Essays

It turns out that plastic recycling is a ruse invented by the oil and gas industry to stave off consumer backlash and more restrictive regulation. The majority of plastic waste we throw into [...]

All of the PR people I know are running around like I am, making sure they’re getting the job done for their companies or clients. But one thing is making things a lot easier: Now we get to tell [...]

It’s not a slogan, vision, mission, or message either.  Sustainability is what companies do, so operating in a way that ensures that they stay in business isn’t a new idea, it’s what they’ve been [...]

The evils of socialism threaten the economic freedoms that are synonymous with freedom of speech, free exercise of liberty, and America’s other fundamental rights, according to a speech Nikki [...]

Microsoft and IBM have signed the “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” pledging to the Vatican that their AI will protect the planet and its people. History is filled with secular leaders cutting such [...]

It’s official: Facebook has doubled down on its goal of imposing its radical ideology on the world. CEO Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have been more clear in his comments at a tech conference last [...]

Clay Christensen has died. Debate about his theories should live on. His concept of disruptive innovation is a brilliant encapsulation of the role of unexpected effects on markets and businesses, [...]

We don’t need stakeholder capitalism, nor do we need to reject shareholder value. Skip the buzz worthy phrases and easy PR campaigns. Companies shouldn’t tell us they’ll do good (however [...]

Boeing’s widening woes are a warning to every communicator tasked with creating or sharing company purpose. The headline in today’s New York Times says it all: Cascading Crisis Reveals ‘Sick’ [...]

Is it possible that lakes and forests might have rights before robots?Voters in Toledo have granted “irrevocable rights for the Lake Erie Ecosystem to exist, flourish and naturally evolve” which, [...]