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What would Vince Lombardi do?

CO2

When we compare what it takes to lead a military unit, a football team, an NGO, or a business, we sometimes forget that the rules are different. NGO workers know that if they don’t solve an important issue, people will suffer.

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Does Change Happen to You or with You?

CO2

When you build a successful company, department, NGO, or team, you build upon successes. What can Darwin teach you about organizational life? It’s tricky to reproduce success, however, because many decisions were both context- and time-bound.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. Comments The Buzz on Green Business in China I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

The Obama administration issued new standards to double the fuel economy of cars and trucks , and the National Resources Defense Council (an NGO) proposed using the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from power plants by 25%. In his November newsletter , he demonstrated exactly how much of a drag on the U.S. In the U.S.,