Recovering meaning: language tools and sustainability
January 25, 2012
Listening to a passionate sustainability campaigner recently, I suddenly found myself back in class – more than a decade in the past. I was in my NLP Practitioner Training and we were talking about language. Whatever your background, if you’re into coaching you understand just how much the language we use limits our experience and…
Three keys to successful innovation
January 23, 2012
So you’ve got a great idea, and you’ve come up with a proposal that will meet the needs of the people you want to use it. Your work here is done… isn’t it? Well, no – not until you have your invention turned into an adopted practice – that’s the real work of innovation. Your…
Pilkington Glass – the benefits of strategic sustainability
October 15, 2007
On 30th August, I listened to Malcolm Deery of Pilkington Glass speak at a breakfast on “The Economics of Climate Change” at the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Malcolm told an amazing story about the positive, strategic approach to sustainability taken by Pilkington, and how it had benefited the business:
Letting Your Product Go!
May 15, 2007
Marketing basics – products and value A core concept in marketing is the difference between your product and it’s value. What’s the difference between the item you are selling and its worth to your customer? If you sell someone perfume, are they buying the scent in the bottle, the promise of romance, or the prestige of your label? An accountant’s product might…
Cloning Ray Anderson
November 6, 2006
Interface Flooring is regularly quoted as the company internationally that has fully integrated sustainability into its business strategy. A sustainable planet will need a lot more fully integrated sustainability businesses, so the question that comes to my mind is “How can we create more Interfaces?” What happened??? In his book “Mid Course Correction”, Interface CEO (at the time) Ray Anderson says he…
What good is it to FEEL good?
November 6, 2006
Positive moods don’t just feel “good” – they increase your ability to think and act strategically. Learn to build your core emotional strength for increased impact.
Martians to save planet Earth?
June 6, 2006
Breakthrough leaders come from Mars In the classic business development book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins describes the special type of leaders that create sustainable, breakthrough results as “leaders from Mars”. They are a unique combination of personal humility and professional will – quiet and unassuming, shunning the limelight. They have time for family and…
Ducks and mad koalas at the Commonwealth Games
March 27, 2006
I watched the opening ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games on television. I’m a local girl and I love Michael Leunig, so I “got” the boy and his duck. The koalas were confusing. There were several different teams of frantic koalas, all vigorously in action. The koalas were all working really hard in their groups, each team desperately trying…
Thorpie, our Dawn and business in the 21st Century
November 26, 2005
There’s talent and there’s science When Dawn Fraser was Australia’s world champion swimmer in the 1950’s and 1960’s, she did it on talent and hard work, strategy and gamesmanship. In the 21st century it takes a lot more to get world class results. Stretching, weight training, nutrition, mental strength, biomechanics. A high tech suit it takes 20 minutes to get in…
White Roche takes the positive sustainability challenge
July 12, 2005
Saving paper saves money and the environment Lilydale accountancy and financial services group White Roche and Associates has taken up the positive sustainability challenge, working with Balance3 to make positive sustainability part of their long term strategy.
Strategic Purchasing
March 12, 2005
Some of our downstream impacts around the world can be difficult to see. Coffee and chocolate, for example, are mainly produced in third world countries with little or no labour and environmental protection. One difference that even a small business can make is in their purchasing. Getting informed and acting strategically about regular purchases can…
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