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“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them” —Paul Hawken The Ecology of Commerce In the program guide for TED 2009, the above quotation accompanies the bio of Ray Anderson founder and CEO of Interface and a [...]

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A week ago, during the TED 2009 conference, Ray Anderson’s talk generated a fair amount of discussion. During the talk, Tim O’Reilly offered a summary: “The new civilization = more happiness with less stuff.” This is a theme I’d like to explore. Can we recognize non-traditional examples of doing more with less? In America at [...]

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Some thread-pulling on my part to weave together the thoughts whirling around in my head. In the movie “My Blue Heaven,” Steve Martin’s character (Vinnie) says to Shaldeen (Carol Kane): “You know, it’s dangerous for you to be here in the frozen food section.” Shaldeen: Why is that? Vinnie: Because you could melt all this [...]

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