by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 9, 2008
In February of 2008, on a trip to London for the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition, I stopped by to visit John Elkington, the founder of SustainAbility and an old friend. John has worked in the environmental and sustainable development fields since 1972. In...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 20, 2008
We simply buy too much stuff. I have more t-shirts in my closet than I could wear in several lifetimes. Yet someone always wants to give me another one. I have an iPhone, but the newest upgrade looks almost irresistible. In fact, so does the MacBook Air. Shoes, cars,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 8, 2008
A conversation with Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt Here are outtakes from my notes on Eric Schmidt’s talk at the Future of Management conference (see Part 4): “The culture defines the outcome,” in reference to the products and services Google...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 6, 2008
Maximizing the Organization’s Potential A discussion with W. L. Gore CEO Terri Kelly Last week, at Gary Hamel’s Future of Management conference (see Part 3), I had a chance to sit down with Terri Kelly, CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates. While Gore, the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 5, 2008
All of the attendees at Gary Hamel’s conference on management innovation were assembled in one room (see Part 2). The entire group engaged in a dialogue during the day’s first few hours. It was quite amazing that 35 highly opinionated people could (for the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 4, 2008
It is impossible to describe all of the conversations at Gary Hamel’s conference on management innovation (see Part 1). The dialogue ranged from questions on whether we had the right language to describe how to drag management into the 21st century; is...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 3, 2008
A few months ago, I received an unusual invitation. It began with, “Permit me to introduce myself. I’m Professor of Strategic Management at the London Business School, the Director of the Management Lab, and an author (Competing for the Future, The Future...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 27, 2008
Recently the Wall Street Journal explored one aspect of this perennial question. Will consumers pay more for products they believe are ethically superior to regular products or even products produced in an unethical fashion? I have known the answer to this question...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 24, 2008
I hate leaving home on Sunday afternoons. The weekend is short enough as it is. With spring in Vermont in full bloom, and my daughter home from college, I was sad to be taking off. My week began with a Monday morning speech at the Front End of Innovation conference,...
