Erik Foley
Director's Log: new research grants awarded, the NFL Draft, Richard Branson, and the largest stu
Too much time has passed in busy-ness, travel, fundraising, business planning, and wrestling with Powerpoint. I owe the growing Triple...
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Erik Foley
- Oct 21, 2018
Strategic Despair and the Indecency of Hope
I was in conversation with a board member earlier this week and part of our discussion touched on the latest IPCC climate report. In a...
Erik Foley
- Oct 16, 2018
Five ways to not screw up your communications about climate change
In the previous post, you got to know the primary psychological defenses to coming to terms with climate change. It's important to now...
Erik Foley
- Jun 28, 2018
Shunning: the missing element in your mission, strategy and brand
In planning, what you turn your back on is as important as the new direction you are heading. This was an unexpected learning from an...
Erik Foley
- Jun 13, 2018
The sustainability case for business
Much has been written on the "business case for sustainability". These papers argue that considering social and environmental impacts,...
Erik Foley
- Jun 5, 2018
Serving Generations: Teaching Gen Z, Executive Education for Millenials and Gen X, Baby Boomer Donor
My 18 year old son watches the NBA Finals with me while on his phone. Is he even paying attention? He blurts out observations about the...
Erik Foley
- May 18, 2018
The Sustainability Innovator's Dilemma
In Clayton Christensen's modern business classic The Innovator's Dilemma he presents his research, largely from the disk drive industry,...
Erik Foley
- Apr 29, 2018
Key to Organizational Success: Balancing Engagement and Exploration
Image credit: from Sandy Pentland presentation on "Social Physics" There is a paradox at work when trying to accomplish organizational...
Erik Foley
- Feb 23, 2018
What do we mean by a "business case" for sustainability?
Image credit: Cool Choices Happy Friday. I am pretty fired up about this whole business case thing.... Mountains have been written and...
Erik Foley
- Feb 22, 2018
5 Necessary Steps to Insignificance (and how shared leadership can save you)
"Patagonia dissolves its sustainability department..." I recall reading these words in 2014 and was shocked. The Triple Pundit article...
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