By Ben | Published:
January 19, 2008
I just returned from the Seed Conference and all I can say is wow. This was a wonderful, thought-provoking, and inspirational event. If another one comes up, I highly recommend attending.
There was a lot of interesting information that was presented both directly and in-between the lines of the talks. It’s great to see so many [...]
Also posted in events, learning |
By Ben | Published:
September 18, 2007
I blogged before about my initial impressions of Natural Capitalism. I’ve finally completed the book and I can highly recommend purchasing a copy or downloading it.
If you want a preview of the (very dense) book, take a look at A Roadmap for Natural Capitalism article that was published in Harvard Business Review.
Also posted in books, environment |
By Ben | Published:
September 16, 2007
Sometimes, it’s good to unlearn.
Think backwards, throw out your preconceived notions, forget about dependencies, and ignore your constraints.
If you search long enough, you just might find the right problem to fix. When you focus on the right problem, you might actually surprise yourself with what you can come up with.
Q-Drum solved the right problem.
The real [...]
Also posted in design, work, world |
By Ben | Published:
September 12, 2007
Vision statements usually suck. Interface has one that doesn’t:
To be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world what sustainability is in all its dimensions: People, process, product, place and profits — by 2020 — and in doing so we will become restorative through the power of influence.
Nice.
By Ben | Published:
August 20, 2007
A couple of years ago I put together some collateral to use when “selling” agile to potential clients. As part of the effort to educate our sales team about agile methods I wanted to provide some strong evidence for our sales team to use.
The only numbers that I had seen at this point were the [...]
Also posted in agile, work |
By Ben | Published:
July 8, 2007
I was a podcast freak when I had a long commute to work. Now that I only live a few miles from work, I only have a few podcasts that I regularly listen to. One of the few gems that have made it to the top of my list is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Podcast [...]
By Ben | Published:
June 12, 2007
I’ve got to say that group over at Dr. Dobbs Journal have to be the most difficult bunch of guys that I’ve ever had to deal with around spam. The funny thing is that I signed up for a subscription a while ago and never received a single issue. The only thing that I’ve received [...]
By Ben | Published:
November 14, 2006
Continuing on with the TIBs…
A while ago I was asked what the purpose of a business should be. After a lot of thinking and bouncing ideas off of various team members, we determined that the core purpose of a business was to make a profit. I’ve come back to that discussion in my mind many [...]
