- October 31, 2006
Some say that for a matter to rise to a CEO's attention, it has to have enough zeros at the back of it -- that is, enough money has to be at stake to command the attention of a very busy and very focused person (focused, one would hope, on the big picture and the long term). As the late Senator Everett Dirksen reportedly said, 'A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.'
Well, the prospect of climate change (can we call it 'climate crisis' yet) taking 20%.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0109157/2006/10/31.html#a1174
- October 31, 2006
WorldChanging - A User's Guide for the 21st Century - releases tomorrow. If you like the site, you'll like the book, lauded as this century's Whole Earth Catalog. (If you don't like the site, you probably wouldn't be reading my blog either. If you don't _know_ the site, time to get your butt over there.)
Worldchanging.com, subtitled "a better world is here," is rich compendium of what's working in the world, as the world we dream of emerges before our eyes -- not by magic or wishful thinking,..
http://radio.weblogs.com/0109157/2006/10/31.html#a1173
- October 31, 2006
From ADPSR, we get this quote of the day from BBC's Culture Schock:
'No company, regardless of what they make, can now just make a product, bung it out there, and then forget about it,' she said. 'We all have a duty of care to ensure that from cradle to grave products are being used
appropriately and do not do lasting harm.'
'She' in this case is Deborah Allen, director of corporate responsibility for British Aerospace (BAE), one of the world's biggest arms-makers, which says it has been...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0109157/2006/10/31.html#a1172
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