign of an organization that has some sustainability.
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Tags: Murphy's Law, Resilience, Sustainability
Is it possible the key to sustainability of product is creating a product culture? We’ve seen this in Apple products, Power bars, Odwalla, Duct-Tape and even Hushpuppies from the 80′s. There are different flavors to each of these and the sustainable staying power of each of these has had varying degrees of success. Some go [...]
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Tags: Culture, Ownership, product, Sustainability
