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How ChE Prepared Me for Business (and How It Didn’t)
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsA driver behind how perceptions are formed is a psychological tendency known as cognitive efficiency. The theory basically states that critical thinking is challenging, so people take shortcuts to reach conclusions. -
Motivating Change through Green Teams
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No Commentsby Arkan Kayihan It’s all about motivation. As a management consultant, I often enact change without having any resources to... -
By-Product Synergy Players Are Stars On The Sustainability Team!
Posted on April 15, 2011 | No CommentsWritten by NBIS Co-Director, Karl Ostrom’s opening remarks to “Fourth Annual Puget Sound Region Materials Exchange Workshop and Networking Event”... -
Globe 2010 foresees the future of a low carbon economy
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsEvery two years in Vancouver, B.C. a collection of delegates, speakers, innovators and mediators assemble to map the future of business and sustainability in a green world. The list of speakers ranges from academia, to corporate officers, government officials to researchers. This year’s theme is “Building a Global Low Carbon Economy.” -
Bob vs. Bank
Posted on February 17, 2010 | 5 CommentsI have a small business, I mean, really small. No partners, boards, employees, no office, just me. It is like the "atom" of the business universe, unable to be further reduced, split or simplified. It serves its purpose of providing my economic livelihood, with a simplistic ease. As with any business, the dollars and cents of it flow through a bank, my clearinghouse for income generated by my little enterprising atom. In technical terms I am a sole proprietor, cash accounting, a minimalist of capitalism.