I mentioned on Friday that I spoke briefly with SAS VP Mikael Hagström about global sustainability regulations. He recently blogged about the topic on his internal SAS blog, saying that sustainability conversations and measurements need to be simpler. "Companies, regulatory agencies and other organizations need to have a way to
Earlier this week, I had a quick meeting with Mikael Hagström, our VP of Operations for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. As you might imagine, he has a pretty good handle on the use of business analytics around the world. Mikael provided some good suggestions on content for
I am currently working on a ‘hobby project’ – a thesis about what might follow on from Corporate Darwinism. You don’t have to believe in the theory of evolution via natural selection, but the metaphor, when applied to capitalist economies and especially in competitive business, is too attractive to pass
I recently had the opportunity to attend a Community Success Forum on the topic of our water supply in North Carolina. The drought of 2007 catapulted state water management issues high on all public officials priority list. The state climate office said that 2007 was the worst drought on modern
In a panel discussion about innovation Tuesday at the Premier Business Leadership Series in London, the CEO of Telstra, Sol Trujillo, called upon business leaders to employ the “Wayne Gretzky" management technique. Instead of reacting to play occuring right now, move ahead to where you predict the puck will be
