“… findings suggest that the successful implementation of culture change for corporate sustainability might be largely dependent on the values and ideological underpinnings of an organization’s culture, and that these in turn affect how corporate sustainability is implemented and the types of outcomes that can...
Hoppe and Reinelt suggested a framework for classifying networks with a particular focus on networks that organizational leaders might join as part of their leadership development efforts in order to gain access to resources and other support. They noted that while leadership networks may be...
Sustainable leadership focuses on bringing about dramatic changes inside and outside organizations and calls for prospective sustainability leaders to be aware of the various traits, styles, skills and knowledge that he or she should have; the internal and external leadership actions that he or she...
Directors around the world are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with applicable local standards of care and fiduciary responsibility; however, the specifics are not uniform and each jurisdiction has its own set of laws, norms and customs. With respect to directors of...
A recent article in The New York Times discussed Pearl Automation, which was founded in 2014 by three former senior managers from Apple’s iPod and iPhone groups. While Pearl has maintained what its founders believe to be the best parts of Apple culture, particularly the...
While simply having a reliable map of a network is valuable, it is also important to assess the performance of the network. Hoppe and Reinelt reported on several different dimensions for evaluating network effectiveness, beginning with “connectivity”. The purpose of social network analysis on this...
The alignment of organizational design and sustainability begins with the development of a sustainability strategy and accompanying goals and priorities. In order for the sustainability strategy to be effective and successful, it must align with the structure, competencies and culture of the company. When designing...
Communities of practice have joined cross-functional teams, customer- or product-focused business units and work groups as dynamic and innovative organizational forms that can be used to collect and disseminate ideas and information throughout organizations. Wenger and Snyder defined and illustrated communities of practice as being...
I admit that describing, and distinguishing between, “complete” and “partial” organizations seems a bit esoteric; however, I believe that sustainable entrepreneurs can and should use the five elements of the framework of complete and partial organization proposed by Ahrne and Brunsson (i.e., membership, hierarchy, rules,...
Writing about “the ugly unethical underside of Silicon Valley” in Fortune, Griffith suggested that “Silicon Valley has always seen itself as the virtuous outlier, a place where altruistic nerds tolerate capitalism in order to make the world a better place”. There is no doubt that...