Coffee With Doc: Glocalization (Video 3.75 minutes). “Glocalization” is a hybrid word: global + local; implying global awareness and learning, but action at a local level. This term is uncommon, but not new. It describes many movements quietly trying to make a difference in world ecology by transforming what they do, where they are. One […]
The Symphony of Profound Knowledge by Edward Martin Baker Baker, now retired, was a staff executive with Ford Motor Company who orchestrated Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s interactions with that company, and he was close enough to Deming in other settings that he came to know Deming’s teachings very well. This book is a long-awaited reflection […]
Coffee With Doc: E Corp (Video 4 minutes) E-Corps – A Framework for Thought? An E-Corp is an Earth Corporation, an Eco Corporation, or an Environmental Corporation, however you wish to interpret the E. The idea is the brainchild of Mark Donovan of Bali, Indonesia. Mark is the founder of EWABI, a company that makes […]
The Vanishing American Corporation: Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy by Gerald F. Davis Gerry Davis is a professor of sociology in the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has long studied the effects of finance on society, and he carefully researched this book. He posits that business – and […]
