Gil Friend’s Blog

No individual has what might be called a scientific view of the whole world, only of portions of it; and these, too, are always incomplete.... Those with the greatest reliance on science must take on faith both the knowledge they believe to be vested in other experts,...

We launched our In Conversation series this week, a series of frank, unscripted, personal dialogs with people who are making a remarkable difference. My conversation partner for the debut event last night was Bryan Franklin, one of the country's leading executive...

Natural Logic's new "In Conversation" series debuts February 3, right after the State of Green Business Forum. Please join us in San Francisco for a frank, unscripted dialog between Natural Logic CEO Gil Friend and Bryan Franklin, one of the world's most successful...

Don't imagine that you can escape faith. Every science, every system of logic, has its axioms. Reason cannot move one step forward without some assumption upon which to base itself. Rabbi Tzvi Freeman ("From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory")

I had the honor recently of spending an afternoon of deep thinking with California Governor Jerry Brown's "kitchen cabinet" a group of people from California Governor Jerry Brown's first administration (and others) interested in energy policy and helping Brown...

Yes, the new semester starts soon, but it may not be too late! Faculty, teachers and students - in MBA programs, graduate school, undergraduate and even high school - are finding The Truth About Green Business a great addition to their classes and curriculum. It's...

Let me start by wishing you joy, love and fulfillment in the new year, and thank you for your commitment to the mission we all share, in these dangerous and challenging times. What is that mission? To transform the economy of an entire planet. This one. In one...

This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr., from "Where Do We Go From Here?" leads off Adam Kahane's book "Power and Love, A Theory and Practice of Social Change," which I recommend. Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the...

Here's a preview of the new White Paper just released by Natural Logic: The US can overcome thirty years of stagnation in waste management policy and divert more than 70% of solid waste from landfill. Applying proven Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principles...