Michelin Builds Eco-Friendly Tire Path in Yellowstone National Park
Visitors driving to Yellowstone National Park’s iconic geyser, “Old Faithful,” also will travel via tire once they exit their cars for a closer look. Old Faithful now boasts a porous, clean flexible walkway made mostly of recycled Michelin tires. The pavement surface, known as Flexi-Pave and manufactured by the company K.B. Industries (KBI), is gentler to […]
Where the World’s Top Companies Stand On Gender Balance
Every year, the 20-first Global Gender Balance Scorecard looks at a single measure of progress: the gender balance of the Executive Committee of the TOP 100 companies in three key regions of the globe. A growing number of studies show the correlation between gender balance in leadership and improved corporate performance. The complementary skills and […]
How a Gender Equality Stamp of Approval Could Impact Business
Gender inequality remains pervasive in the workplace. It’s in every industry and on every level, and the uncomfortable conversation it requires to improve it is too often ignored. But there’s a new movement to do something tangible to address the shift that society needs to make on this issue. What if, before interacting with a […]
Surprise, Surprise: Mercedes to Replace Robots With… Humans
According to the head of production at Mercedes-Benz, the robots cannot cope with the high degree of customization and the many variants the carmaker has today. Mercedes-Benz plans to abolish a number of assembly-line robot in its largest plant in Sindelfingen, Germany and compensate it by getting more work done by people. Even more surprising, […]
Millennials and Leadership: What They Really Think
Millennials will form half of the global workforce by 2020 and employee well-being is what they most value in the workplace. The personality traits that Millennials look for in their leaders are strategic thinking at 39%, being inspirational at 37% and strong interpersonal skills at 34% respectively. 59% of Millennial men hope to become the leader of […]
The Smartwatch That Protects you From Environmental Threats
German company GNS GmbH, a leading developer of embedded location and mobile electronics technology, has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for Fitti Guard, a new generation of fitness and environmental tracker that will warn wearers about poor air quality and even radiation threats. Fitti Guard is the first environmental sensing and protection device that you can […]
Ten Steps to Build the Cities of the Future
The World Economic Forum has released a new report, Inspiring Future Cities & Urban Services in which it highlights the emerging technologies and business models that are changing the way urban services are delivered. It proposes a 10-step action plan to enable cities to navigate the journey of urban transformation. The “business of running cities” is changing […]
Behind The Headlines and Rhetoric In Iran
The first group of American business leaders to step inside the former U.S Embassy in Tehran in more than 35 years discover a very different world to what we’ve heard about. “Where are you from?” asked the shopkeeper, pointing quizzically at American Dick Simon, who was on his first trip to Iran. Simon swallowed hard […]
L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO Defend the Role of Women in Science
Five leading women scientists and 15 promising young researchers were honoured on 25 March at the Sorbonne University in Paris where the launch of the For Women in Science Manifesto was held. Already signed by each guest present at the Ceremony, this Manifesto aims to tackle the under-representation of women in the sciences. For the past 18 years, the L‘Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program has […]
Why Goodness Should be a Core Value in Every Business
I grew up steeped in the idealism of the 60s. I and many of my generation envisioned a world that was good, where people were treated humanely, where war was rejected as inhumane and inherently bad, where human and personal rights were regarded as sacred. Implied in so many of the movements of that era, […]
