Nicole Palkovsky
Technology at Its Tipping Point: A Design Manifesto for Humanity
Today, we are at a confluence of three global tipping points. ... View More
Can Blockchain Really Answer All of Our Transparency Challenges?
For some, blockchain is the disruptive technology that promises to solve transparency problems by creating one version of the truth; for others, it is all hype with no great real-world application other than cryptocurrency. I attended an SB’18 Vanc... View More
When Will We Truly Begin Designing for Circularity?
If I took one thing away from the Circular Economy sessions at SB’18 Vancouver, it was the need to design for the end of a product’s first life. Note I said, “first life,” because ideally it will be endlessly recycled. That said, as new produ... View More
Growing the Next Generation of Change Agents to Tackle Today’s ‘Wicked’ Problems
The world is complex and interconnected. When we pull one lever in a system, it ripples throughout. Pull the right levers and you can solve some of the most complex problems, pull the wrong one and it can be disastrous. This is why it is critical to ... View More
3 Reasons Sustainability Isn’t Seen as a Priority, and a Host of Tools to Overcome Them
The two biggest disrupting forces transforming the market today are technology and sustainability, yet many marketers still don’t see sustainability as a priority. Sustainability has a business problem that needs to be addressed. Research by Ricard... View More
Clif Bar, Kohler, Pixar, Timberland Share the 'Secret Sauce' of Employee Engagement
“If you want to get people engaged, inspire them - don’t require them ... The most lasting changes people make are the ones they make themselves.” — Daniel Alvarez, Pixar Animation Studios Research increasingly shows that purpose-driven emplo... View More
How Ford, MillerCoors, Hershey Are Helping Suppliers Innovate for Sustainability
In this Tuesday afternoon panel, representatives from Ford, MillerCoors and Hershey described how their companies are leveraging a variety of partnerships to innovate for sustainability across their global supply chains. In 2014, Ford launched its in... View More
What Underlies the Success of the World's First Billion-Dollar Sustainable Brands
What do Organic Valley, Target, REI and Toyota have in common? They are what Freya WIlliams describes as “Green Giants,” companies that have turned sustainability into billion-dollar businesses, and they are not alone. ... View More
The Secret Sauce: Why Sustainability Stories Spread, or Don't
Language is a virus: Get it wrong and it can kill your venture. Get it right, and it inspires others and spreads like fire. In sustainability, where we are still working to attract new audiences, this can be the difference between engagement and alie... View More
