Erik Foley
Ode to my father: dare mighty things
The one year anniversary of my father death is today. Hugh Miller Foley was a farm boy turned Olympian turned father, turned woodsman,...
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Erik Foley
- Nov 8, 2017
Sustainability from the inside out
Too often we try to impose sustainability onto others, instead of listening to them and allowing it to grow from the inside out. I came...
Erik Foley
- Nov 6, 2017
"How can I get a sustainability job?" is the wrong question
Students often ask "how can I get a job in sustainability?" I certainly understand and empathize with why they would frame the question...
Erik Foley
- Oct 31, 2017
Poem: My Family is Supported by Timber Dollars
When I was a kid growing up in Montana. I remember seeing the bright, fluorescent yellow plywood signs in the pick-up truck's back...
Erik Foley
- Oct 30, 2017
News Round Up: Things this week that got my attention
Check out all that is happening in sustainability around Penn State Do we believe women yet? The battle to end sexual harassment (New...
Erik Foley
- Oct 27, 2017
Penn State represents at Net Impact 2017
The 2017 Net Impact Conference is going on right now in Atlanta and Smeal College of Business is well-represented with over 20 members of...
Erik Foley
- Oct 27, 2017
The secret ingredient to great learning and teaching: forgetting
It turns out that many of us have the wrong mental model for how we learn. We think we learn by what goes in the brain, but we actually...
Erik Foley
- Oct 26, 2017
What do you really know about your supply chain?
My colleague Dan Guide, a pre-eminent expert in closed-loop supply chains, and I did a webinar recently hosted by our friends in Smeal...
Erik Foley
- Oct 25, 2017
Leading program profile: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
University of Michigan Ross School MBA students win Accenture award (Source: University of Michigan website) University of Michigan Ross...
Erik Foley
- Oct 23, 2017
"Good weather", dusty skis, and shorts in October - a poem on the changing climate
This graph, based on the comparison of atmospheric samples contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements, provides evidence...
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