Bill Shireman
The old mechanistic Fortune 500 belief [is] that the mission of the company is to maximize profits. That’s backward: We don’t run our businesses to make a profit—we make a profit to run our businesses. Great companies have an overriding sense of vision and purpose, a mission that is enabled by profit. For them, profits are a means, not an end. Companies without a seething … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Bill Shireman | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Mission, Vision
Bill Shireman
Globalization could be a powerful agent for peace, but instead, it often triggers the anger and fear that breeds terrorism and war. That is partly due to the approach we take to globalization. We see it as our gift to the world: We’ll show the developing nations how to build a Western culture and economy, the way we did. That’s shortsighted. Globalization must be a … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Bill Shireman | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subject: International
What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature
Content: Book | Authors: Bill Shireman, Tachi Kiuchi | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)