Safety isn’t Job 1, as so often claimed. If safety were Job 1, we’d never leave the house. We’d never[…]
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Making connections, missing connections
Coming back from a meeting in New Haven last weekend, I spent several fun-filled hours at O’Hare trying to make[…]
Read moreThe better-than-Circular Economy: The Spiraling Economy
The circular economy is all the rage. It’s a great concept that’s been evolving for years. It even got a[…]
Read moreThe Pit and the Pendulum: EHS&S and Productivity
Some EHS and sustainability leaders feel like characters in an Edgar Allan Poe story. That’s never a good sign, especially[…]
Read moreSustainable Platforms: Launching the next stage
Welcome to our new world of multiple platforms. One professional platform no longer needs to fill every need. Many of[…]
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This blog is very personal. It’s about the loss of my brother. If you want to skip this and wait[…]
Read moreDreaming in PowerPoint
I’m in a mixed marriage. I think in PowerPoint. My wife thinks in Word, or sometimes in longhand-on-lined-pad. Our children[…]
Read moreRight elevator, right speech?
Do you want your most important message to be accepted or declined? You probably know the concept of the “elevator[…]
Read moreKochleffels of the world, unite!
My Midwestern American Methodist wife loves Yiddish. From the day she discovered she was a shiksa, her two favorite words[…]
Read moreRisk, resilience and the rear-view mirror
Over the last month, in client work sessions and in conferences in San Francisco and Chicago, I’ve had conversations with[…]
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