Category Archives: Leadership

Water From Oil

Posted on March 21, 2019 by admin

I was exploring Dubai, searching for sustainability lessons to share with students and clients who travel on study tours with Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability, and boy did I find a doozy.  Dubai figured out how to turn oil … Continue reading →

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Real Time Tragedy

Posted on March 21, 2019 by admin

Khonoma illustrates the real-time dismantling by global capitalism of generations-old knowledge and norms that sustain food, water, culture, and people.  It’s a sadly familiar struggle that has played out countless times around the globe: here in Khonoma you can feel … Continue reading →

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Why India Matters

Posted on May 9, 2017 by admin

India is becoming the most consequential country in history (again). Over a million people a month are joining its workforce. Almost as many are moving into its cities. The bulge in educated and motivated people provides a “demographic dividend” with … Continue reading →

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What Will You Do After Marching for Science?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by admin

Marching for science is worse than preaching to the choir. Continue reading →

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Why I Won’t March for Science

Posted on April 11, 2017 by admin

Marching might do more harm than good if it makes scientist feel they have done enough and are excused to go back to their labs and books. Continue reading →

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A Path Through Trump’s Minefield

Posted on February 27, 2017 by admin

Our rational, wonkish, scientific explanations are completely counterproductive. Continue reading →

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The End of Expertise: And Why That Is A Giant Problem for the Anthropocene

Posted on February 24, 2017 by admin

The impacts of confirmation bias, identity protecting reasoning, and information access are combining to undermine rationality, expertise, and ultimately threaten democracy. Continue reading →

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Leadership for the Anthropocene

Posted on January 21, 2016 by admin

We are living through something so rare that its frequency is measured in millennia, the emergence of a new geological epoch. Times of great change present great opportunities and challenges. Those who practice leadership can make a difference. See my … Continue reading →

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Leadership 101 for Global Sustainability

Posted on December 21, 2014 by admin

2050 transitions require cross-sector leadership, collaboration and courage to fail Continue reading →

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Leadership as Simple as DAC

Posted on July 6, 2014 by admin

Sustainable development requires collaboration among diverse stakeholders—none with authority over others. Collaboration is as simple as DAC: Direction, Alignment, and Commitment.   These three outcomes are as simple in theory as they are difficult in practice. Direction: Leadership requires constructing … Continue reading →

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