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The Artisanal Paper Is Dead
The Artisanal Paper Is Dead
Consider two scenes. Scene one: Two accounting professors at lunch. One mentions an empirical puzzle she noticed in earnings announcements. The other asks a clarifying question....
The Bipartisan Opposition to AI Data Centers
The Bipartisan Opposition to AI Data Centers
The archetypes of the left and the right don’t agree on much. Climate is often cited as a prime example, although I should emphasize this is the archetypes, not most Americans. I...
The Future We Can Build Together
The Future We Can Build Together
My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this book for Americans who are...
Reflecting on My First Year Anniversary with AI
Reflecting on My First Year Anniversary with AI
It all began on February 26, 2025. I was having lunch with my good friend Gina Ashe at the adorable Main Streets Market & Café in the historic and charming town center of...
A Candid Conversation with Professor Karthik Ramanna About Carbon Accounting and Reporting
A Candid Conversation with Professor Karthik Ramanna about Carbon Accounting and Reporting
Professor Karthik Ramanna and I go back nearly 20 years when he joined the faculty of the Harvard Business School. These were the early days of ESG; little did either of us know...
Celebrating My 75th Birthday with a Pure Math HIT Experiment
Celebrating My 75th Birthday with a Pure Math HIT Experiment
Happy Birthday to me 🎂! Yep, today I turn 75 years old. Three quarters of a century ain’t bad, right? Every birthday gives me pause for reflection and this one has a certain...
The Human Burden and the Gap in the AI Agents’ Good Intentions
The Human Burden and the Gap in the AI Agents' Good Intentions
Last week I wrote about the seven challenges this human faces in being a member of a Hybrid Intelligent Team (HIT). But since there’s no “i” in “team” I decided it was only...
Solutions That Work in America
Solutions That Work in America
My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this book for Americans who are...
An accounting and reporting solution to achieve Net-Zero Emissions
An accounting and reporting solution to achieve Net-Zero Emissions
We can win the battle of life against the toxic excess of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (referred to as ‘Carbon’ hereafter). The ZEN solution ‘counts and reports Carbon just...
The Seven Challenges of Being the Human on a Hybrid Intelligent Team
The Seven Challenges of Being the Human on a Hybrid Intelligent Team
Last week I published “The Beginner’s Guide to Organizing and Managing a Hybrid Intelligent Team” and I hope that was helpful. What I didn’t tell you, and my good conscience...
Building American Climate Resilience
Building American Climate Resilience
My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this book for Americans who are...
America’s Innovation Edge
America’s Innovation Edge
My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this book for Americans who are...
The Beginner’s Guide to Hybrid Intelligent Teams
The Beginner’s Guide to Hybrid Intelligent Teams
I’m coming up on my first anniversary using AI. It officially started on May 19, 2025, when I got an account on ChatGPT. Soon after I created an identity-specific instance I...
Mitigation vs. Adaptation
Mitigation vs. Adaptation
My book “An American’s Guide to Climate Change: How America Can Lead and Prosper” has been published. Here is the book trailer. I have written this book for Americans who are...
A Conversation with Eelco van der Enden about Sustainability and Corporate Reporting
A Conversation with Eelco van der Enden about Sustainability and Corporate Reporting
I met Eelco van der Enden four years ago. He had just been appointed as the CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) after having served on its board for two years while a...
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