Consumers are the Whole Problem; And it's Not Their Fault
What links climate change, pollution, child and forced labor, and deforestation? The answer is very simple: Us. The choices we make as...
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- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Trust, but Verify.
“Trust, but verify.” This Russian proverb was made famous during the 1980s when Ronald Reagan used it to describe the process of...
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Shopping in 2025: Personalized, Intelligent, and Supported
In 2020, COVID sent us to our rooms to think about what we’d done. Flights were grounded, factories went silent, and human activity...
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
With Technology Adoption - Timing is Everything
Exhibit A in “Timing is Everything” is: Telemedicine. I first gained experience with Telemedicine as a North American Healthcare sector...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Provenance Paradox
A paradox is when something runs contrary to one’s expectation. Familiar examples include M.C. Escher’s perspective-based drawings of...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Are you Scared of Transparency? The Premise and the Promise.
In 2020 there were lots of scary things going on in the world, and perhaps more “transparency” is already on your radar screen as one of...
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Sustainable, Ethical Supply Chains: An interview with Steve Brown
Join Steve Brown, Futurist and Co-Founding member of the Provenance Chain™ Network, as he explores the future of consumer shopping with...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Optimism is Warranted
While I have in the past been accused of being a compulsive optimist, it is a pejorative I gladly embrace. In my role, one needs to be...