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Ford's Impressive Sustainability Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The hybrid Prius was a legitimate business home run (2 million sold), and it helped both differentiate Toyota's brand as the market innovator and propel Toyota to unprecedented profits. It's not easy, but it can drive real innovation and new thinking, as well as build customer loyalty that maintains or grows market share. (I

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The First 90 Days in a New CIO Position

Harvard Business Review

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Our Project Management Office is therefore enthusiastically pursuing new PPM capabilities that will enhance the transparency of our decision making processes.

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Corporations Will Never Solve Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

More recently we learned something that those close to the issue long suspected: that while Exxon-Mobil was publicly insisting that climate science was too uncertain to justify a move away from fossil fuels, privately they were aware of the science, and using it to plan expanded operations in the melting Arctic.

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