American entrepreneurial guru Jeffery Timmons reckons 95% of all radical innovations in business products and services in the last 100 years came in firms with less than 20 employees. If that's even broadly true, then much of the good practice in CSR will be in small firms. Read David's Think-Piece on Engaging Small Firms. ... more>>
In their book “Corporate Social Opportunity: Seven Steps to make Corporate Social Responsibility work for your business”* authors David Grayson and Adrian Hodges argue that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is all too often treated as a bolt-on to business operations when it needs to be built-in to business purpose and strategy. ... more>>
New think-piece written by David Grayson and published by BLU aimed at sector leaders in Small Business Service, Regional Development Agencies and business support providers ... more>>
Is it fair that developing economies are being asked to apply far higher environmental and social standards than the West did when it industrialised? ... more>>
The social enterprise Housing 21 which I chair, has just gone through a Values debate to renew our values and now we are providing new blended learning to help our staff to live the values ... more>>
I recently spoke at and participated in the second anniversary conference of the CSR Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard ... more>>
For a very disturbing but thoughtful analsyis of global economic and environmental prospects, I strongly commend Paul Gilding's latest essay. ... more>>
Reflections on Remembrance Day Nov 11th 2007 – observed at Harvard Memorial Church which marked the 75th anniversary of its dedication today… ... more>>
The US Government’s International Development Agency: USAID in a new report issued last month, states that: “Using ideas developed by thinkers such as James Austin, Michael Porter, David Grayson, and Adrian Hodges, leading corporations have learned how to get more bang from their buck by linking core business activities to projects that improve local conditions where they operate, enhancing their competitive position in the process.” ... more>>
Just back from two weeks in the USA, I wonder if we are seeing a US tipping point on Climate Change similar to one I found in Australia earlier this year? ... more>>
Since my days as Chairman of the National Disability Council, I have been keen to see public appointments opened up to more disabled Britons. I am working with headhunters Carbon on a pilot proposal to do this ... more>>