“Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.” MenCharacterActionFallBusinessResponsibilityCrisisTaking ResponsibilityStampsFall BackPersonality Flaws Author:Charles de Gaulle
“The record-breaking extreme weather events causing chaos across the globe should be a wake-up call. The transition to a low-carbon economy will be much more painful if we wait until there is a climate crisis before recognising that more than half of the world's fossil fuel reserves will have to remain in the ground.” IfsWorldShouldWaitingBusinessHalfEconomyRecordsEventsLowsWake UpCrisisClimateChaosPainfulExtremesWeatherFuelTransitionReservesGlobesCarbonFossilsFossil FuelWake Up CallExtreme WeatherRecords Breaking Author:Christiana Figueres
“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” InspirationalTwoCharacterWisdomSuccessPoliticalOpportunityBusinessAttitudeKindnessWrittenDangerWise WordsPoliticianWords Of WisdomEncouragementCrisisWordsChineseThoughtfulEncouragingNot Giving UpWeight LossRepresentingGreat OpportunityWords Of EncouragementSports PsychologyBusiness InnovationAppeaseOpportunistBest OpportunityLife OpportunitySeize The OpportunityWords Of CourageDeep MeaningDifficult ChallengesCrisis ManagementEncouraging WordsChallenges In BusinessEncouraging Others Author:John F. Kennedy
“I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.” InspirationalMeanMightTermChallengesBusinessCrisisFinancialFinanceWorriedFinancial CrisisImbalance Author:Bill Gates
“This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise past a certain earnings threshold.” FirstsPastCertainUnderstandingBusinessDegreesFirst TimeCrisisConsumersEarningThresholdPersonal Happiness Author:Fernando Rodes Vila
“I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure - like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.” PeopleWantWholeHelpingHomeGrowsCommunityBusinessColorRight NowCrisisGet BackUrbanMortgageLove MakingMortgage Crisis Author:Magic Johnson
“Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at: innovating, changing, addressing risks, searching for opportunities. There is no more vital task” OpportunityForceBusinessRiskEssentialsEconomicsTasksManagementCrisisClimate Author:Richard Branson
“Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis” PeopleWayBusinessEconomicsManagementCrisisManage Author:Albert Einstein
“It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to climate change and other environmental crises” RealEnoughBusinessResponsibilityAcceptingEconomicsManagementCrisisClimateResponseEnvironmentalClimate ChangeCorporateBadgesReal ChangeEnvironmental CrisisCorporate Responsibility Author:Jonathon Porritt
“While our managers debated what steps to take to address the sales and cash-flow crisis, I began to lead week-long employee seminars in what we called Philosophies. We'd take a busload at a time to places like Yosemite or the Marin Headlands above San Francisco, camp out, and gather under the trees to talk. The goal was to teach every employee in the company our business and environmental ethics and values.” LongPhilosophyValuesGoalBusinessCompanyStepsTeachTreeWeekEthicsFlowCrisisEnvironmentalManagersEmployeeAddressesCampsCashSan FranciscoSeminarsCash FlowYosemite Author:Yvon Chouinard