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Review of “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor

The Practical Leader

And the movement to measure national well-being on factors other than GDP could be game changing: As we know, what gets measured gets managed. We use this in our retreats and workshops to go through the heads of “hard-nosed and results-focused” operational executives and managers to get at issues of the heart.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. Many banks heeded the advice, pulling funding from coal. states , have “decoupled” GDP growth from GHGs. Renewables Kept Growing and Getting Cheaper.

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