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Leadership's Full Measure

Harvard Business Review

And when Walmart announced its intention to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy. These companies have the scope to easily gather data on their true impact (Coke's effect on the water table wherever it has a plant, for example) and the market dominance to act unilaterally. But mega firms don't have a monopoly on leadership.

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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

Harvard Business Review

. “Any time you start something new like [an innovation initiative], that cuts across many areas, there’s a potential for people feeling like you’re in their backyard,” says Michael Britt, a senior vice president who heads the Energy Innovation Center at Southern Company, a major utility operator.

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Microsoft Taxes Itself

Harvard Business Review

The money collected will go to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets , allowing Microsoft to declare itself carbon neutral. Microsoft seems more interested in lowering overall carbon emissions and energy use, not just neutrality in and of itself. Accountability throughout the organization. Risk reduction.

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We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive

Harvard Business Review

Perhaps my favorite example is the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge. It’s an apparel manufacturer called 99Degrees Custom. The creative energy unleashed not only produces one winner — it engages a whole spectrum of people in a quest, and galvanizes the collective conviction that a solution must be found.

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Where was its leadership bench? For example, if we look at P&G''s industry, Consumer Staples, we see that 44% of boards said they had not vetted at least one viable candidate for the CEO job and more than 1/3 (36%) said CEO succession was not discussed regularly at the board level (meaning not even once per year).

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. If there are superconsumers in your midst, and if they’re encouraged to speak their minds, they will inject your culture with extra doses of energy, empathy, and creativity. Unlocking Energy.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Circular Economy?

Harvard Business Review

The third was around thought leadership. We looked at the three biggest segments — packaging, food waste, and apparel. So give me an example of how this would play out for, say, a car manufacturer. Energy costs are a huge concern for car manufacturers. So the energy costs are not there either.