by Gil Friend | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
We lost a giant this week. An insipration. A friend. There have been many moving and eloquent tributes. Here’s mine. Ray Anderson was a man of big heart, generous spirit, penetrating vision, fierce commitment. He inspired and taught so many – including me...
by Gil Friend | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Marc Gunther of greenbiz.com offered up a well written and provocative invitation this morning: Let’s Do Away With CSR! Not merely the words and the idea but the infrastructure: CSR departments, CSR reports, CSR conferences and CSR executives. And, as long as...
by Gil Friend | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
From Wendell Berry, Why I am NOT Going to Buy a Computer – Wendell Berry 1. The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces. 2. It should be at least as small in scale as the one it replaces. 3. It should do work that is clearly and demonstrably better...
by Gil Friend | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
A client recently asked for a collection of “short” readings” as prep for an innovation/strategy retreat we led for their 60 top managers. Here’s what we suggested. (It’s not comprehensive, in that it’s focused somewhat on their...
by Gil Friend | Jun 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed. – Mary Douglas, “Evidence”
by Gil Friend | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
By “business as usual” I mean the kind of business that is bewitched by what Dr Chris Seeley calls, in The Fool and the Great Turning, “the three impossible fantasies”: the fantasy of limitless growth; the fantasy that actions can be taken that...
