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		<title>Design Thinking + Sustainability = Enduring Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this the new winning formula for business?
A recent post by Kevin Keohane led me to revisit Bruce Nussbaum’s fantastic piece on design thinking in Business Week from a couple of years ago.
In it, he made a powerful argument for design thinking as the new management methodology, taking design out of the narrow realm of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crmatters.wordpress.com&blog=3286512&post=506&subd=crmatters&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The business logic of sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I visited TED and its Greener Future talks. Nice, then, to return and find a recently posted presentation by Ray Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Interface Inc.
Regular readers will know that I&#8217;ve referred to the Interface story many times as a powerful example of the commercial value of sustainability when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crmatters.wordpress.com&blog=3286512&post=496&subd=crmatters&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CR, culture and corporate strategy &#8211; joining the dots</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent discussion thread on LinkedIn has really helped to crystallise a few thoughts on the links between approaches to corporate strategy and a business&#8217; predisposition to manage CR and sustainability in a certain way. 
All the pieces have been there but, until now, I hadn&#8217;t really brought them all together in one place or been able [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crmatters.wordpress.com&blog=3286512&post=436&subd=crmatters&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Authenticity, fairness and customer loyalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, profits may be down 26% as it strives to maintain cost competitiveness, but John Lewis is still outperforming most of the high street. Profits were still a very respectable £279.6m in 2008, and sales were even up 3% on last year to £6.79bn.
Equally significant, though, is that it&#8217;s been able to pay its staff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crmatters.wordpress.com&blog=3286512&post=336&subd=crmatters&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the culture, stupid!</title>
		<link>http://crmatters.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/its-the-culture-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember, “It’s the economy, stupid,” the phrase coined by political strategist, James Carville, back in 1992? Well, the more I think about my sphere of interest, the more the title of this post rings true.
The more I think about how companies can create brand and competitive advantage, the more I am convinced that it needs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crmatters.wordpress.com&blog=3286512&post=327&subd=crmatters&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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