Matt Polsky is a Ph.D. student at Erasmus University’s Sustainability Program, studying Mindset Barriers to Sustainable Transformation, and a dabbler in too many things.
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Is Sustainable Business ‘Complicit,’ a ‘Distraction,’ and ‘Duplicitous’? A Response, Part 2
Schendler is clearly most right in his assertion that sustainable business has not achieved its potential. But I believe it is still possible for the field to become the hero we need more than ever, along with other complementary and synergistic chan... View More
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Is Sustainable Business ‘Complicit,’ a ‘Distraction’ and ‘Duplicitous’? A Response, Part 1
It will take many things to address society’s many immense problems. But there’s no reason an elevated sustainable business sector (or better, someday, a sustainable business-centric economy) can’t play a disproportionately positive and critica... View More
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Going Deeper on Understanding, Measuring Transformational Change: Part 21
In 20 earlier parts of this series,Claire Sommer,Jill Lipotiand I developed 38 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields (Find them here.). ... View More
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Do Sustainability Metrics Foster Incremental vs Transformational Change?: Part 20
In 19 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer,Jill Lipotiand I developed 38 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields (Find themhere.). ... View More
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Policy Wonking Could Be Relevant, Maybe Fun? A Review of the Social Costs of Carbon
The third of a three-part proposal for using sustainability to recharge America's problem-solving. Read parts one and two. ... View More
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On 40 Years Watching the Sustainable Business Field
The second of a three-part proposal for using sustainability to recharge America's problem-solving. ... View More
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America’s Broken Systems: A Case for Sustainable Design?
The first of a three-part proposal for using sustainability to recharge America's problem-solving. ... View More
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What If 'Opposites' Aren't Really Opposite?: Part 19
In 18 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer, Jill Lipoti and I developed 37 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields (Find them here.). ... View More
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While Celebrating Improvement in One Metric, Beware of Unintended Consequences: Part 18
In 17 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer, Jill Lipoti and I developed 34 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.) ... View More
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Yes, You Can Learn From a Regulator: The Pitfalls of Sustainable Business Metrics, Part 17
In 16 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 29 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.) From this point on, the series will be co-authored... View More
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The Implications of an Emerging Corporate Conscience for Sustainable Business Metrics: Part 16
In 15 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 28 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.) ... View More
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The Implications of an Emerging Corporate Conscience for Business Metrics: Part 15
In 14 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 26 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields (Find them here.) ... View More
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When It Really Isn't Business as Usual: Can There Be Principle Without 'Principle'?: Part III
In Parts I and II of this Series, we gave evidence to support the unlikely hypothesis of an emerging conscience amongst some mainstream companies. ... View More
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When It Really Isn’t Business as Usual: Can There be Principle Without “Principle?”: Part II
Years before the surprising examples of bold sustainable business actions discussed in Part 1, we had the writings of Jem Bendell, Wayne Visser, John Elkington and Jeffrey Hollender, who have long seen the limitations of c ... View More
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When It Really Isn’t Business as Usual: Can There be Principle Without 'Principle?': Part 1
Can a mainstream company have a conscience? As ridiculous as that might sound, more common-than-realized examples of bold sustainable business actions over the past few years may come to soften reasoning against the possibility of this possibility. W... View More
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Is It Objective to ‘Be Objective’ About Sustainable Business Metrics?: Part 14
In 13 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 25 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.)It is tempting to believe objectivity is possible, ... View More
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How Superficial Interpretations of Sustainable Business Metrics Can Be Totally Off-Base: Part 13
In 12 earlier parts of this series, Claire Sommer and I developed 22 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field, based on the experiences of many mostly non-business fields. (Find them here.) ... View More
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How Postmodernism Can Help Your Company’s Sustainability Metrics. Really.
Resources for grappling when “all perspectives seem true,” and long-established categories are crumblingIn 10 earlier parts of this series, we discussed 20 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field. (Find the first 7 articles here and th... View More
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Storytelling and Data: Using Two Sides of the Brain Is Better Than One
In nine earlier parts of this series, we discussed 19 pitfalls in the sustainable business metrics field. (Find the first 7 articles here and the last two here.) ... View More
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